Published date: 13 July 2022
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Awarded contract (published 26 September 2022)
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Contract summary
Industry
Administrative educational services - 75121000
Secondary education services - 80200000
Special education services - 80340000
Location of contract
United Kingdom
Value of contract
£80,000 to £90,000
Procurement reference
GMCA001-DN620795-37769150
Published date
13 July 2022
Closing date
27 July 2022
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
3 August 2022
Contract end date
31 July 2023
Contract type
Works
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
Within the Directorate of Education, Work and Skills, the Bridge GM Careers Hub works with schools and college to support their delivery of integrated careers education. In addition to providing and Enterprise Coordinator from the Bridge GM team to work with the institutions' Careers Leaders, we have a local hub fund intended to support the Hub in delivering its goals and to offer the opportunity to fund activities which benefit schools and colleges across the Hub. The Hub has expanded from 208 to 226 institutions. 31 of these are SEND institutions including the additional 10 onboarded in 2021-22. This represents approx. 55% of the expansion.
Bridge GM wishes to support inclusion schools' careers education with resources and employer led opportunities. The project is funded for 12 months with the options of extension dependant on future funding.
Project Scope
Part 1:
Create audio-visual content of short films to showcase young people with SEND & a manager/colleague talk about their experience of the workplace. Filming to be on location at the respective workplaces of our participants.
Each pairing will take part in 2 films:
• Film 1 - will see them describe their job role (industry knowledge) and how they got there
(Transition from education to work)
• Film 2 - will see them set a task related to their role/industry, that can be used in a variety of classroom settings
The films will increase the breadth of opportunities for young people with SEND to experiences relevant and aspirational workplace settings and feel inspired to make positive choices about their futures.
Films will enhance the GMACS platform (Greater Manchester Apprenticeship and Careers Service).
Platform analytics will indicate user engagement and user journey.
Part 2:
Commission programmes of employer-led learning sessions to develop the skills of young people with SEND to access the workplace and have the skills to do so.
The programme to include:
o Learning that is stage appropriate to the SEND students' learning journey
o Develops employability skills to promote life readiness and positive destinations
o Develop entrepreneurial, digital sector skills such as creative thinking, problem solving, storytelling, business modelling and technical skills via the creation of a digital product/service
o Provides meaningful employer encounters to build confidence and talent
o Links to the digital sector as a GM growth sector
o Aligns to secondary curriculum design and wider skills development
o Has a digital output that will support to the schools' social enterprise work and/or encourages SEND education to be outward facing.
o Create models of digital learning that be sustainably replicated by teaching staff
There will be 15 programmes of approximately 5 days. Led by a digital industry practitioner/employer, these will be delivered to 15 different institutions
More information on this opportunity can be found on The Chest - https://www.the-chest.org.uk
More information
About the buyer
Contact name
Sara Hughes
Address
GMCA Offices
1st Floor, Churchgate House, 56 Oxford Street
Manchester
M1 6EU
England
Telephone
+44 7598551693
sara.hughes@greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk
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