--- title: "EdTech Hub Call for Concept Notes: Implementation research in new thematic areas" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04d062" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04d062" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04d062.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04d062.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE, INC." published: "2025-01-15" --- # EdTech Hub Call for Concept Notes: Implementation research in new thematic areas Buyer: RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE, INC. Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04d062 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-04d062) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-04d062.json) ## Summary The Results For Development Institute, Inc., headquartered in Washington DC, USA, has released a call for concept notes for the EdTech Hub, focusing on implementation research in new thematic areas within low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The tender, titled "EdTech Hub Call for Concept Notes: Implementation research in new thematic areas", is classified under the research and development services and related consultancy services industry category. Submissions should be made electronically and are due by 13th February 2025, with the procurement stage currently active and an award period starting on 14th February 2025. The procurement process is open and will be divided into lots, specifically targeting areas such as Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND), education in emergencies, and education resilience against climate change. The primary locations for this research include Ghana, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Malawi, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. This tender presents significant opportunities for organisations involved in EdTech, especially those with expertise in implementing interventions in LMICs. Businesses with strong capabilities in data collection, ongoing monitoring, and in-house research or evaluation capacities are well-suited to compete. The focus on real-time, scalable, and sustainable evidence generation makes this an attractive proposition for companies looking to contribute to and benefit from rigorous, practical evidence on the impact of EdTech on education systems and learning outcomes. By engaging in this initiative, businesses can enhance their profiles, establish influential partnerships, and secure funding for innovative projects aimed at addressing critical educational challenges in marginalised contexts. ## Notice EdTech Hub is a global non-profit research partnership supported by the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, the World Bank, the Gates Foundation, UNICEF, Canada's International Development Research Centre, and others. Our goal is to empower people making decisions about technology in education in LMICs. Technology has the potential to help address the global learning crisis, but that potential is not being realised. Policy makers and other decision makers face an overwhelming choice of technology solutions, are unclear on what works and what doesn't and are forced to make decisions based on low- or no-evidence. Further information about the Hub is available at https://edtechhub.org/ To further expand available evidence on the use of EdTech to support the most marginalised, the Hub will be launching a round of implementation research partnerships focusing on new thematic areas. These areas include: Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND), education in emergencies, and education resilience against climate change. Implementation research examines how interventions-policies, programs, or practices-are carried into effect. While established in fields like healthcare and poverty alleviation, it remains underexplored in EdTech, particularly in LMICs. This approach generates evidence in real-time, enhances scalability, and prioritizes sustainability, distinguishing itself from evaluation or design-based research. ### Lot Information Lot 1 EdTech Hub will engage partners who are implementing EdTech interventions in these thematic areas, and co-design implementation research partnerships with them. These partnerships will generate rigorous, practical evidence on how EdTech can improve teaching, strengthen education systems, and, ultimately, children's learning outcomes. Those submitting concept notes (2-5 pages in length) should be implementing EdTech interventions in one or more LMICs. The concept note should describe the intervention and the research questions they propose to answer through an implementation research partnership. They should also describe their organisation's capacity to contribute to the implementation research (beyond doing the implementation itself) through, for example, data collection, ongoing monitoring, complementary research efforts, in-house research or M&E capacity, etc. This should include the amount of funding they would need to support their component of the implementation research. Importantly, the concept note should describe the potential impact of the implementation research with regard to scalability, sustainability, evidence generation, etc. Interested parties should reach out to the contact listed below if they would like to have a meeting with the EdTech Hub team about the implementation research partnerships before submitting a concept note. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001424-2025 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 15 Jan 2025 | | Submission deadline | 13 Feb 2025 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £150,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | RESULTS FOR DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE, INC. | | Locality | WASHINGTON | | Post town | Not specified | | Postcode | 20036-3 651 | | Country | Not specified | | ITL 1 | Not specified | | ITL 2 | Not specified | | ITL 3 | Not specified | | Local authority | Not specified | | Electoral ward | Not specified | | Westminster constituency | Not specified | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ### Codes - 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services ## Release History - 15 Jan 2025 at 17:38 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001424-2025 - 15 Jan 2025 at 17:05 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001420-2025 ## Notice URLs - https://edtechhub.org/ - https://edtechhub.org/jobs/?preview_id=21968 - https://r4d.org/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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