Planning

Assistive Technology Training Test and Learn

DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Planning

26 Aug 2022 at 12:39

Planned Procurement Notice
Planning

05 Aug 2022 at 11:32

Planned Procurement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Department For Education is planning a tender titled "Assistive Technology Training Test and Learn" in the Education and training services category. The procurement stage is at the planning phase with key milestones including the engagement end date on 31st August 2022. The procurement will use the Education and Children's Social Care Dynamic Purchasing System. The tender aims to appoint a delivery partner for running a training programme in Assistive Technology for mainstream schools from November 2022 to August 2023.

This tender by the Department For Education presents opportunities for businesses with expertise in Assistive Technology, education sector services, and training programmes. Businesses specialising in relationship management, resource creation, facilitation, and experience in assessment and evaluation are well-suited to compete. To participate in this tender, interested businesses must register on Jaggaer, the DfE's e-procurement system, by 31st August 2022. The tender will go live on 1st September 2022, offering a single supplier contract for the delivery of services.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Assistive Technology Training Test and Learn

Notice Description

The DfE will appoint a delivery partner (DP), via a contract agreement, to run a training programme in Assistive Technology (AT) for up to 150 mainstream schools. This programme will build upon the AT Pilot from earlier this year and will run from 01/11/2022 - 15/08/2023. Key activities: - Relationship management - Recruiting mainstream schools in England to the programme. The DP will work with an independent evaluating partner to try to ensure the participating schools will deliver reliable impact data. - Being first point of contact for participating schools. - Scheduling sessions, being mindful to avoid school holidays. - Attending regular meetings with the DfE and evaluating partner. Resource creation - Creating 2 new emails for school leaders to gain their buy in at the beginning and end of the programme. - Filming 3-6 new videos showing real life case studies of AT being used effectively in schools and assessments and evaluations of AT being used with individual learners with SEND (these latter two can be simulations if necessary). - Amending existing resources created for the DfE-funded AT pilot programme where necessary. These are currently held on the Nasen website and are linked to below. - Creating an accessible and reliable webpage to host the resource bank. (NB all resources created for this programme will be the intellectual property of the DfE.) Facilitation - Facilitation of ~75 sessions (the schools will be divided into approx. 15 groups of 10 and each group will receive 5 sessions) from Mar to Jul 2023. - A written log of attendance at all sessions. The delivery partner must: - Have an excellent understanding of AT, including its use, assessment of needs and expected outcomes. - Understand the needs of schools, ensuring adoption of AT meets, and is seen by leaders to meet, organisational need. - Be able to produce real-world resources including videos of assessments and case studies - Have experienced facilitators able to develop small groups of staff into school AT Leads - Have capacity to arrange and deliver 75 facilitated sessions over 5 months - Collaborate with the evaluating partner. To tender for this work and be eligible to bid, you must register in advance on Jaggaer, the DfE's e-procurement system by 31st August 2022. Registration guidance and links below. Additional information: UPDATED TIMELINES: The tender will go live on Wednesday 14th September 2022. The Procurement will be run using the Education and Children's Social Care Dynamic Purchasing System (ECS DPS). To tender for this work and be eligible to bid, you must register in advance on Jaggaer, the DfE's e-procurement system (link provided) . Please follow the steps as outlined in the guidance attached to submit your application to join the ECSC DPS via Jaggaer. Please be aware that you must have completed your registration, logged in and selected one or more of the categories no later than 13th September 2022. This opportunity will be published under the categories: ECSC09, 13 and 14 - you only need to have selected one of these to access the opportunity. We will award a contract to a single supplier for the delivery of the services - this could be a consortium led by a single lead supplier (NB: consortiums must be registered as an entity on Jaggaer prior to the tender going live). Please note that dates and figures above are subject to change. We will be holding an hour-long webinar on Tues 23rd August 2022 to discuss this opportunity further and give any prospective bidders the chance to ask questions. Please sign up in advance by registering via our Eventbrite page (link provided) . The webinar will be recorded, to request a copy, please email edtech.team@education.gov.uk.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-fb71b4bf-e5be-4fc6-bd15-ab456819618d
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8871b82f-9020-432c-9cfc-1e911d738801
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planned Procurement Notice
Procurement Type
Dynamic
Procurement Category
Not specified
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
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
26 Aug 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
13 Sep 2022Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
Contact Name
Helen O'Brien
Contact Email
edtech.team@education.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

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), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Further Information

Notice Documents

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