Published date: 24 May 2024

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: 28 June 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

  • Youth education services - 80310000

  • Safety education services - 80330000

    • Various school services - 80410000

    • Welfare services for children and young people - 85311300

Location of contract

DY1 1HF

Value of contract

£0 to £210,000

Procurement reference

IT-9-3707-24020

Published date

24 May 2024

Closing date

28 June 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 September 2024

Contract end date

31 August 2027

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?

No

Description

Dudley MBC is seeking delivery of a programme of Theatre in Education performances (average length of performance 20 minutes) and workshops to support Dudley education settings with their Relationship, Sex, Health & Education (RSHE) curriculum provision and safeguarding. The offer should accommodate Primary phase, Secondary phase and 16+ age-appropriate pieces.
Education settings will be able to choose and book from a menu of age-appropriate performances that cover the following topics:
• Anti-bullying
• Puberty
• Sexual health /contraception
• Healthy relationships / consent
• Child exploitation including both child sexual exploitation and child criminal exploitation
• Misogyny
• Child abuse
• Domestic and teenage partner abuse
• Staying safe on and offline
• Mental wellbeing
• Knife crime / youth crime /county lines

Each live performance will be followed by smaller workshops that allow further questioning and discussion on the topic covered.
All performances and workshops will:

• be well researched, relevant, age appropriate, trauma-informed and participatory
• provide an opportunity for learners to interact with the characters and have a question & answer discussion
• support Dudley education settings with their RSHE curriculum and safeguarding work
• signpost learners to local and national support and guidance
• link directly with the Department of Education's guidance for RSHE
• link with the Dudley Council's health & wellbeing priorities
• support all children and young people to have healthy, happy and safe lives
•be in a variety of formats to accommodate children and young people with a range of needs and abilities • be flexible in their delivery formats to accommodate the time and/or space the setting can provide • have clear learning objectives and evidence of the impact on both the learner's and teachers' knowledge and skills around the topic(s)
•be run by actor / facilitators who have been trained in classroom management, acting, safeguarding procedures, and must have relevant DBS check in place
• be supported by pre and post lesson plans through the provider's website so that teachers/staff can discuss the themes/issues highlighted during the performances and workshops
• be pre-approved by the Commissioner (Council) before being delivered in education settings for quality assurance purposes

More information

Links

Additional text

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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Kim Morris

Address

Priory Road
Dudley
West Midlands
DY1 1HF
United Kingdom

Telephone

01384 814684

Email

kim.morris@dudley.gov.uk

Website

www.dudley.gov.uk