Published date: 15 January 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: 26 January 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, South East, South West, London

Value of contract

£50,000

Procurement reference

MT206452

Published date

15 January 2018

Closing date

26 January 2018

Contract start date

6 February 2018

Contract end date

31 May 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Foundation seeks to encourage final year undergraduates to consider a career in teaching in FE. One approach to this is to get final year students to spend some time in FE providers [colleges or ITPs], helping with the delivery. The Foundation is seeking partners to organise mentored placements with FE sector providers and facilitating this by offering financial incentives to the students and operational funding to the colleges/ITPs. As the partner might be working at a local level, we may be looking to up to 6 geographically separate partners to ensure the desired regional coverage.
The proposed locations for the projects are:
- London
- Bristol
- Birmingham
- Manchester
- Cambridge
- Leicester
The specific work involves:
-identifying FE providers that are interested in taking in final year students in this manner
-identifying HEIs within which to promote this campaign
-recruiting suitable final year students
-matching students to FE provider 'placements'
-disbursing relevant monies and keeping account
-providing an evaluation of the project
The students would be committed to spending a minimum of 40 hours at a local FE provider, and comply with the activities as directed by the FE provider. Payments would be made at completion with an advance to cover any travel or expenses.
The FE provider would be committed to providing placements appropriate to the students' subject knowledge and which provide a taste of the teaching culture and practice. Payments to FE providers would be per placement and split 50/50 at start and finish.
The Foundation successfully piloted this approach with East Durham College and 20 placements were completed. This means that suitable support materials are already available to be used with possible local adaptation.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Coordinator

Address

First Floor
157 - 197 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SW1W 9SP
England

Telephone

+44 2037408280

Email

tenderqueries@etfoundation.co.uk

Website

http://www.et-foundation.co.uk