Published date: 18 September 2018

Last edited date: 18 September 2018

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: 22 October 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000

  • Primary education services - 80100000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£200,000

Procurement reference

METOFC001-DN361569-80468854

Published date

18 September 2018

Closing date

22 October 2018

Contract start date

5 December 2018

Contract end date

10 August 2019

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?

No

Description

Met Office for Schools will provide rich and informative resources for teachers so that they can engage young people across the UK aged 7-14 in classroom activities, which are memorable and develop an emotional connection with weather, climate, STEM subjects and the Met Office. Building on our scoping activities and pilot project, we are now in a position to finalise the programme of Met Office for Schools. About this Contract for Services:

This tender presents four work packages whose delivery will help us to launch Met Office for School in early summer 2019 (between the Easter and Summer school holidays).

The total budget is £200,000. In your proposal, please outline the distribution of costs across the four work packages.

Alongside the four Work Packages detailed below, work will be undertaken at the Met Office to ready an online platform to host the resources produced, alongside other related Met Office for Schools activities. It is imperative that you work closely with the Met Office delivery team to ensure timescales agreed align with the other Met Office for School activities that will be ongoing but are not included in this contract.

We will award in whole or in part, or not at all. Work packages are: Work Package 1 - Finalise programme identity Work Package 2 - Develop Programme Marketing and Communications Strategy Work Package 3 - Develop Programme Evaluation Strategy Work Package 4 - Create Programme Resources

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Met Office for Schools

  • Opportunity
  • Published 17 September 2018

Links

About the buyer

Address

FitzRoy Road
Exeter
EX1 3PB
England

Email

procurement.enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk

Website

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk