Published date: 24 July 2019

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 5 July 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Higher education services - 80300000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£400,000

Procurement reference

BIP416427666

Published date

24 July 2019

Closing date

5 July 2019

Contract start date

1 September 2019

Contract end date

31 August 2022

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The aim of this provision is to provide experienced Social Work Practitioners with the skills required to coach, mentor, supervise and assess social work students, Newly Qualified Social Workers and mentor Social Workers engaged in Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities. It should provide pathways to support Practice Educators to achieve level 2 Practice Education Professional Standards (PEPS). The programme should be available for delivery from autumn 2019 and will consist of a minimum of 20 delegates per cohort. The overall number of days, of the programme, will be determined by the successful HE provider.

Any programme should be linked to Masters Credits and will be gained through a provision of blended learning, gained knowledge and illustrated through written evidence of learning against the learning outcomes and domains of PEPS2, however we are open to suggestions as to how this is achieved. We expect a variety of training resources, dynamic delivery, contemporary methodologies and innovation to be adopted to ensure the learning needs of all attendees are met. The use of Subject Matter Experts is encouraged.

Each session will be for a minimum of 20 delegates and is to be delivered at a location in Chelmsford, Essex.

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.This exercise will create a framework of two Lots;

Lot 1 - Courses for 60 Credits

Lot 2 - Courses for 30 Credits

The Authority will not accept bids from a single provider for both Lots.

Lot 2 - No awards made

Award information

Awarded date

5 July 2019

Contract start date

1 September 2019

Contract end date

31 August 2022

Total value of contract

£400,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

University of East Anglia

Address

Norwich Research Park
Norwich
NR4 7TJ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Andrew Beaver

Address

County Hall
Market Road
Chelmsford
CM1 1QH
UK

Telephone

+443330136253

Email

andrew.beaver@essex.gov.uk