Published date: 24 July 2019

This notice was replaced on 1 July 2020

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Awarded contract (published 1 July 2020)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£3,110,000

Procurement reference

ITT 31

Published date

24 July 2019

Closing date

23 August 2019

Contract start date

2 January 2020

Contract end date

31 July 2022

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 ASK Programme aims to assist schools with their statutory duty to provide impartial careers advice
and guidance to young people by providing them with a bespoke package of comprehensive information
about apprenticeships
Schools can access a variety of support including student awareness sessions, CPD for teachers, parent
events and live broadcasts. The ASK Programme supports the Apprenticeship reform programme, benefits
realisation strategy and communications objectives through the Fire it Up campaign . It is about improving
awareness and boosting perceptions of apprenticeships, driving growth in applications and supporting
progression and increasing 16-18 starts.
This is the first time that the programme has included KS3, for those students in year 7, 8, 9 as
historically the ASK Programme has been for years 10, 11 and 12 & 13.
There are three strands to the wider ASK Programme and all are essential to the delivery of the ASK
Programme:
ASK service delivery programme (the ASK Services to which this procurement refers) - being the delivery
partners contracted to deliver face to face sessions to students, teachers and parents.
Amazing Apprenticeships - includes the schools` resources portal, ASK CRM system, Young
Apprenticeship Ambassador Network (YAAN) portal, Vacancy Snapshot, Schools Workforce Development.
Note: Bidders will be expected to work with the Amazing Apprenticeships in order to deliver the ASK
delivery programme - further information can be found at Amazing Apprenticeships
Learn Live - live broadcasts to showcase employer apprenticeship programmes with the opportunity for
teachers and students to ask questions in a live Q&A session.
(together being the ASK Programme)
Evaluation has shown that 98% of schools would recommend the ASK Programme to other schools and
colleges. 79% of teachers rated sessions as being an excellent way of raising knowledge and awareness of
apprenticeships. We would expect to maintain these figures as a minimum and drive up performance in all
regions.
Over 1,600 Apprenticeship Champions have been signed up through the ASK. These Apprenticeship
Champions are not Contractor staff, but work as advocates within their school/organisation in promoting
apprenticeships to students and their peers. More information on Apprenticeship Champions can be found
on the Amazing Apprenticeships website

More information

Additional text

This procurement is being run through the DfE e-Tendering portal which is accessible at https://education.app.jaggaer.com
This the only way in which documents can be accessed , communication carried out and bids submitted for evaluation
As shown in the Procurement documentation there is the option to extend annually for a further two years.
The total value for the contract shown at II.2.6 includes the value for this option BUT exercising the option
is subject to continuing availability of funding, contractor performance and continuing government
priorities and therefore the two year option monies are not guaranteed to be available at this time

About the buyer

Address

Cheylesmore House,
Quinton Road
Coventry
CV1 2WT
England

Email

ESFAProcurement.HELP@education.gov.uk