Published date: 14 July 2023
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Contract summary
Industry
Training programme services - 80521000
Location of contract
SE1 9HA
Value of contract
£290,000
Procurement reference
tender_378286/1235751
Published date
14 July 2023
Closing date
16 August 2023
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
18 September 2023
Contract end date
18 March 2024
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
Ofcom have identified a gap in Continuing Professional Development related to media literacy for professionals supporting children and young people. This ITT sets out our requirements for media literacy training for professionals who work with children.
Through this process we will commission the delivery of two lots of training. We require the development of two training courses for the following professions:
- Lot 1: Education and youth professionals
- Lot 2: Children's health, social work and community professionals
We are particularly interested in reaching professionals who support children eligible for pupil premium payments, with mental health challenges, or with experience of care.
We require organisations to demonstrate their experience of delivering effective training for the professionals they aim to work with. It is likely that your organisation has already developed a media literacy training programme, although it may require some adaptation to meet the purpose of this tender. Organisations may tender for more than one of the lots if they have relevant experience with the targeted professionals.
A minimum of 500 professionals should be trained within the period of this contract. Organisations may charge for training, using the budget from this contract to subsidise places.
Training will be required to outline the outcomes that will be met for the professionals being trained and the children they work with. We will expect to see at least one competence from the Information and data literacy, Communication and collaboration or Digital content and creation areas of the DigComp framework (https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/digcomp_en) met through the training.
Training may be delivered online or in person. In order to be effective, it should:
- have a focus on improving media literacy outcomes for children and young people
- be underpinned by robust evidence and expertise
- include collaboration and expert challenge
- be sustained over time (e.g. a minimum of two sessions that build on each other)
(These principles are adapted from the standards for effective professional development, DFE 2016.)
About the buyer
Contact name
Hayley Watson
Address
Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road
London
SE1 9HA
England
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