Published date: 1 October 2018

This notice was replaced on 22 November 2018

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 22 November 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£100,000

Procurement reference

ITT30428

Published date

1 October 2018

Closing date

16 October 2018

Contract start date

22 October 2018

Contract end date

22 May 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The DfE is seeking a provider to design and deliver a digital languages mentoring project to encourage pupils to choose Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) at GCSE level.

The purpose of the project is to take a mentoring approach to engage pupils, inspire them to think globally, and show them the value of languages. The project is to be targeted at Year 9 pupils in state maintained schools in England, with the mentors being MFL undergraduate students at universities in England. The project will initially be a small trial to explore evidence of impact.

Languages are important to our young people in developing skills and knowledge, offering a good grounding in knowledge about the world they live in, and opening more doors to more careers. In order to encourage more pupils to study language GCSEs, we are looking for interested providers to bid to run this digital languages mentoring project.

For more information and a detailed requirement please refer to the tender documents.

More information

Additional text

Tender documents are available via the Bravo Solutions e-procurement platform. Suppliers can access this system at https://education.bravosolutions.co.uk where the details of how to register and the terms of free registration are presented.

About the buyer

Address

Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

catherine.gregory@education.gov.uk