Published date: 9 May 2017

Last edited date: 9 May 2017

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: 16 May 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Administrative educational services - 75121000

Location of contract

London, South East

Value of contract

£30,000

Procurement reference

DN262219

Published date

9 May 2017

Closing date

16 May 2017

Contract start date

29 May 2017

Contract end date

31 July 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

The majority of state funded schools in Bromley Local Authority have academy status. A small number of schools (fourteen) are maintained by the Local Authority.

It is the ambition of the Local Authority that all remaining maintained schools convert to academy status by September 2018. A small grant has been received from the Department of Education to facilitate the conversion of our remaining maintained schools.

Bromley Local Authority is seeking a provider that can offer project management and delivery resource to work with Bromley maintained schools and council officers to support and facilitate the conversion of the remaining maintained Bromley schools to academy status.

This will involve working in partnership with schools and council officers to identify suitable options for schools in considering academy conversion, in particular suitable links to existing or developing Multi Academy Trusts (MATs).

The project will also proactively consider potential barriers to conversion (such as land, property and human resources issues) and work with schools and officers to resolve (as far as possible) any issues.

The project will also consider the existing academy arrangements for academy schools in Bromley and work to support existing Stand Alone Academies (SATs) and small MATs to join larger, more robust, arrangements.

Bromley Council are looking to work with a suitable educational services provider that can offer expertise and resource (e.g. a project officer or officers) to deliver this project.

Suppliers will be required to provide references demonstrating successful provision of similar project resource in relation to the strategic development of the educational landscape in a region / sub-region, to be taken up at tender stage.

DBS checks will be required as school visits will be involved.

The project is expected to commence from 29th May 2017 and continue up to July 2018.

The tender opportunity will be run through the London Tenders Procurement Portal and you will need to register your company with the portal as soon as possible (if you have not already done so) at www.londontenders.org to ensure that you are able to access and submit the relevant documents online.

All applications MUST be made through the London Tenders Portal ONLY and NOT to the Contact Details contained within this notice.


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About the buyer

Contact name

Lorraine Baker

Address

Civic Centre
Stockwell Close
Bromley
BR1 3UH
England

Email

lorraine.baker@bromley.gov.uk

Website

www.bromley.gov.uk