Published date: 9 October 2023

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 2 August 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Training programme services - 80521000

Location of contract

SE1 9HA

Value of contract

£290,000

Procurement reference

tender_378286/1265510

Published date

9 October 2023

Closing date

2 August 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

25 September 2023

Contract end date

18 March 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Ofcom have identified a gap in Continuing Professional Development related to media literacy for professionals supporting children and young people. This ITT sets out our requirements for media literacy training for professionals who work with children.

Through this process we will commission the delivery of two lots of training. We require the development of two training courses for the following professions:
- Lot 1: Education and youth professionals
- Lot 2: Children's health, social work and community professionals

We are particularly interested in reaching professionals who support children eligible for pupil premium payments, with mental health challenges, or with experience of care.

We require organisations to demonstrate their experience of delivering effective training for the professionals they aim to work with. It is likely that your organisation has already developed a media literacy training programme, although it may require some adaptation to meet the purpose of this tender. Organisations may tender for more than one of the lots if they have relevant experience with the targeted professionals.

A minimum of 500 professionals should be trained within the period of this contract. Organisations may charge for training, using the budget from this contract to subsidise places.

Training will be required to outline the outcomes that will be met for the professionals being trained and the children they work with. We will expect to see at least one competence from the Information and data literacy, Communication and collaboration or Digital content and creation areas of the DigComp framework (https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/digcomp_en) met through the training.

Training may be delivered online or in person. In order to be effective, it should:
- have a focus on improving media literacy outcomes for children and young people
- be underpinned by robust evidence and expertise
- include collaboration and expert challenge
- be sustained over time (e.g. a minimum of two sessions that build on each other)
(These principles are adapted from the standards for effective professional development, DFE 2016.)

Award information

Awarded date

7 September 2023

Contract start date

25 September 2023

Contract end date

18 March 2024

Total value of contract

£274,295.83

This contract was awarded to 2 suppliers.

Stem4

Address

51 St. Georges Road, London, SW19 4EA

Reference

Companies House number: 1144506

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Shout Out UK Ltd

Address

240 Portobello Road, (Studio 1), Notting Hill, London. W11 1LL

Reference

Companies House number: 09717655

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Deanne Matty

Address

Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road
London
SE1 9HA
England

Email

procurementnotice@ofcom.org.uk

Website

https://ofcom.bravosolution.co.uk