FTS - Latin Excellence Programme

Concepts

• education and training
• department for education's
• latin excellence programme
• establishment of a national centre of excellence
• fts
• national centre of excellence
• dfe
• purpose of this early engagement notice
• market engagement
• secondary education

Location

United Kingdom:

Description

The purpose of this PIN is to initiate market engagement. It is not being used as a call for competition. The PIN is intended as an information-gathering exercise. The purpose of this early engagement notice is to notify the market of the Department for Education's (DfE) intention to undertake a procurement exercise to source a potential supplier via the competitive award of a contract to lead a Latin Excellence Programme. The objective will be to improve pupils’ attainment via increased access to, and uptake of, GCSE in the language, whilst contributing to pupils’ broader Classics education.

Total Quantity or Scope

The purpose of this early engagement notice is to notify the market of the Department for Education's (DfE) intention to undertake a procurement exercise for the establishment of a National Centre of Excellence to lead a Latin Excellence Programme with the objective of working with a specified number of schools to support key stage 3 and 4 teaching through the development of a standardised pedagogical approach. This ‘Find the Tender Notice’ is linked to a Contracts Finder Future Opportunity Notice for an Early Supplier Engagement Event. The contractor can be either one organisation, or a group of economic operators working as a consortium. We are keen to receive feedback from suppliers on our proposal and therefore we will be hosting a market engagement webinar. A market engagement webinar will be hosted by the DfE on 30 September 2021 from 10:00-11:30. Details of this webinar will be sent to interested parties following registration. Bidders who are not already registered on DfE procurement portal can register here: https://education.app.jaggaer.com When registered and signed in to Jaggaer you will need to express an interest in the opportunity to be able to access all relevant documentation, including the webinar pack. For information: Attendance at the market engagement events is not a pre-requisite for being able to submit a tender against this opportunity. If you are unable to attend the market engagement events, the information pack, along with slides and Q&A will be made available. If you would like to attend the market engagement webinar on 30 September 2021 from 10:00-11:30, please express your interest by no later than 16:00 on 27 September 2021. For any assistance required in registering please contact the Jaggaer helpdesk: help_UK@jaggaer.com This notice is a zero value PIN for early market engagement. It is for information only and is not a call for competition. The Department for Education reserves the right not to enter a formal procurement process and not proceed with contract award.

CPV Codes

• 80000000 - Education and training services
• 80200000 - Secondary education services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. **