Published date: 30 March 2021
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Contract summary
Industry
Primary education services - 80100000
Secondary education services - 80200000
Training services - 80500000
Location of contract
South East
Value of contract
£900,000
Procurement reference
KENT001-DN515582-94672129
Published date
30 March 2021
Closing date
19 April 2021
Closing time
1pm
Contract start date
1 September 2021
Contract end date
31 August 2024
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Restricted procedure
A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
The Whole School Approaches to Nurture Service will provide training and consultancy support over 3 years to enable a minimum of 300 mainstream primary and secondary schools in Kent (by the end of Year 3) to develop and implement their own whole-school approaches to Nurture, working within an evidence-based, accredited framework. The offer will include training and consultancy support for schools in relation to whole school approaches to Nurture, the development and practical implementation of school-level Nurture Groups and provision of an accredited emotional wellbeing assessment tool. It will also include supporting schools to engage positively with parents /carers as partners in developing whole school and individual nurture strategies, facilitating informal networks of participating schools, and working in close collaboration with local partners and practitioners to support the longer-term sustainability of the model beyond the contract lifetime. We are looking for a provider with experience of delivering evidence-based programmes of Nurture training to schools at scale that have already been externally evaluated, and which offer the opportunity for participating schools to gain a recognised accreditation.
It is KCC's intention to award the contract for 3 years, to begin in September 2021. The maximum contract value over the contract lifetime will be £900,000.
This procurement process is being conducted in accordance with the Light Touch Regime as it involves the purchase of educational and training services which are included in Schedule 3 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This will therefore be a bespoke two-stage tender process with an optional negotiation period. Tenderers are initially asked to return their responses to the Mandatory Selection Questions by 12.00 (midday) on the 19th April 2021. These responses will be evaluated and it is anticipated that the Invitation to Tender documents will be released to providers who have been selected from the Mandatory Selection Questions on the 27th April 2021.
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About the buyer
Contact name
Amy Merritt
Address
Sessions House
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
England
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