ID 4458407 DE - Standardisation of Pre-School Education Programme Scoping Study

A Contract Award Notice
by DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
0.5 year (est.)
Value
£196K-£200K
Sector
BUSINESS
Published
01 Mar 2023
Delivery
To 28 Aug 2023 (est.)
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

Bangor

Geochart for 2 buyers and 1 suppliers

2 buyers

1 supplier

Description

The Department of Education (DE) is working towards standardisation of the DE Pre-school Education Programme (PSEP) throughout Northern Ireland. The overall aim of the contract is to appoint a Contractor to conduct a research study that will: • provide an analysis of the current state of readiness of individual PSEP settings of moving to a minimum of 22.5 hours per week standardised offer, including identifying opportunities for greater alignment of other aspects of PSEP; • examine the current training and qualification requirements within PSEP and provide costed options for a programme of CPD; and • examine the current advice and support available within PSEP and provide costed options for models of delivering advice and support.

Award Detail

1 RSM UK Consulting (Belfast)
  • Contract
  • Reference: 1
  • Num offers: 2
  • Value: £195,639

Renewal Options

Following the initial contract period there is one option to extend for up to six months

Award Criteria

AC1 - Proposed Methodology - Current state of sector for moving to standardised PSEP 10.4
AC2 - Proposed Methodology - Training and qualification requirements of the workforce to provide a high quality standardised PSEP 10.4
AC3 - Proposed Methodology - Analysis of the advice and support available to all PSEP and costed options for providing consistent and high-quality advice and support to all PSEP settings to support delivery of a standardised offer 10.4
AC4 - Lead Consultant Experience 10.4
AC5 - Team Experience 17.6
AC6 - Contract and Contingency Management 10.4
AC7 - Social Value 10.4
AC8 Total Contract Price 20.0

CPV Codes

  • 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
  • 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
  • 79600000 - Recruitment services
  • 79420000 - Management-related services
  • 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
  • 73210000 - Research consultancy services
  • 79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services

Indicators

  • Options are available.
  • Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

Contract Monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering.... on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach.... satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach.... satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action. If this occurs.... and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave.... professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated..... The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions.... being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a.... period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate.

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