Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Department for Education
Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
Telephone
+44 3700002288
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
School Resource Management Webinars
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 80570000 - Personal development training services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The design and delivery of training webinars on the topic of school resource management
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £280,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 80570000 - Personal development training services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
In 2022 the Department commissioned a fourth round of training for school business professionals (SBPs) in Integrated Curriculum and Financial Planning (ICFP) and other elements of School Resource Management (SRM). The supplier delivered 170 webinars with 5,508 total attendance.
This project was part of the Department’s objective of achieving excellent school resource management and the delivery priority of making every pound count towards supporting pupils realise their potential. We have received very good feedback from this project and want to run a fifth round of training this year - as we committed to do in the second iteration of School Resource Management strategy.
The requirement is the production and delivery of 7 new webinar modules on areas of SRM that will enable attending delegates to improve their capability in key areas of resource management whilst allowing us to raise further awareness of the SRM offer. 160 webinars will be delivered live and the webinars will be recorded for hosting on the Department’s website.
The areas covered will be
Finance
1. Integrated Curriculum & Financial Planning (ICFP): Practical Examples
2. Funding and Income Management
3. Strategic Financial Planning
Commercial
4. Procurement: compliance and maximising value
Estates
5. Strategic Estate Management
HR
6. HR/Staff Management
Digital
7. Digital and Technology Standards
We estimate the total cost of this project to be no more than £220-280k plus VAT and for this we expect the supplier to:
- Design all content,
- Market the course,
- Deliver 160 live webinars,
- Provide additional learning resources,
- Record the webinars for the Department to host on gov.uk
- Evaluate the course
The potential participants for this programme are school business professionals (SBPs), headteachers, other school leaders, governors and LA finance officers.
Some of the existing webinars can be viewed here, under the ‘ICFP training’ section:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/integrated-curriculum-and-financial-planning-icfp
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
5 July 2023
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes