Published date: 19 November 2019

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


Closing: 27 August 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£115,000

Procurement reference

tender_216231/812815

Published date

19 November 2019

Closing date

27 August 2019

Contract start date

23 September 2019

Contract end date

29 February 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Below OJEU threshold competative procedure

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Department for Education is seeking a provider to deliver an online digital platform as an essential element of the Digital Languages Mentoring Project, which aims to encourage pupils in Year 9 to choose Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) at GCSE level.
The online platform will host activities for pupils and include a chat function, enabling pupils to chat with a mentor online while carrying out the activities. The requirement is to develop and build an online platform for a private beta phase of a trial project which will be run in at least 40 schools in England in 2020, from late January to the end of February or early March. The platform may also be used at public beta phase in 2020-21, reaching 6000 pupils, and therefore must be suitable for upscaling to a national roll-out.
The Digital Languages Mentoring Project (competed via a separate tender exercise) is to be targeted at Year 9 pupils in state maintained schools in England, with MFL undergraduate students from universities in England as mentors. The aim of the mentoring programme is to target 13 & 14 year olds who are unsure about whether to study languages at GCSE. These pupils will be of mixed abilities, mixed gender and mixed socio-economic backgrounds. The project's ambition is to inspire them to choose to study languages at GCSE level. This will be a digital project (as well as involving face to face visits) - using the digital platform to host interesting and stimulating digital resources to spark pupils' attention related to global culture and the value of languages.

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Award information

Awarded date

19 September 2019

Contract start date

23 September 2019

Contract end date

29 February 2020

Total value of contract

£115,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Tinopolis Interactive Ltd

Address

Tinopolis Centre, Park Street, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, SA15 3YE

Reference

Companies House number: 03347890

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

languages.info@education.gov.uk