CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Evaluation of the Degree Apprenticeships programme

2.2

Description of the contract

Degree Apprenticeships are a new type of apprenticeship, which combine the workplace learning of a traditional apprenticeship with a higher education qualification. They can also include professional qualifications relevant to the industry. The apprenticeships run for the duration of the degree course with apprentices spending around 20% of their time at university and the rest with their employer. In Wales, a Degree Apprenticeship will be a minimum of three years and usually up to a maximum of five years in length.

The overall aim of this contract is to conduct an evaluation of the pilot for the programme. The contractors appointed for this work will conduct a formative evaluation of the initial phase of the programme to assess its effectiveness, efficiency and impact. Given that the programme is new, the focus of the evaluation will be on employers, apprentices and HEIs, their motivations and views of the programme, rather than on current inputs and outputs. A key part of the evaluation will be to develop an evaluation framework that can be used in the future to make impact and value for money judgements. The evaluation findings will be used to inform future programme development.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Estimated Total Value

3 Procedure

3.1

Type of Procedure

4 Award of Contract

4.1

Successful Bidders

4.1.1

Name and Address of successful supplier, contractor or service provider

5 Other Information

5.1

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

C084/2019/2020

5.2

Date of Contract Award

5.3

Number of tenders received

2

5.4

Other Information

(WA Ref:99444)

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice: