Tender

IT Devices

  • Cornerstone Academy Trust

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-009472

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02ac71

Published 30 April 2021, 5:24pm



The closing date and time has been changed to:

1 June 2021, 5:00pm

See the change notice.

Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Cornerstone Academy Trust

Broadclyst Primary School, School Lane, Broadclyst

Exeter

EX5 3JG

Contact

Graham Newbery

Email

graham.newbery@tcat.education

Telephone

+44 1392304170

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKK4 - Devon

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.tcat.education

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

www.tcat.education/tender

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

www.tcat.education/tender

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Education


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

IT Devices

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 30213100 - Portable computers

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

A total of 595 devices for use by children and staff in a trust of primary schools. Requirements for 3 separate device styles within the 595 total number.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 30213000 - Personal computers

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKK43 - Devon CC
Main site or place of performance

Broadclyst Community Primary School

School Lane

Broadclyst

Exeter

EX5 3JG

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

A total of 595 devices for use by children and staff in a trust of primary schools. Requirements for 3 separate device styles within the 595 total number:

Cornerstone Academy Trust runs Broadclyst, Monkerton, Westclyst and Yeo Valley Primary Schools. Our schools create and promote a challenging learning environment that inspires children to achieve high standards and become life-long learners.

The Trust has high expectations, builds children's confidence, and ensures success for all. We seek to foster creative thinkers, inquisitive questioners, and avid problem solvers with flexible skills, who are successful communicators. Children learn to collaborate effectively at all levels, including working with our international partners and are able to adapt to the needs of a diverse and fast changing society.

We aim for pupils to have opportunities to use ICT as an integral part of their learning across the curriculum and in a wide range of contexts.

We aim for the use of ICT to have a clear impact in improving pupils' learning. Pupils should attain increasingly high levels of confidence and independence to apply and develop their use of ICT as they move through the school.

We aim to provide opportunities for pupils to make regular, informed decisions about when and how to use ICT and for them to have high expectations about using ICT to support their learning both within and beyond the school.

Specifically, and in line with our mission statement, we aim for pupils to use ICT to improve significantly their creativity and their ability to investigate, solve problems, refine their work, learn from their mistakes, collaborate with others and reflect critically on their learning.

We aim for pupils to adopt consistently safe practices in their use of ICT both in school and elsewhere. They should apply their knowledge, skills and understanding to ensure safe and effective use of a wide range of digital resources and adapt these to new and emerging technologies.

Up until this time we have deployed over 700 devices devices to children across the four schools in the Trust in Years 1 to 6.

We are widening our 1:1 device programme to include children of reception age for the first time, meaning 200 of the required devices will be used by these youngsters. We are also replacing three year old devices used by year 5 and 6 students, as well as procuring devices for two of our growing schools; Westclyst Primary School will open its first Year 5 group in September 2021 (it opened in 2016) and Monkerton Primary School will have its first Year 1 next year, having opened as a new school in September 2020.

On top of this there is the need to replace several staff devices and additional student devices across other year groups.

The DfE and delivery partners have identified Broadclyst Primary School as one of a very small number of schools and colleges which have demonstrated excellence in their use of technology to support teaching and learning and have the capacity to help others.

These schools and colleges represent a wide range of contexts, from rural to urban and primary to further education and include several Trusts with special needs provision. Demonstrator Schools and Colleges will offer packages of support, including guidance, online tutorials, webinars and recorded content.

Advice and training will be available to schools and colleges across the country which are most in need of support, for example those which have recently deployed a new online learning platform and those with the most disadvantaged learners.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality & Technical Merit / Weighting: 7.5

Quality criterion - Name: On going support / Weighting: 2.5

Quality criterion - Name: Design and function / Weighting: 5

Quality criterion - Name: Delivery/completion / Weighting: 10

Price - Weighting: 75

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start date

14 June 2021

End date

20 August 2021

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: Yes

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Originally published as:

Date

31 May 2021

Local time

12:00pm

Changed to:

Date

1 June 2021

Local time

5:00pm

See the change notice.

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months: 4 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders

Date

1 June 2021

Local time

9:00am

Place

Exeter


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: Yes

Estimated timing for further notices to be published: 3 years

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Cornerstone Academy Trust

Exeter

EX5 3JG

Country

United Kingdom