--- title: "Assistive Technology Training Test and Learn" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-fb71b4bf-e5be-4fc6-bd15-ab456819618d" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-fb71b4bf-e5be-4fc6-bd15-ab456819618d" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-fb71b4bf-e5be-4fc6-bd15-ab456819618d.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-fb71b4bf-e5be-4fc6-bd15-ab456819618d.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION" published: "2022-08-26" --- # Assistive Technology Training Test and Learn Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-fb71b4bf-e5be-4fc6-bd15-ab456819618d [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-fb71b4bf-e5be-4fc6-bd15-ab456819618d) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-fb71b4bf-e5be-4fc6-bd15-ab456819618d.json) ## Summary 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. ## Notice 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. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8871b82f-9020-432c-9cfc-1e911d738801 | | 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 | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 26 Aug 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 13 Sep 2022 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South West London | | Postcode | SW1P 3BT | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West | | ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London | | Local authority | Westminster | | Electoral ward | St James's | | Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster | | 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) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services ## Release History - 26 Aug 2022 at 12:39 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8871b82f-9020-432c-9cfc-1e911d738801 - 5 Aug 2022 at 11:32 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8871b82f-9020-432c-9cfc-1e911d738801 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8871b82f-9020-432c-9cfc-1e911d738801 26th August 2022 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/cf4d99e9-4faa-4b10-98a5-ee8b87b16225 JAGGAER Commercial System DPS Supplier Registration Guidance - https://nasen.org.uk/assistive-technology General resources produced for the AT pilot currently on nasen's webiste: - https://nasen.org.uk/assistive-technology-champions-resources Slide decks and intersession tasks for the AT Leads from the AT pilot currently on nasen's webiste. - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/assistive-technology-training-pilot-evaluation Gov.uk Evaluation report from the AT pilot. - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/e965c17b-fe99-44f7-a9be-ea3d05155974?origin=SearchResults&p=1 Contracts Finder AT Pilot award notice November 21 - March 22 - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/105f8828-984b-4f54-89e1-e187f611a7e2 Contracts Finder AT Pilot early engagement notice - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/assistive-technology-training-test-and-learn-prospective-bidders-webinar-tickets-396975302817 Webinar registration link Eventbrite - https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html Jaggaer Registration link (the DfE's e-procurement system) - please complete before 31/08/2022 - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education/about/procurement#jaggaer-the-dfe-etendering-portal General Procurement at DfE Guidance ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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