Published date: 12 May 2017
Last edited date: 12 May 2017
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Education and training services - 80000000
Location of contract
Any region
Value of contract
£10,000,000 to £21,790,000
Procurement reference
1264
Published date
12 May 2017
Closing date
22 June 2015
Contract start date
31 July 2015
Contract end date
30 June 2021
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 contract with the incumbent supplier expires on 31 August 2015 and a new contract is being tendered to enable recruitment activity from September 2015 of a new intake for academic year 2016/17.
NCTL is therefore seeking a national training provider(s) to:
• deliver the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) accredited (or equivalent) doctorate level, initial training for educational psychologists to ensure a continual flow of newly qualified educational psychologists to the workforce in England.
• the programme will run on a three year cycle, and will include, year one university based with short practice placements, in years two and three trainees will work in an educational psychology service, alongside a senior educational psychologists on practice placement.
• the successful contractor (s) will need to deliver a continual supply of newly qualified educational psychologists to the workforce in England until 2019-20, with an option to for an additional intake from September 18 to be completed by 2021 subject to The Secretary of State priorities. This means:
• recruitment of 150 trainees on to ITEP in England starting in 2016 and a further intake of 150 starting in 2017
• the provision of high quality practice placements, that meet the HCPC and professions Practice Placement Partnership Framework standards, for all ITEP NCTL funded trainees in all three years as per course requirements.
• A regional spread of training provision across the north, midlands and southern (including London) England.
See 'Attachments' for further details.
More information
Attachments
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- 1264 ITEP.docx
- Full advert
Additional text
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Registration for the procurement.
This procurement will be run through an e-procurement system Redimo2. Redimo2 is used for contracting for works, goods and services that are awarded following an electronic competitive tendering process. Registration allows organisations to e-tender for procurement opportunities.
If your organisation is interested in participating in this procurement (RFx101) you will need to register on Redimo2 (If you are not already). Please register at https://www.gov.uk/nctl-e-procurement-system-redimo
NB (This will be an open tender published through the 80000000 (educational services) classification code. Therefore to ensure notification when this opportunity goes live, please ensure that you register against this code.)
Please e-mail our helpdesk mailto:commercial.admin@education.gsi.gov.uk if you have any queries with registering your details on Redimo2.
Once the Invitation to Tender is launched it will be visible for bidders to respond. This Invitation to Tender is due to be launched on Friday 22 May 2015.
All Tender documentation will be made available from Redimo2 and Bidders should ensure that they have read all documentation prior to submitting a response.
All bidders may be required to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement before key documents can be released via REDIMO. Bidders will be notified via REDIMO should this be required.
Where appropriate, the successful bidder will be required to deliver a Deed of Guarantee at the same time as the execution of the Agreement.
Award information
Awarded date
1 September 2015
Contract start date
1 September 2015
Contract end date
30 August 2019
Total value of contract
£14,500,000
This contract was awarded to 2 suppliers.
The University College London
Address
26 Bedford Way London WC1H 0AP
Reference
None
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Attachments
University of Manchester
Address
The School of Environment, Education and Development, Programme Director Doctorate in Educational and Child Psychology, Room A5.16, Ellen Wilkinson Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL
Reference
None
Supplier is SME?
No
Supplier is VCSE?
No
Attachments
About the buyer
Contact name
Sherida Kirby
Address
Learning and Conference Centre, Triumph Road
Nottingham
NG8 1DH
England
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Closing: 22 June 2015