Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
The Education and Training Foundation
First Floor, 157 - 197 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SW1W 9SP
UK
Telephone: +44 2037408280
E-mail: tenderqueries@etfoundation.co.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.et-foundation.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA28768
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.mytenders.co.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.mytenders.co.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Charity
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Assessment Phase 6 — Developing English practice in FE
Reference number: PD 18/19.17
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Assessment (OTLA) programme draws together the ETF’s activity to support practitioners to improve and develop their practice. The 2 aims of the OTLA programme are to:
1) Improve the quality of teaching, learning and assessment in the FE and training sector, and
2) Support increased professionalism for practitioners in the sector. OTLA is underpinned by the professional standards. The programme is made up of 4 different strands:
— collaborative projects,
— professional exchanges,
— support, training and resources, and
— practitioner research programme. This tender relates to delivery of work in the collaborative projects strand.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
280 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
80400000
80500000
80510000
80521000
80570000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
Main site or place of performance:
ENGLAND
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The ETF would like to appoint a tenderer to deliver Phase 6 if the Outstanding, Teaching, Learning and Assessment (OTLA) Programme. OTLA Phase 6 will support the improvement of English teaching, learning and assessment. The collaborative projects should explore how practitioners can better develop learner’s literacy, reading and writing skills through their teaching or training practice. This could be through:
1) Innovative approaches, including using formative assessment and tracking data to enhance learner progress;
2) Programme planning and differentiation for mixed ability groups.
Collaborative projects should be undertaken in a range of subject areas, which can include explicit English delivery, although we would encourage English practitioners to work with those in other subject areas.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
22/03/2019
End:
20/03/2020
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Subject to the availability of funding and sufficiently high quality performance of the successful tenderer during the initial phase of the contract, we would like to include a right to extend any contract for up to a maximum of 2 further years.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
06/03/2019
Local time: 09:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
06/03/2019
Local time: 09:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
Note: to register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders Web Site at https://www.mytenders.co.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=214846.
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.mytenders.co.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
(MT Ref:214846).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Education and Training Foundation
First Floor, 157 — 197 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SW1W 9SP
UK
Telephone: +44 2037408280
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.et-foundation.co.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/02/2019