Published date: 5 October 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 20 October 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

  • Higher education services - 80300000

Location of contract

North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, South East, South West, London

Value of contract

£10,000

Procurement reference

MT202714

Published date

5 October 2017

Closing date

20 October 2017

Contract start date

30 October 2017

Contract end date

30 March 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Further Education now accounts for delivery of over 10% of the HE level work in England: HNCs, full degrees, Higher Level Apprenticeships; professional qualifications, and indeed some post graduate level work all now increasingly happen in the further education sector. However, this is not reflected in the content of current ITE qualification (although a few HEIs do offer relevant options). The Foundation sought to address this gap in training provision by engaging Derby University to design and pilot a level 6 CPD module, approximately the size of a Diploma option unit. This was achieved and two pilots were successfully completed. The Foundation is now offering this package in two separate regional locations as part of the start of making it more widely available.
The specific work involves:
1. identifying two regional venues
2. recruiting 10+ trainees to each programme
3. delivering the training
4. relevant assessment
5. providing an evaluation
The Derby scheme was a 20-credit level 6 programme delivered face to face over 4 days with additional online material provided and we would expect the successful delivery partner to offer something similar. Original pilots were at Chesterfield and Buxton so we would wish to see 2 separate centres further afield (eg say London and Manchester).

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About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Coordinator

Address

First Floor
157 - 197 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SW1W 9SP
England

Telephone

+44 2037408280

Email

tenderqueries@etfoundation.co.uk

Website

http://www.et-foundation.co.uk