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Contract Notice

A National Enterprise Challenge for Primary Schools

  • First published: 07 August 2023
  • Last modified: 07 August 2023

Contents

Summary

OCID:
ocds-kuma6s-133843
Published by:
Careers Wales
Authority ID:
AA0504
Publication date:
07 August 2023
Deadline date:
18 August 2023
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Has documents:
Yes
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
No

Abstract

Careers Wales are seeking to appoint a provider to deliver a national enterprise challenge for primary schools as part of our delivery of the Big Ideas Wales contract. The contract will be for the duration of 2 academic years – 2023/24 & 2024/25, estimated value 90.000. The key elements of the contract – professional learning for teachers, the enterprise challenge and the regional showcase events, will need to be delivered in both academic years noted above.

Full notice text

CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

SERVICES

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address


Careers Wales

Unit 4 Churchill House, 17 Churchill Way,

CARDIFF

CF10 2HH

UK

Mr Paul Powell

+44 3001323833


http://www.careerswales.gov.wales
http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales
http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained


Careers Wales

Unit 4 Churchill House, 17 Churchill Way,

CARDIFF

CF10 2HH

UK


+44 3001323833


http://www.careerswales.gov.wales

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:


Careers Wales

Unit 4 Churchill House, 17 Churchill Way,

CARDIFF

CF10 2HH

UK


+44 3001323833


http://www.careerswales.gov.wales

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

A National Enterprise Challenge for Primary Schools

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Careers Wales are seeking to appoint a provider to deliver a national enterprise challenge for primary schools as part of our delivery of the Big Ideas Wales contract.

The contract will be for the duration of 2 academic years – 2023/24 & 2024/25, estimated value 90.000. The key elements of the contract – professional learning for teachers, the enterprise challenge and the regional showcase events, will need to be delivered in both academic years noted above.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=133843.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

80000000 Education and training services
80100000 Primary education services
100 UK - All
1000 WALES
1010 West Wales and The Valleys
1011 Isle of Anglesey
1012 Gwynedd
1013 Conwy and Denbighshire
1014 South West Wales (Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion)
1015 Central Valleys (Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf)
1016 Gwent Valleys (Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly)
1017 Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot
1018 Swansea
1020 East Wales
1021 Monmouthshire and Newport
1022 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
1023 Flintshire and Wrexham
1024 Powys

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

As part of our Big Ideas Wales contract, we aspire to increase the number of schools across Wales participating in enterprise learning as part of their delivery of the Curriculum for Wales, we also want to provide schools and their learners with new opportunities and experiences to develop their enterprise and entrepreneurial skills.

Your requirement is to design and facilitate a national enterprise challenge for primary schools that aligns with the principles of the Curriculum for Wales. This challenge should be accessible to schools across all regions of Wales and should include showpiece regional events to enable schools and their learners to participate in enterprise and to enhance their enterprise and entrepreneurial skills.

To encourage and to support primary schools and teaching professionals to participate in the enterprise challenge, you should also provide teachers with opportunities for expert CPD focussed on enterprising creative contributors and how participation in the enterprise challenge will support their delivery of enterprise in the Curriculum for Wales.

To support with the delivery and facilitation of the enterprise challenge and events, you are also expected to establish connections and partnerships with other key stakeholders across Wales, who can provide input and expertise to the challenge and events, this could include but is not limited to Local Authorities, Regional Consortia, businesses and employers, entrepreneurship role models, and Further and Higher Education providers.

1. Tenders for this work can be submitted in Welsh

2. Tenders submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than those submitted in English.

3. The closing dates for the Tender will be the same for those submitted in Welsh and English

4. The timetable for responding to the bids in Welsh will be the same as those submitted in English

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

The enterprise challenge:

• To devise an enterprise challenge that is flexible, inclusive and which aligns with the principles of the Curriculum for Wales.

• To promote the enterprise challenge to all primary schools across Wales and to register and monitor schools’ engagement in the challenge.

• To provide resources, information and support for teaching professionals on the enterprise challenge. This should include marketing materials and online resources such as social media, websites and video tutorials.

• To provide opportunities and experiences within the challenge for learners to enhance their enterprise and entrepreneurial skills.

Professional learning for teaching practitioners:

• To provide an offer of expert professional learning for teaching professionals on enterprising creative contributors and how participation in the enterprise challenge and the showcase events supports their delivery of enterprise in the Curriculum for Wales.

• Professional learning should enhance teaching professionals’ knowledge and skills on enterprise education and increase their confidence to participate in enterprise.

• Professional learning opportunities need to be factored into the schedule of your delivery model and should be offered via a blended mix of face-to-face workshops and online sessions. We would require an initial half day face to face session located within each of the 5 regions - North Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South Central Wales and West Wales. We require an additional follow up online session per region, to further support schools to deliver the challenge.

Regional showcase events:

• Central to the enterprise challenge should be 5 x showcase events – one each in North Wales, Mid Wales, South East Wales, South Central Wales and West Wales.

• To design and coordinate showcase events across the regions identified above and to promote and register schools’ attendance at these events. Social media should be utilised to promote and to celebrate schools’ participation in these events.

• These events should enable multiple schools and their learners to attend the event and to celebrate their success of undertaking the challenge.

• These events and associated activities should provide learners with opportunities to enhance their enterprise skills as well as to develop their core skills such as oracy, numeracy, team working etc.

NB – In both 2023/24 & 2024/25 academic years, we require professional learning for teachers, the enterprise challenge and the regional showcase events to be delivered. Your costs should reflect this delivery model. In your tender response, we also require a delivery timetable detailing when the key elements of your programme will be delivered during each academic year.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

4.3

Time Limits

Time-limit for receipt of completed tenders
    18-08-2023  Time  17:00

Estimated award date
 25-08-2023

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

EN  CY 

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

NB – In both 2023/24 & 2024/25 academic years, we require professional learning for teachers, the enterprise challenge and the regional showcase events to be delivered. Your costs should reflect this delivery model. In your tender response, we also require a delivery timetable detailing when the key elements of your programme will be delivered during each academic year.

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd (CCDG) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Welsh Government trading as Gyrfa Cymru Careers Wales, we are contracted to provide all age, independent and impartial careers information, advice and guidance service for Wales. We help people understand the changing jobs market and to acquire new skills to take full advantage of the opportunities open to them. We provide access to high quality information and online resources to enable people to make informed and confident decisions. Our work helps to develop the nation’s skills base and to support the effectiveness of expenditure on education and training, thereby contributing to the economic and social well-being of Wales.

(WA Ref:133843)

5.2

Additional Documentation

QUESTIONS. A National Enterprise Challenge for Primary Schools

5.3

Publication date of this notice

 07-08-2023

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
80000000 Education and training services Education
80100000 Primary education services Education and training services

Delivery locations

ID Description
1017 Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot
1022 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
1015 Central Valleys (Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda Cynon Taf)
1013 Conwy and Denbighshire
1020 East Wales
1023 Flintshire and Wrexham
1016 Gwent Valleys (Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly)
1012 Gwynedd
1011 Isle of Anglesey
1021 Monmouthshire and Newport
1024 Powys
1014 South West Wales (Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion)
1018 Swansea
100 UK - All
1000 WALES
1010 West Wales and The Valleys

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

Document family

Notice details
Publication date:
07 August 2023
Deadline date:
18 August 2023 00:00
Notice type:
Contract Notice
Authority name:
Careers Wales
Publication date:
29 August 2023
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Authority name:
Careers Wales

About the buyer

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Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
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Other contact:
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