Published date: 18 February 2019

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: 19 March 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Design and execution of research and development - 73300000

  • Social research services - 79315000

  • Education and training services - 80000000

    • Training programme services - 80521000

    • Community action programme - 85322000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£150,000 to £450,000

Procurement reference

tender_199215/747423

Published date

18 February 2019

Closing date

19 March 2019

Contract start date

15 April 2019

Contract end date

14 April 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

National Citizen Service (NCS) is the country's fastest-growing youth movement, a rite of passage for all teenagers aged 15-17 to discover who they are and what they can do. Nearly 500,000 young people have already taken part. Find out more at www.ncsyes.co.uk

NCS currently has the following opportunity for the provision of:

NCS Trust wishes to develop and scale an NCS Design Lab model that engages the NCS Trust delivery network in practice sharing, developing elements of the NCS curriculum, producing guidance and other tools to support programme delivery across the NCS network, and which builds participants' capacity to design and deliver youth programmes beyond NCS.

The Contractor will support NCS Trust by developing the NCS Design Lab model, building upon the process and learning from the first prototype, through the delivery of between four (4) and six (6) NCS Design Labs over the course of the initial 1 year Agreement.

The Contractor will maintain a codified and documented Design Lab model, which is sufficiently flexible and scalable to suit a range of delivery methodologies (e.g. workshops, online).

The Contractor will ensure that the development of the NCS Design Lab model is informed by similar, effective approaches nationally and internationally.

This procurement is for the provision of the Services for an Initial Period of 1 year from commencement of the Contract with an option for the Trust to extend up to a maximum of two 12 month periods.
The potential value for the Initial period of this Contract including any additional services is approximately £150,000 GBP.
The potential Total Contract Value, inclusive of optional extension periods and potential additional services is approximately £450,000 GBP.

If you are interested in bidding for this opportunity, please register on the NCS Supplier Portal at https://ncs.bravosolution.co.uk

Once you are registered then click on 'ITT's open to all Suppliers' and select itt_80 Quality and Curriculum Design Partner, then click the 'express an interest' button to gain access to the relevant documents.

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The closing date is 19/03/2019 at 10:00

More information

Links

Additional text

All documents can be found on NCS' supplier portal under 'Quality and Curriculum Design Partner'.
Please 'Express an Interest' to access the documents.

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement

Address

The Pembroke Building
London
W14 8DG
England

Email

procurement@ncstrust.org.uk