Competitive Contract Notice

1. Title: GB-Leeds: 3172 - GHWY Careers Standard Award
2. Awarding Authority:
University of Leeds
Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
Tel. 0113 343 2994, Email: r.clarke@adm.leeds.ac.uk
Contact: Richard Clarke, Attn: Richard Clarke
3. Contract Type: Services
Sub Type: Education and vocational education services.

4. Description: System quality assurance assessment and review services. We are looking for a licensed awarding body for the National Quality in Careers Standard to deliver a programme of support to help identified schools in West Yorkshire to progress towards achieving the National Quality in Careers Standard Award.

This programme should:
•Support schools to make progress in areas that have been identified as needing improvement through the Compass or other self-assessment activity.
•Specifically support schools to consider how to implement additional Higher Education progression related activity and/or how to embed activity initiated under NCOP in their wider careers strategy.
•Provide mechanisms for and encourage schools to share practice and learn from each other. For example, matching schools already delivering activity under NCOP to mentor another school to help them to implement Higher Education progression related activities.
•Include assessment and verification in order for a school to gain the Quality in Careers Standard Award where appropriate.
•Be complementary and additional to existing activity in this area.
5. CPV Codes:
72225000 - System quality assurance assessment and review services.

6. NUTS Codes :
UKE42 - Leeds

7. Main Site or Location of Works, Main Place of Delivery or Main Place of Performance: Leeds,
8. Reference Attributed by the Awarding Authority: PA/3172
9. Estimated Value of Requirement: Category I: 50K to 100K
Currency: GBP
10. Deadline for Expression of Interest: 12/03/2018 12:00:00
11. Address to which they must be sent:
University of Leeds
Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
Tel. 0113 343 2994, Email: r.clarke@adm.leeds.ac.uk
Contact: Richard Clarke, Attn: Richard Clarke

12. Other Information:
Other Information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.This tender is only open to a licensed awarding body for the National Quality in Careers Standard
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TKR-2018226-PRO-11972362
Suitable for VCO: No
Procedure Type:OPEN
Period of Work Start date: 02/04/2018
Period of Work End date: 31/12/2018
Is this a Framework Agreement?: no