--- title: "Children's Rights in Education *Soft Market Testing*" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-040f31" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-040f31" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-040f31.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-040f31.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "MAYORS OFFICE FOR POLICING AND CRIME" published: "2023-10-26" --- # Children's Rights in Education *Soft Market Testing* Buyer: MAYORS OFFICE FOR POLICING AND CRIME Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-040f31 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-040f31) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-040f31.json) ## Summary The Mayors Office for Policing And Crime is planning a tender titled "Children's Rights in Education *Soft Market Testing*" in the services main procurement category under health and social work services. The tender involves a Soft Market Testing exercise to gauge market interest and gather information from suppliers. The exercise will run from 26 October 2023 to 1st November 2023. The procurement aims to engage a provider to build the capacity of staff in embedding children's rights within and across schools in London. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses with expertise in delivering a rights-based school accreditation programme directly linked to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Businesses experienced in working with primary and secondary schools, as well as across multiple boroughs and schools simultaneously, would be well-suited to compete. The successful provider will need to demonstrate substantial experience in promoting a rights-based school culture, enhancing inclusion, safety, and community engagement within educational settings. ## Notice The Violence Reduction Unit will be running a Soft Market Testing exercise from 26 October 2023 to 1st November 2023 @ 16:00. This is a PIN Notice to gauge interest from the market and to gather information from interested suppliers. If you are interested in the opportunity, then please email vruprocurement@london.gov.uk and you will be asked to fill in a short survey. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The service needs to build the capacity of staff to embed children's rights within and across schools. To this end, the provider would also be expected to work with all London boroughs, to develop local Children's Rights Steering Groups that would build local support networks and communities of schools, who can share learnings and best practice with each other. Steering group members will be trained to become assessors of the accreditation, capacity building and futureproofing the sustainability of the service locally. The successful provider will be expected to have a robust evidence base of the impact on systems change within schools as a result of their rights-based school accreditation programme. Other eligibility and core capabilities will include knowledge of and experience working within the London education landscape, including working with primary, and secondary schools; extensive experience and expertise delivering a rights-based school improvement accreditation directly linked to the UNCRC; capacity to deliver services across several boroughs and hundreds of schools simultaneously; substantial experience working effectively with local authorities and multi-academy trusts. Rationale - Working in education is a priority for London's Violence Reduction Unit (VRU). Building a rights respecting culture within and among schools has the potential for significant and positive long-term influence on developing a strong culture of inclusion for young people and their communities. Whilst also, contributing to the violence reduction agenda offering a unifying and cohesive thread of child rights through all other initiative relating to safety, wellbeing, voice, and participation. When children know about their rights, they are empowered to claim them and to understand others have rights too. This is important because it leads to a myriad of other positive gains in equipping both young people and adults with a shared language for conflict resolution leading to improved capacity for resolving disputes and increased feelings of safety. Living and learning through rights inspires pupils to a deeper sense of engagement in their school and their community. Children have an improved respect for themselves and for others, leading to greater appreciation of diversity. Creating a shared language of rights and respect improves a child's sense of belonging to a school community, increasing wellbeing, and self-esteem. At a school level, this approach leads to better attendance, behaviour, relationships between students, and between students and staff, improvements to safeguarding, and ultimately a reduction in suspensions and exclusionary practice. For all these reasons the Violence Reduction Unit's vision for safe and inclusive schools places children's rights at the centre, as one of the foundations, to achieving its aim to promote healthy relationships and inclusive practices to reduce exclusions and disengagement with education. Budget - The maximum budget for this service is PS1,400,000 over 4 years. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031596-2023 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 26 Oct 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 13 Nov 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £1,400,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | MAYORS OFFICE FOR POLICING AND CRIME | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South East London | | Postcode | SE1 0LL | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark | | Local authority | Southwark | | Electoral ward | Borough & Bankside | | Westminster constituency | Bermondsey and Old Southwark | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services - 85 - Health and social work services ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services - 85000000 - Health and social work services ## Release History - 26 Oct 2023 at 10:48 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031596-2023 ## Notice URLs - https://www.london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/mayors-office-policing-and-crime-mopac/mopac-funded-services/current-mopac-and-vru-bidding-opportunities ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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