ID 3976745 DAC 172/21 DfE Review of FE Delivery Model

Concepts

• fe colleges
• belfast
• education and training
• dfe review of fe delivery model
• further education delivery model
• dac
• type of radical change
• software package
• technical education
• educational context

Location

Northern Ireland:

Description

The Department is commissioning a review of the Further Education Delivery Model in order to deliver the type of radical change needed to ensure that FE Colleges are able to fulfil their mandate within a rapidly evolving economic and educational context and to remain at the core of professional and technical education and training for the foreseeable future. The Contractor will carry out specified activities on behalf of the Department and produce a report providing a comprehensive overview of its findings.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 80000000 - Education and training services
• 48000000 - Software package and information systems

Legal Justification

This request is in compliance with Regulation 32 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended): i) For reasons connected with the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights (regulation 32(2)(b)(iii)) ii) in cases of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseen or attributable to the contracting authority, where the time limits for the open, restricted or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be compiled with (regulation 32(2)(c)).

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Contract Monitoring. The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored in line with PGN 01/12. 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.