Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Oak National Academy Limited
London
procurement@thenational.academy
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
National registration number
14174888
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/oaknationalacademy/aspx/Home
Buyer's address
http://www.thenational.academy
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
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
Market Engagement for the Delivery of Oak's Full Curriculum Packages
Reference number
OAK/0001
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 80000000 - Education and training services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Following the establishment of Oak National Academy Limited as a new, independent, arm’s-length body on the 1st September, we are now able to share more information about how Oak intends to work with the sector. The purpose of this notice is to direct people towards market engagement webinars on Thursday 15 September at 16:00-17:30 and Friday 16 September at 12:00-13:30. In advance we are sharing pre-reading about Oak’s proposed procurement approach. During the webinars we will seek feedback to input into the requirements specification. The webinars will be recorded and materials added to the pdf as shown below. To register interest and receive further information, please go to the links below:https://share.hsforms.com/1ZAY7MiviQNuookRI59dDUQbvumdhttps://support.thenational.academy/hubfs/Public/ONA-Prior-Information-Notice-Pre-Read-Sept2022.pdf
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £8,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lots are to be decided
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 80000000 - Education and training services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance
National
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Following the establishment of Oak National Academy Limited as a new, independent, arm’s-length body on the 1st September, we are now able to share more information about how Oak intends to work with the sector. The purpose of this notice is to direct people towards market engagement webinars on Thursday 15 September at 16:00-17:30 and Friday 16 September at 12:00-13.30. In advance we are sharing pre-reading here about Oak’s proposed procurement approach. During the webinars we will seek feedback to input into the requirements specification. The webinars will be recorded and materials added to the pdf below. To register interest and receive further information, please go to the links below:https://support.thenational.academy/hubfs/Public/ONA-Prior-Information-Notice-Pre-Read-Sept2022.pdfhttps://share.hsforms.com/1ZAY7MiviQNuookRI59dDUQbvumd
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lots are to be decided
Lot No
2
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 80000000 - Education and training services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Following the establishment of Oak National Academy Limited as a new, independent, arm’s-length body on the 1st September, we are now able to share more information about how Oak intends to work with the sector. The purpose of this notice is to direct people towards market engagement webinars on Thursday 15 September at 16:00-17:30 and Friday 16 September at 12:00-13.30. In advance we are sharing pre-reading here about Oak’s proposed procurement approach. During the webinars we will seek feedback to input into the requirements specification. The webinars will be recorded and materials added to the pdf below. To register interest and receive further information, please go to these links below:https://support.thenational.academy/hubfs/Public/ONA-Prior-Information-Notice-Pre-Read-Sept2022.pdfhttps://share.hsforms.com/1ZAY7MiviQNuookRI59dDUQbvumd
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
17 October 2022
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
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Oak National Academy (Oak) began as a response from the education community in response to the pandemic. Tens of thousands of teachers continue to rely on it for support for lesson planning and curriculum development. In September 2022, Oak became an independent arms length body of the Department for Education, seeking to support the reduction of teacher workload and increase curriculum expertise.Oak’s purpose is to improve pupil outcomes and close the disadvantage gap by supporting teachers to teach, and pupils to access, a high quality curriculum. Oak will achieve this by continuing to work with schools, teachers and the wider education system to create and support the use of world class digital education products built around our rigorous, high quality curriculum.This procurement is to appoint multiple Curriculum Partners (Suppliers) to provide existing curriculum sequences and lesson resources and develop these to create a national, coherent curriculum with Full Curriculum Packages to support teachers in-class. The Full Curriculum packages must fully align with the standards of the national curriculum.Oak’s Full Curriculum Packages will comprise:a) Curriculum information: overview, sequence of content and units of learning including key knowledge, vocabulary and skillsb) Full sets of lesson materials: slides, worksheets, quizzes, teacher guidance and video lessonsThese final Full Curriculum Packages will then be made available for free, entirely optionally, and accessible on demand for schools, on Oak’s platforms.It is anticipated that the range of services required from Curriculum Partners will include:Provision of existing Curriculum and Lesson Resources to underpin the development of Full Curriculum Packages. Provision & contract management of a high quality team to include a curriculum design lead and subject specialist teachers and reviewers to develop the Full Curriculum Packages to agreed specification.The above is neither exhaustive nor a final requirement. It is subject to development prior to the publication of any potential subsequent contract notice.Oak will stagger the procurement and development of the Full Curriculum Packages across 2 cycles:Cycle 1 - Creation complete by September 2024: English, maths, science, geography, history, musicCycle 2 - Creation complete by September 2025: other National Curriculum and Statutory subjects to be confirmedIn order to draw on a wide range of expertise from across the system, Oak wants to achieve a diversity and breadth of Suppliers while keeping curriculum coherence. Therefore we propose to split Cycle 1 into separate lots of each of Primary (KS1-2) and Secondary (KS3-4) per subject area, and cap the award of the total lots to an individual supplier or consortium.This PIN is not a call for competition. The purpose of this engagement notice is to direct people towards our market engagement webinars on Thursday 15 September at 16:00-17:30 and Friday 16 September at 12:00-13.30. During the webinars we will seek feedback to input into the requirements specification. These webinars will be recorded and materials added to the pdf below after the event. To register interest for our webinar and receive further information, please go to these links below:https://support.thenational.academy/hubfs/Public/ONA-Prior-Information-Notice-Pre-Read-Sept2022.pdfhttps://share.hsforms.com/1ZAY7MiviQNuookRI59dDUQbvumdThis notice is a zero value PIN for early market engagement. We reserve the right not to enter a formal procurement process or proceed with contract award. The dates associated with future procurement activity listed on this PIN are subject to change.