Commissioning of the Development, Delivery & Award of the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales Level 3 Qualification

Concepts

• advanced skills baccalaureate wales
• newport
• education and training
• development, delivery & award of the advanced skills baccalaureate wales level
• award of a new level
• wales
• award of the advanced skills baccalaureate wales level
• notice of our intention
• concession contract
• secondary education

Location

East Wales: Schools and colleges across Wales

Description

This is a call for competition to award a concession contract to an awarding body to develop, deliver & award the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales (Level 3) qualification primarily designed for learners aged 16 to 19 in Wales. This qualification must be ready for first teaching from 1 September 2023.

Total Quantity or Scope

We wish to award a concession contract for the development, delivery and award of a new level 3 skills based qualification, the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales. On 23 February 2021 we published a notice of our Intention to Restrict the qualification we wish to develop to one form and to secure its development and delivery via a commissioning route. No representations were received and subsequently we intend to restrict this qualification to one form. The Notice of Determination to Restrict is due to be published on 8 June 2021. Additional information: The contract period is broken down as follows Development & implementation period: From 1 October 2021 to 31 August 2023. Exclusivity period: 1 September 2023 to 31 August 2030 Run-off period): 1 September 2030 to 31 August 2032. Option to extend for up to a further year at the end of the post restriction period.

CPV Codes

• 80000000 - Education and training services
• 80200000 - Secondary education services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The estimated value of the contract has been calculated based on the average number of publicly funded certifications over a recent three-year period (2017-2020) for the current qualification. It should be noted that during these years, and at present, the Welsh Government policy of universal adoption has been in place. Such a policy is outside of our remit and therefore, we cannot provide assurance that the same approach will continue. Further information is provided in the background document provided with the invitation to tender on etenderwales. The estimated total contract value is based upon the restricted approved qualification period of seven years when the successful bidder will have the exclusive right to deliver the Qualification. Instructions for accessing the tender documents and submitting a response: 1. Interested organisations should register on etenderwales at https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk 2. Once registered, you must express an interest as follows: a. login to etenderwales b. select ‘ITT’ c. select ‘ITTs Open to All Suppliers’ d. access the listing relating to the ITT: itt_87818 — Commissioning of Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales e. click on ‘Express Interest’ button f. once you have expressed interest, the ITT will move to ‘my ITTs’ where you can download and where you can construct your reply. g. you must publish your reply using the ‘publish’ button h. for any support in submitting your ITT, please contact the etenderwales help desk on 0800 3684852 NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=111187 (WA Ref:111187)