Published date: 13 August 2021

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 24 August 2021

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

  • Research consultancy services - 73210000

    • Design and execution of research and development - 73300000

    • Evaluation consultancy services - 79419000

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

£0 to £80,000

Procurement reference

MT223656

Published date

13 August 2021

Approach to market date

24 August 2021

Contract start date

8 October 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

This proposed work area is for the evaluation of the practitioner research area and advanced practitioner programme and is detailed more fully in our draft Invitation to Tender. It is summarised below:
Programme Summary Aims
The purpose of this tender is to secure the services of a tenderer to deliver an independent process and impact evaluation for Department for Education (DfE) grant-funded further education (FE) workforce development on the following programmes: the Advanced Practitioner Programme (APP) and the practitioner research area which includes the Outstanding Teaching, Learning and Assessment (OTLA) programme, and the Practitioner Research Programme (PRP) delivered in England by the ETF during 2021-22. The evaluation will assess impact on participants' professional practice, provider performance and learner outcomes, compare the effectiveness of different activity within the programmes, recommend improvements to strengthen programme quality and maximise impact, and inform future programme investment and design decisions.
Market Engagement Request for Information
We would welcome your views on the proposed contract work in terms of:
1. What can be realistically achieved in the timeframe
2. Approach of the work
3. What Key Performance Indicators or service measures would be effective and appropriate for this contract
4. Likelihood (or not) of bidding
Indicative timetable:
Pre-Market Engagement Exercise - 13/08/2021-20/08/2021
Invitation to Tender issued- 24/08/2021
Tender response deadline - 15/09/2021
Contract Award - by 08/10/2021
Contract start - by 08/10/2021

More information

Spend profile

This table displays the spend profile of the notice
Financial year Budget
2021/2022 £80,000

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About the buyer

Contact name

Commissioning and Procurement Partner

Address

Third 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