Tender

Competitive Sports Opportunities for Girls

DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

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Tender

07 Sep 2021 at 10:53

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Education (DfE) is conducting a procurement process titled "Competitive Sports Opportunities for Girls," aimed at enhancing competitive school sports and leadership opportunities for girls across the UK. This initiative, classified under education and training services, is currently in the tender stage, with the submission deadline set for 28 September 2021. The contract period is slated to commence on 25 October 2021 and last until 31 March 2022, with a total budget of £1,176,000 available should the contract be extended. This opportunity follows an open procurement method, ensuring transparency and accessibility for potential bidders.

This tender presents significant opportunities for organisations specialising in school sports, physical education, and youth engagement. Firms that have a national footprint and experience in effectively delivering high-quality sports programmes for girls would be particularly well-suited to compete. Additionally, organisations that understand the barriers girls face in accessing competitive sports and can demonstrate innovative solutions to promote engagement and participation would find this tender aligned with their capabilities, thus contributing to their growth in the public sector.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Competitive Sports Opportunities for Girls

Notice Description

The Department for Education (DfE) is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced single contractor to support the delivery of the programme to improve and increase competitive school sport and sport leadership opportunities for girls The contractor can be either one organisation, or a group of economic operators. In accordance to the public contract regulations Open Procedure DfE has published this Contract Notice, which is a call for competition, following the PIN published earlier for ESEE - The market engagement which was not call for competition, the documents are available along with the ITT documents within the DFE Jaggaer system. Interested parties will need to register via Jaggaer to access the documents. Description of the procurement DfE is seeking to appoint a suitably experienced single contractor to: - - To improve and increase competitive school sport opportunities for girls at school. - To improve and increase sport leadership opportunities for girls at school. - To increase opportunities for girls to achieve 60 active minutes every day. - To increase the engagement and participation of girls with sport leadership and school sport The potential contractor must have national reach, ensuring relevance to schools across the country, rather than a focus on local barriers which may not be replicated on a wider scale. Be open to both primary and secondary pupils. Comes from an organisation that can demonstrate expertise in school sport and physical activity in schools with a proven track record of delivering high quality programmes with schools. The bid from the Potential Contractor must promotes opportunities to build character, such as resilience, leadership and self-belief. Demonstrates knowledge of barriers girls face in access competitive sport and sport leadership opportunities. Additional information: Once the ITT has closed, applications will undergo an initial desktop assessment based on the criteria and weighting set out in the prospectus and application pack, following which there will be a moderation of those results before final award and mobilisation. The DfE will administer the procurement processes electronically via the DfE e-Tendering Portal: Jaggaer. No hard copy documents will be issued and all communications with DfE (including final submission of tenders) will be conducted via the Jaggaer Portal. Bidders who are not already registered on the portal can register here: https://education.app.jaggaer.com When registered and signed in to Jaggaer you will need to express an interest in the opportunity to be able to access all relevant documentation including the application pack. For any assistance required in registering bidders should contact the Jaggaer helpdesk: help_UK@jaggaer.com DfE confirm that the initial contract period for this procurement is one years and the total budget available for the first one year is PS392,000. DfE reserve the right to extend the contract up to twice, each time for a single year duration, subject to the following conditions: (1) Satisfactory performance of the contractor to date (judgement to be solely at the discretion of the DfE); (2) Availability of the budget; and (3) Policy commitment to continue the initiative. If the contract runs for a total of three years, then a total budget of PS1,176 million will be available.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-5fc67f21-1dbf-4174-8f90-327c546dcc32
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fe1f30b7-cc5f-48ac-bb64-3c29e5205ae4
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 (above threshold)
Tender Suitability
VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services

92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

CPV Codes

80000000 - Education and training services

92000000 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,176,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
7 Sep 20214 years ago
Submission Deadline
28 Sep 2021Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
24 Oct 2021 - 31 Mar 2022 1-6 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
DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
COVENTRY
Postcode
SW1P 3BT
Post Town
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Further Information

Notice Documents

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