Published date: 7 January 2025

Last edited date: 9 January 2025

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 January 2025, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Jordan

Value of contract

£15,000

Procurement reference

WFD_Jordan_Jan 2025

Published date

7 January 2025

Closing date

20 January 2025

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

1 March 2025

Contract end date

30 September 2026

Contract type

Works

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?

No


Description

Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) seeks an individual or team of national consultant(s) as a course convenor for the 18-month development programme from Mar 2025 to Aug 2026. They will oversee the programme, provide group coaching, mentoring and training sessions, support the design of training materials, provide feedback on group and individual projects and facilitate regular communication and engagement of the cohort
The PLDP will focus on the professional development of 17 young MPs, by building their networks, and political acumen. Participating women parliamentarians will receive additional mentoring to help them navigate gendered dynamics within political institutions.
Reporting to the WFD Jordan team, with technical support from the Heads of Practice for Inclusion and Political Parties, the PLDP Consultant is expected to design a curriculum to help these new leaders develop specified knowledge and skills, achieve their development goals, and harness their collective power as a cohort cumulatively. The Consultant(s) will also ensure the continued engagement of the participants in the programme, being responsive to the competing pressures of the MPs while maintaining regular communication and opportunities for the cohort to engage in learning.

PDLP will comprise:
Year 1
• will focus on building core competencies through core competency training that will support young parliamentarians to navigate the political environment better, providing them with practical knowledge as well as exploring the rules of the game.
• A needs assessment to identify knowledge and competency gaps both individually and collectively
• Individual competency gaps identified will support the development of MPs personal development plans.
• Collective competency gaps identified will support the MPs to design and develop group projects.

Year 2
• build on Year 1 to provide a tailored competency coaching programme to the Cohort, continuing to close identified skills gaps.
• Cohort will undertake and complete their group project learning from them as they implement them in practice and present their findings and results.
• will provide an experiential component to the cohorts learning, with each cohort member designing and developing individual projects.

Year 3
• continuation of the tailored competency coaching programme to the Cohort.
• Cohort will undertake and complete their personal projects based on design from year 2 will and present their findings and results.
• All cohort members will graduate from the programme

The peer reflection process and women's mentoring programme will run alongside activities, adapting as the participants develop.

The minimum value threshold for submissions is set at £15,000. However, we welcome and will consider offers exceeding this minimum value, provided they are accompanied by a comprehensive and competitive commercial proposal.

Please read the Tender Notice for full details on the scope of work and how to apply.


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About the buyer

Address

Clive House
LONDON
SW1P1RT
England

Email

Jordan@wfd.org