Published date: 4 May 2018

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Awarded contract (published 9 August 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Research consultancy services - 73210000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£200,000 to £700,000

Procurement reference

TVET

Published date

4 May 2018

Closing date

4 June 2018

Contract start date

29 June 2018

Contract end date

28 June 2021

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

The VET Toolbox is a European Union Pillar Assessed Delegation Agreement (EU PADA) project delivered through an implementation partnership consisting of Enabel (Belgium), British Council, GIZ (Germany), LuxDev (Luxembourg) and Agence Française de Developpement (France).

The VET Toolbox provides the above-stated partner countries with know-how, tools and advice in order to improve the effectiveness of VET reforms supported by the EU (EC and EU Member States). It focuses on supporting VET systems to:
• become more demand-led, with more effective private sector engagement;
• become more responsive to labour market needs;
• provide increased access to (self-) employment, including for disadvantaged groups.

The project's interventions will be demand-driven, initiated by support requests from key in-country organisations centrally involved in the design and/or delivery of relevant in-country policy reform programmes. Interventions will include in-country support missions, targeted advice and guidance and both the application of existing tools and the development of new tools to support in-country reform programmes.

The VET Toolbox will operate in countries in receipt of Official Development Assistance in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, East Asia and the Americas. It will not operate in countries in EU Neighbouring States or EU Accession States.
To enable the project to respond quickly and effectively to requests for support, the British Council is seeking to create a pool of consultants with appropriate sectoral and technical knowledge and expertise, along with appropriate in-country experience.

More information

Links

Additional text

All applications to be made via: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/britishcouncil/aspx/Home

About the buyer

Contact name

Martin Fisher

Address

British Council, Bridgewater House
Whitworth Street
Manchester
M1 6BB
England

Telephone

+44 (0)161 957 7151

Email

martin.fisher@britishcouncil.org