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# Notification of competition

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0397fa

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## Summary

The Department for Education has completed a procurement process for a £559 million adult numeracy programme called Multiply. The programme aims to address low levels of adult numeracy by providing free courses to adults aged 19+ without a GCSE Grade 4 or equivalent. The procurement stage was a tender, and the main procurement category was services. The contract was awarded on 12th May 2023, with the development of products for Multiply RCTs being contracted to National Numeracy. The programme will run until March 2025.

The Department for Education has launched an active tender for the development of products to be tested in Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) as part of the What Works strand of the Multiply Programme, with a value of £200,000. The tender deadline is 10th February 2023, and the bid opening is scheduled for 13th February 2023. This open procedure offers opportunities for businesses in the education and training sector, particularly those with expertise in developing products for educational RCTs. Interested businesses can access the tender submission details here.

## Notice

To boost existing efforts to address low levels of adult numeracy, the UK Government has committed up to PS559 million for a new, three year, adult numeracy programme called Multiply. Through the programme, all adults aged 19+ who want to improve their numeracy (up to, and including, Level 2 or equivalent), who do not currently have a GCSE Grade 4 / C or equivalent in maths, whether in employment or not, will be able to access free flexible courses that fit around their lives, whether that be at work or in the evening, part time or intensive. An important part of Multiply is to strengthen the evidence base around what works in the successful delivery of adult numeracy programmes and to share this with practitioners, in order to inform local delivery and to increase positive outcomes. This will include a programme of up to 30 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and other experimental activity, including quasi-experimental trials to robustly test promising approaches to improving adult numeracy. The trials will be split across two tranches: * Tranche 1 (to which this Invitation to Tender applies) will be procured in Spring 2023, with fieldwork starting from August 2023 onwards and interim results from some trials delivered in late spring 2024. We expect around 15-20 trials to be undertaken in this tranche of activity, with fieldwork, analysis and reporting running until at least the end of March 2025.

### Lot Information

Lot 1,2 & 3

The development of products to be tested in Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) as part of the What Works strand of the Multiply Programme - Lot 2

Lot 1

To boost existing efforts to address low levels of adult numeracy, the UK Government has committed up to PS559 million for a new, three year, adult numeracy programme called Multiply. Through the programme, all adults aged 19+ who want to improve their numeracy (up to, and including, Level 2 or equivalent), who do not currently have a GCSE Grade 4 / C or equivalent in maths, whether in employment or not, will be able to access free flexible courses that fit around their lives, whether that be at work or in the evening, part time or intensive. An important part of Multiply is to strengthen the evidence base around what works in the successful delivery of adult numeracy programmes and to share this with practitioners, in order to inform local delivery and to increase positive outcomes. This will include a programme of up to 30 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and other experimental activity, including quasi-experimental trials to robustly test promising approaches to improving adult numeracy. The trials will be split across two tranches: * Tranche 1 (to which this Invitation to Tender applies) will be procured in Spring 2023, with fieldwork starting from August 2023 onwards and interim results from some trials delivered in late spring 2024. We expect around 15-20 trials to be undertaken in this tranche of activity, with fieldwork, analysis and reporting running until at least the end of March 2025.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016015-2023 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 6 Jun 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 10 Feb 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 11 May 2023 |
| Contract period | 14 Mar 2023 - 18 Aug 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £200,000 |
| Lots value | £200,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £49,740 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Active, Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## 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 | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NATIONAL NUMERACY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 6 Jun 2023 at 14:06 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016015-2023
- 16 Jan 2023 at 16:48 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001331-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001331-2023
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education

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