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
Centres for Excellence in Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
Reference number: SD 19/20.1
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The education and training foundation wishes to commission three distinct Centres for Excellence in SEND on the themes of community, curriculum and people. Each centre for excellence will focus on one theme and will have equal parity, providing peer to peer support for leaders across the centre and promoting the sharing of effective practice both within organisations and across the broader FE sector.
Each Centre for Excellence will be led by a leader (CEO or Principal) of an Ofsted graded “outstanding” organisation (or “good” provider with “outstanding” features) of FE and skills who will energise, inspire, support and challenge leaders from a diverse range of FE providers to deliver a step-change in the way the sector addresses the needs of learners with SEN support needs.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
720 000.00
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
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
Main site or place of performance:
ENGLAND.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Each Centre for Excellence will incorporate and become the national source of support for leaders wishing to identify and/or improve their strategic vision for learners with SEN and will be known as the SEND strategic leadership hubs.
Within each Centre for Excellence in SEND, the “outstanding” leader will identify a SEND lead (SENCO), or a quality or curriculum manager with considerable SEND experience, with dedicated time and funded for 1 day per week to develop and deliver three themed communities of effective practice. These communities of effective practice will bring together practitioners and managers from across the sector to share successful implementation of effective practice and to identify and highlight with the strategic leadership hubs, barriers that prevent learners with SEN support needs to achieve their potential.
Each Centre for Excellence in SEND will provide strategic support for leaders by a leader of an “outstanding” organisation and operational support through the underpinning communities of practice.
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:
03/05/2019
End:
31/03/2020
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(s) during the initial phase of the contract, we would like to include a right to extend any contract for up to a maximum of 3 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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
Subject to the availability of funding and sufficiently high quality performance of the successful tenderer(s) during the initial phase of the contract, we would like to include a right to extend any contract for up to a maximum of 3 further years.
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:
12/04/2019
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until:
12/04/2019
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
12/04/2019
Local time: 12:00
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 website at https://www.mytenders.co.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=215151
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:215151)
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
01/03/2019