Published date: 10 October 2019

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 23 May 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

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

Value of contract

£896,778

Procurement reference

tender_221171/804924

Published date

10 October 2019

Closing date

23 May 2019

Contract start date

12 August 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Poetry forms part of the national curriculum for English at all key stages, and is an integral part of specifications for English Literature GCSEs. The Department for Education (Department) wants to encourage schools to improve pupils' knowledge and enjoyment of poetry and engagement in poetry recitation and recall, in particular learning and memorising poetry by heart.

The Department is looking to commission an organisation to support the undertaking of a national poetry recitation competition and develop associated resources.

This will be an initial 9-month contract for the delivery of the 2019/20 competition, with provision to extend for a future two delivery years at the Department's discretion.

The primary aims of a 2019 competition are:

- to encourage and boost student engagement and participation in poetry, which is an important part of the national curriculum. We are extending participation in the competition so that it covers pupils in key stage 2 as well as key stages 3 and 4, to widen pupil participation further.

- to support students' preparation for taking the English literature GCSE and potentially the A level. The Department has not funded a poetry recitation competition since the reformed GCSEs were implemented;

- to provide an opportunity to draw together existing high quality poetry resources from different sources to support schools; and possibly develop appropriate new resources if gaps in the market are identified to support the teaching of poetry, especially at key stage 3. For teachers already focusing on the teaching of poetry, these resources could also potentially have the added benefit of supporting their teaching by reducing their need to acquire and/or produce their own resources; and

- to help build character, resilience and cultural capital, and improve pupils' mental health and wellbeing.

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Award information

Awarded date

25 June 2019

Contract start date

12 August 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Total value of contract

£896,778

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

The Full English (Education) Ltd

Address

2nd floor, 53 High St, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1DS

Reference

Companies House number: 8484860

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Department for Education, Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

English.IMPLEMENTATION@education.gov.uk