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title: "SEND digital provision - video production and commission programmes of digital and employability skills"
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# SEND digital provision - video production and commission programmes of digital and employability skills

Buyer: GREATER MANCHESTER COMBINED AUTHORITY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-30b82825-2927-4f21-8a59-8c84c73a3810

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## Summary

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority has awarded a contract for the provision of SEND digital services, specifically video production and commissioning programmes focusing on digital and employability skills. The project aims to support careers education for schools and colleges, particularly those serving students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The contract involves creating audio-visual content and employer-led learning sessions to enhance workplace opportunities for young people with SEND. The contract value is £90,000 GBP, with a contract period starting from 12th September 2022 to 11th September 2023.

This tender opportunity by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority presents a significant business growth opportunity for SMEs and organisations focused on providing educational and digital services. Businesses involved in video production, digital content creation, and employability skills training are well-suited to compete. The project aims to improve inclusion in schools' career education and promote positive outcomes for young people with SEND, aligning with the Greater Manchester growth agenda in digital sector skills. The contract period provides scope for sustainable replication of digital learning models and developing innovative solutions for the education sector.

## Notice

Within the Directorate of Education, Work and Skills, the Bridge GM Careers Hub works with schools and college to support their delivery of integrated careers education. In addition to providing and Enterprise Coordinator from the Bridge GM team to work with the institutions' Careers Leaders, we have a local hub fund intended to support the Hub in delivering its goals and to offer the opportunity to fund activities which benefit schools and colleges across the Hub. The Hub has expanded from 208 to 226 institutions. 31 of these are SEND institutions including the additional 10 onboarded in 2021-22. This represents approx. 55% of the expansion. Bridge GM wishes to support inclusion schools' careers education with resources and employer led opportunities. The project is funded for 12 months with the options of extension dependant on future funding. Project Scope Part 1: Create audio-visual content of short films to showcase young people with SEND & a manager/colleague talk about their experience of the workplace. Filming to be on location at the respective workplaces of our participants. Each pairing will take part in 2 films: - Film 1 - will see them describe their job role (industry knowledge) and how they got there (Transition from education to work) - Film 2 - will see them set a task related to their role/industry, that can be used in a variety of classroom settings The films will increase the breadth of opportunities for young people with SEND to experiences relevant and aspirational workplace settings and feel inspired to make positive choices about their futures. Films will enhance the GMACS platform (Greater Manchester Apprenticeship and Careers Service). Platform analytics will indicate user engagement and user journey. Part 2: Commission programmes of employer-led learning sessions to develop the skills of young people with SEND to access the workplace and have the skills to do so. The programme to include: - Learning that is stage appropriate to the SEND students' learning journey - Develops employability skills to promote life readiness and positive destinations - Develop entrepreneurial, digital sector skills such as creative thinking, problem solving, storytelling, business modelling and technical skills via the creation of a digital product/service - Provides meaningful employer encounters to build confidence and talent - Links to the digital sector as a GM growth sector - Aligns to secondary curriculum design and wider skills development - Has a digital output that will support to the schools' social enterprise work and/or encourages SEND education to be outward facing. - Create models of digital learning that be sustainably replicated by teaching staff There will be 15 programmes of approximately 5 days. Led by a digital industry practitioner/employer, these will be delivered to 15 different institutions More information on this opportunity can be found on The Chest - https://www.the-chest.org.uk

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9c8aeeff-461a-4cad-8e66-1aa1ce9c8c27 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Works |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Sep 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 27 Jul 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 15 Aug 2022 |
| Contract period | 11 Sep 2022 - 11 Sep 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £90,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £90,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | GREATER MANCHESTER COMBINED AUTHORITY |
| Locality | MANCHESTER |
| Post town | Manchester |
| Postcode | M1 6EU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester |
| ITL 3 | TLD33 Manchester |
| Local authority | Manchester |
| Electoral ward | Deansgate |
| Westminster constituency | Manchester Central |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BIG IDEAS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services
- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 75121000 - Administrative educational services
- 80200000 - Secondary education services
- 80340000 - Special education services

## Release History

- 26 Sep 2022 at 09:40 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9c8aeeff-461a-4cad-8e66-1aa1ce9c8c27
- 13 Jul 2022 at 13:49 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c6c289ba-4af5-42e2-b157-89350911a2db

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9c8aeeff-461a-4cad-8e66-1aa1ce9c8c27
  26th September 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c6c289ba-4af5-42e2-b157-89350911a2db
  13th July 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=d45b29fb-1bfd-ec11-8116-005056b64545
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## Notice URLs

- http://www.manchesterfire.gov.uk/
- https://www.the-chest.org.uk

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