Opportunities to Improve Attainment and Engage Vulnerable Children and Young People in Education

Concepts

• education and training
• stafford
• staffordshire county council
• education services
• young people
• vulnerable children
• young people of statutory school age
• attainment
• education
• children

Location

Staffordshire

Description

Staffordshire County Council would like to hear from service providers who are interested and capable of delivering excellent, high quality and outcome focussed education services to support and raise attainment, attendance, aspiration and engagement of vulnerable children and young people of statutory school age in education and for young people up to the age of 25 who have an Education, Health and Care Plan. To also work towards successful transition to education, employment or training post-16 at the end of Key Stage 4. The objectives of the services are to provide a flexible response to either compliment, or provide an alternative to the teaching and learning available within mainstream and specialist provision or for children not engaged in education. Staffordshire County Council would like to hear from service providers who are interested and capable of delivering excellent, high quality and outcome focussed education services to support and raise attainment, attendance, aspiration and engagement of vulnerable children and young people of statutory school age in education and for young people up to the age of 25 who have an Education, Health and Care Plan. To also work towards successful transition to education, employment or training post-16 at the end of Key Stage 4. The objectives of the services are to provide a flexible response to either compliment, or provide an alternative to the teaching and learning available within mainstream and specialist provision or for children not engaged in education. The successful providers will be expected to: - work effectively with pupils to engage them in education and reduce gaps in attainment and progress, - work in partnership and maintain strong links with other education providers and carers to provide individualised, holistic support for the child, - when working with children in care be able to demonstrate an understanding of attachment and trauma issues in education, - support independent learning skills, - provide experienced and highly skilled practitioners who can demonstrate skills and expertise in working with vulnerable pupils, - report on progress with evidence of work completed and regular reviews which are fed back to the commissioner including the planning and evaluation of sessions delivered, - contribute towards the evidence gathering for graduated response under the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) pathway, - to include wherever possible, access to externally accredited examinations for young people, - to engage pupils newly arrived from overseas education. Staffordshire County Council Virtual School for Looked After Children, SEND and Alternative Provision Commissioners are looking to create a Dynamic Purchasing System of providers in Staffordshire but with the ability to extend regionally in the future. This list of education provision will be primarily for the authority's own use but will offer local schools the opportunity to purchase programmes that can be run within their school or may with negotiation support Staffordshire Looked After Children educated outside of Staffordshire Local Authority boundaries. This framework will give the assurance that providers have met a stated set of standards and so will give a basic mark of quality assurance.

Lot Division

Renewal Options

Initial Contract Period 1st August 2018 to 31st July 2020, with the option to extend for a further 2 x 12 months to the 31st July 2022 and for a further 3 x 12 months to 31st August 2025.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 80000000 - Education and training services
• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Restrictions apply to the lot award allocation.
• Bids should cover one or more lots.
• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Options are available.
• Renewals are not available.
• Professional qualifications are sought.
• Award on basis of price.

Other Information

Call-off opportunities. The below quality questions will be evaluated by a panel and scored as follows: Quality Percentage. 1: Please describe how your organisation will meet the individual needs / outcomes of the pupil as outlined in the Referral Request Form? 30 % 2: Please detail how your organisation will deliver the service? 30 % Quality Sub Total: 60 %. Price (Hourly Rate) 40 %. Price Sub Total: 40 %. Total: 100 %. 88: The Supplier must ensure that they can fulfil the conditions as specified within the Referral Request Form. 89: When evaluating the SQ and the Referral Request Form the County Council will also take into account whether all of the requirements within the documentation have been met, such as whether any additional documentation requested has been included with the submission. The Supplier may be asked to clarify its responses or provide more details. 90: The Suppliers shall be evaluated on the Award Criteria which take into account the economic and financial standing in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.