National Partner for Early Years Continuing Professional Development
The Department for Education is seeking to procure an organisation to deliver a programme of Continuing Professional Development activity, the Early Years Professional Development Fund.
United Kingdom-London: Education and training services
2018/S 242-552836
Contract notice
Services
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name and addresses
Sanctuary Buildings, 20 Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 8450194170
E-mail: Sourcinghelp@education.gov.uk
Fax: +44 2476823675
NUTS code: UKI
I.3)Communication
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
I.5)Main activity
Section II: Object
II.1.1)Title:
National Partner for Early Years Continuing Professional Development
II.1.2)Main CPV code
II.1.3)Type of contract
II.1.4)Short description:
The Department for Education is seeking to procure an organisation to deliver a programme of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activity, the Early Years Professional Development Fund (“the PDF”).
The provision of high quality, evidence-based CPD activity will support pre-reception early years practitioners to improve their practice in working with very young children between the ages of 2 and 4, to improve outcomes in language, literacy and numeracy for the most disadvantaged children, with an emphasis on improving school readiness.
This will help meet the Secretary of State’s ambition to halve the percentage of children that finish reception without the expected skills in early communication and reading in the next 10 years (currently at 28 %).
II.1.5)Estimated total value
II.1.6)Information about lots
II.2.3)Place of performance
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:
This procurement is being carried out in accordance with the open procedure as set out in Public Contract Regulations 2015. Contractors taking part in this competition are deemed to consent to the terms and requirements of this procurement. The specification and the Terms and Conditions, together with any special requirements, will form the basis of the Contract between the successful tenderer and the Secretary of State for Education. The Department is using the DfE e-Tendering Portal for this procurement which means the ITT and the forms for submitting a response are only available in electronic form. Tenderers will be required to submit their response in accordance with the instructions set out in the DfE e-Tendering Portal and the ITT. The information contained in the ITT is designed to ensure that all responses are given equal and fair consideration. The tender process will be conducted in a manner that ensures tenders are evaluated fairly to ascertain the most economically advantageous tender.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.7)Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.10)Information about variants
II.2.11)Information about options
The initial term of the contract may be extended for a further period of up to 24 months.
II.2.13)Information about European Union funds
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1.2)Economic and financial standing
III.1.3)Technical and professional ability
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
IV.2.2)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.2.4)Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:
IV.2.7)Conditions for opening of tenders
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.4.1)Review body
Royal Court of Justices, The Strand
London
United Kingdom
VI.4.3)Review procedure
The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point that information on the award of the contracts is communicated to suppliers. Unsuccessful suppliers shall be informed by the Contracting Authority as soon as possible after the decision has been made. If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by the breach of the rules to take legal action. Any such action must be brought within the applicable limitation period. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the Contracting Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into, the Court may, depending on the circumstances, award damages, make a declaration of ineffectiveness, order the Contracting Authority to pay a fine, and/or order that the duration of the contract is shortened. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: