Notice Information
Notice Title
FTS - Mandarin Excellence Programme
Notice Description
Contract to provider a Madnarin Excellence Programme
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Department has awarded this contract to the supplier to provide/deliver the following: - support the diverse geographical location of the schools (where necessary) to ensure the development of teaching and learning of Mandarin Chinese in schools across the country; - ensure school-led development of the programme, translating centralised guidance and support into local practice; - act as a grant administrator to manage and transfer up to PS3,3 million per year of grant funding to schools on the programme - provide a framework for the sustainability of Mandarin Chinese in England beyond the life of the programme; - ensure experienced MEP schools act as hub leaders to implement successfully the step-up of teaching required within the life of the programme, and to be able to lead confidently additional new schools in following years. - build upon the successes of work delivered to date by the current contract holders.
Renewal: The contract period will be for up to 3 academic years (1st September- 31st August 2024) with a possible extension of up to 1 year, which will depend on availability of government funding and contract performance. Due to Government spending restrictions, the Department is required to seek funding approvals for proposed years 2 and 3 of the contract, as well as any potential extension year.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-029c62
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022213-2021
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
80000000 - Education and training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £16,400,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £16,400,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £16,400,000 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Sep 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 16 Apr 2021Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 10 Aug 20214 years ago
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2021 - 31 Aug 2024 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- anne.hardy@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
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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