Published date: 1 October 2019

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: 31 October 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

  • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£1 to £75,000

Procurement reference

C16780JWHO

Published date

1 October 2019

Closing date

31 October 2019

Contract start date

18 November 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2020

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 Resettlement, Asylum Support and Integration Directorate (RASI) , a joint unit between the Home Office and Departments for International Development (DfID)and Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is seeking to award a contract to support the commissioning and delivery of English language training to refugees in England.
The Government published the Integrated Communities Action plan in February 2019. In the action plan we have committed to increase integration support for all refugees in the UK. We will focus on supporting refugees with English language, employment, mental health, and cultural orientation to life in the UK.
RASI wish to procure a contract (maximum value £75,000 excluding VAT) to run a series of regional events that aim to bring together the English language sector (commissioners, LAs, colleges and providers) with the refugee sector (civil society, LAs and other local agencies). The overall aim is to ensure there is more effective English language support for refugees by facilitating better local join up of stakeholders and ensuring more holistic awareness of how to meet refugee language learning needs. The outcome of these events will be summarised in a toolkit and made readily available to the sector.
RASI is seeking to contract with an organisation or organisations that can demonstrate:
• Expertise in refugee integration, with a particular focus on the ESOL sector
• Expertise in conducting research and presenting findings in a structured guidance document such as a toolkit
• An ability to engage with and mobilise a broad and diverse range of stakeholders involved in commissioning and delivering ESOL services to refugees
• An ability to develop a dissemination plan to ensure widespread engagement

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A Briefing Event to give more detail on the requirement and its' background and to be used as an opportunity by potential providers to question the owners is planned for 10 October 2019 - time, format and venue to be confirmed . If you wish to attend then please register your interest by sending an e-mail to; -

RASIcommercialgrantsteam@homeoffice.gov.uk

Please state the following in the title of your email " C16780 Register for Briefing Event".

About the buyer

Contact name

RASI Commercial Grants Team

Address

Southern House
Wellesley Road
Croydon
CR0 1XG
England

Email

RASIcommercialgrantsteam@homeoffice.gov.uk