Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
University of Cumbria
Fusehill Street
Carlisle
CA1 2HH
UK
E-mail: brett.dixon@cumbria.ac.uk
NUTS: UKD1
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofcumbria
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of Online Mentoring for Cumbria Collaborative Outreach Programme.
Reference number: 17-013 S/CCOP
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
An online mentoring programme is required to raise aspirations and increase awareness of opportunities in Higher Education and Higher Level Apprenticeships. Separate programmes for young people in Years 9 or 10, and 12, will allow pupils to informally access information about their post-16 options, and participate in activities which aim to raise aspirations and break down boundaries to participation in Level 4 study.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
72000000
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD1
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The National Collaborative Outreach Programme aims to increase the number of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in Higher Education by 2020. The programme consists of 29 consortia undertaking outreach activity in geographical areas where the HE participation of young people is both low and much lower than expected based on GCSE-level attainment. The Cumbria consortium will work collaboratively with universities, colleges and employers on outreach programmes in specific local areas.
An online mentoring programme is required to raise aspirations and increase awareness of opportunities in Higher Education and Higher Level Apprenticeships. Separate programmes for young people in Years 9 or 10, and 12, will allow pupils to informally access information about their post-16 options, and participate in activities which aim to raise aspirations and break down boundaries to participation in Level 4 study.
The programme will engage up to 1 000 young people across target wards in Carlisle and Eden, the West Coast and Barrow in Furness, across a maximum of 25 schools.
Please Note Funding has only been secured for the first 19 months. The CCOP will find out in June/July 2018 if they have been successful in obtaining funding for the following 24-month period.
Should funding not be obtained then period 2 will not go ahead.
Period 1 — 1.6.2017 — 31.12.2018
Period 2 — 1.1.2019 — 31.12.2020.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2017/S 069-130440
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
No
V.1 Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
University of Cumbria
Carlisle
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
10/05/2017