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
ETF Regional Specialist Leads for Maths and English
Reference number: PD 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 (ETF) was set up to improve professionalism and standards in the further education and training sector, to ensure learners benefit from a well-qualified, effective and up-to-date professional workforce supported by good leadership, management and governance. To aide this the ETF offers opportunities for teachers, trainers and leaders to raise standards of teaching in maths and English to ultimately improve outcomes for learners.
The Regional Specialist Leads (RSL) programme has been developed over the last few years and is now one of the cornerstones of ETF’s maths and English support. The programme provides practitioners, trainers, managers and leaders with up to date regional intelligence around maths and English provision, approaches, and cutting edge teaching, learning and assessment methods.
The aim of this tender is to appointed a tenderer to manage and maintain the presence of a team of RSLs for maths and English.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
272 000.00
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
This invitation to tender seeks to appoint a tenderer to build on the current, successful work to provide support for teachers and trainers through RSLs. The successfully appointed tenderer will be required to lead the team of RSLs. Through this work the ETF expect to obtain information about regional needs for maths and English leading to appropriate CPD programmes being taken up by providers who require our support. As a consequence of this contract, we expect to see improved confidence and competence of practitioners in the sector, leading to the enhanced motivation of learners and ultimately improved achievement of learning.
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:
07/05/2019
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 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
The contract will be awarded from 7.5.2019 to 31.3.2020 for the delivery of all the outputs and deliverable listed in this tender specification document.
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 3 further years.
Please note, the awarding of this contract is dependent on receipt of the grant letter from the Department for Education (DfE) for 2019-20 by the ETF.
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:
15/04/2019
Local time: 09:00
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:
15/04/2019
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
15/04/2019
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 website at https://www.mytenders.co.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=215275
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:215275)
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
13/03/2019