Notice Information
Notice Title
Accelerator Fund - Capability Building
Notice Description
The Accelerator Fund (AF) is a government funded initiative which seeks to support and encourage schools to access well-evidenced Programmes, predominantly focused on literacy and numeracy, by growing a pipeline of Programmes with a view to scaling-up those that demonstrate a good evidence base. A small number of these Programmes will be focused on science education (no more than 10%). The AF aims to ensure there is a quality supply of Programmes that can be accessed confidently and easily by schools and to spark a behavioural change in how schools spend their Pupil Premium Funding. For the purpose of this document, "schools" includes early years and post-16 education settings, but most Programmes are for primary and secondary schools. The key objectives of the AF are to: A. Increase the pipeline of evidence-based Programmes by investing in: practices that fill key evidence gaps, which are not yet formed into a 'Programme', and developing those into Programmes, with the support of schools; testing the feasibility of Programmes' delivery models to identify potential benefits and move to the next stage of the pipeline; and Efficacy Trials to evaluate the impact of existing Programmes on pupil attainment ("Objective A"). B. Scale-up existing Programmes by: generating more evidence of their impact at a larger scale through Effectiveness Trials; offering grants to subsidise the cost to schools to encourage take up; providing direct grants to support Programme development for scale; and providing market and capability building support ("Objective B"). C. Support schools to choose evidence-based Programmes, focused on school engagement and supporting schools to make informed decisions about what Programme or trial opportunities they might take part in ("Objective C"). This contract opportunity focuses on providing market and capability building support for 3 Academic Years (AY 2022/23- AY 2024/25) to Programmes that have shown promising evidence of impact on pupil attainment, as outlined in Objective B above. The Supplier will support promising Programmes to grow their reach to schools sustainably, while maintaining quality. The Supplier will be the main deliverer of capability building support to Programmes but may sub-contract other organisations to provide specific expertise to Programmes, if required.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-95ed3b45-6145-454b-a2b4-cc587510e840
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5061c10a-d9d4-4f83-b8b6-89df8a945712
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, 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
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
-
- CPV Codes
73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 10 Oct 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 11 Nov 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 4 Aug 2022Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 2 Jan 2023 - 1 Sep 2025 2-3 years
- 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
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- 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
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
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- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5061c10a-d9d4-4f83-b8b6-89df8a945712
10th October 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/47456de4-a041-42ed-8f62-5283db96df64
29th July 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder -
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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