Tender

20-33 Aspire to HE - Labour Market Sessions for School Year 9

UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON

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Tender

09 Jul 2020 at 17:19

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The University of Wolverhampton is seeking tenders for the contract titled "20-33 Aspire to HE - Labour Market Sessions for School Year 9," aimed at delivering outreach activities to Year 9 students across 50 schools in the Black Country and Telford area. The procurement process is currently in the Tender stage, with submissions due by 3rd August 2020. The successful contractor is expected to commence work on 1st September 2020 and complete it by 31st July 2021. This opportunity falls under the education and training services category and follows an open procurement method.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in educational services, particularly those with experience in delivering outreach programmes to schools. Companies that meet the mandatory requirements, such as having a turnover exceeding £50,000 per annum and personnel who are enhanced DBS cleared, would be well-suited to compete. The project focuses on employability and labour market information, making it an attractive opportunity for organisations that can deliver engaging educational content, thus enhancing their business growth within the education sector.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

20-33 Aspire to HE - Labour Market Sessions for School Year 9

Notice Description

The University of Wolverhampton holds the Aspire to HE (Higher Education), National Collaborative Outreach Programme (NCOP) contract with the Office for Students which funds the NCOP programme - 'the Project' or 'Programme'. 'Aspire to HE' is a partner-based consortium which will deliver sustained, progressive, intensive outreach activity to targeted cohorts of learners (years 9 to 13) in identified Wards to increase the numbers of students from disadvantaged backgrounds entering Higher Education. The measure of success is the progression of young people onto courses of prescribed Higher Education. The key aim is to increase the rate of young participation in HE in the target Wards: 'young participation' is defined as the proportion of the cohort that enters HE at both 18 and 19 years of age. This opportunity is to be offered to the Year 9 year groups, across 50 schools, 39 of which we have had a relationship with for the past 2 years and 11 who will be new to Aspire to HE, at the start of the 2020 - 2021 academic year. These schools will be based around the Black Country and Telford area. The successful contractor will need to deliver an intervention that explores employability and labour market information that is made relevant, engaging and accessible, to the target group of Year 9 students. Delivery of the project must commence 1st September 2020 and be completed by 31st July 2021 There are a number of Mandatory Requirements as part of this tender process, Tenderers must have/meet all mandatory requirements in order to bid for this tender. These are detailed below and can be found in the Scoring Methodology documentation and are scored on a Pass/Fail basis. Any Tenderer that does not pass each of the questions within this section will not progress any further within the Tender process i.e. be taken forward to Award Stage. -Tenderers must have a turnover in excess of PS50K per annum -Tenderers must have experience of undertaking a similar work contract in a School or College environment. -Personnel must be enhanced DBS cleared prior to commencing work on the Contract -Confirm that all personnel will be able to provide the University and the schools they will be working with a copy of their DBS certificate before undertaking the work. -Safeguarding - You must comply with the national safeguarding policies and protocols, such as DofE Keeping Children Safe in Education -Facilitator Cover - confirm you have sufficient mentors to adequately cover this provision for short and long term absence -Tenderers must be able to provide a single point of contact for Contract Management -You must be able to commit to at least monthly business review meetings at the start of the contract. The documents can be found at https://wlv.bravosolution close date 03 August 2020

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2bb7c11d-c64f-42b9-a1fc-81506736a6c1
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (below threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services

CPV Codes

80000000 - Education and training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
9 Jul 20205 years ago
Submission Deadline
3 Aug 2020Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
31 Aug 2020 - 31 Jul 2021 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WOLVERHAMPTON
Postcode
WV1 1AD
Post Town
Wolverhampton
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG39 Wolverhampton
Delivery Location
TLG West Midlands (England)
Local Authority
Wolverhampton
Electoral Ward
St Peters
Westminster Constituency
Wolverhampton West

Further Information

Notice Documents

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