Scope
Reference
TBC
Description
To appoint a supplier to continue access to a bilingual asynchronous professional learning tool. This unique product has bespoke design features intended to support an understanding of curriculum design expectations for schools and settings across Wales, coherent with a purpose-led, process orientated Curriculum for Wales. The supplier in question holds exclusive rights for the tool in the form of intellectual property rights.
The contractor is required to support Welsh Government with preparation and delivery of professional learning, focussing on:
1. The key components of the Curriculum for Wales Framework and its practical requirements in schools and settings.
2. The strategies that may be used to help design an engaging and agile curriculum based on learner progression coherent with Curriculum for Wales.
3. Considerations for school planning, designing and implementing Curriculum for Wales.
4. The purpose of assessment in Curriculum for Wales and its requirements for designing assessment arrangements to support learner progression.
(ref PA 2023)
Contract 1. Professional Learning Service Tool
Supplier
Contract value
- £450,000 excluding VAT
- £539,999.98 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Earliest date the contract will be signed
31 August 2025
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2028
- Possible extension to 31 August 2030
- 5 years
Description of possible extension:
2 x 12 month extension options
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 80000000 - Education and training services
Other information
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Direct award
Direct award justification
- Single supplier - intellectual property or exclusive rights
- Single supplier - technical reasons
This transparency notice is intended to provide notice of the Authority's decision to award a contract to Eduplanet 21 for the continued use of a bilingual asynchronous professional learning tool to support practical curriculum design within the context of a process orientated Curriculum for Wales.
The supplier in question holds exclusive rights for the tool in the form of intellectual property rights.
It is the opinion of Welsh Government that the contract in question satisfies the requirements of Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 with justification for the direct award of a contract as Eduplanet21 hold the exclusive rights including intellectual property rights for the development of the service. Therefore the requirements of paragraph 41 Direct award in special cases and Schedule 5 part (5) (a) (b) apply to the contract.
Supplier
EduPlanet 21 LLC
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PQBG-6697-QPZV
10 Spring View Court
Mechanicsburg
PA17050
United States
Email: Jcolosimo@eduplanet21.com
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): Yes
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Contract 1. Professional Learning Service Tool
Contracting authority
Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PQYQ-3841-BHTP
Gwasanaethau Caffael Corfforaethol / Corporate Procurement Services
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ
United Kingdom
Contact name: Rachel De Benedictis
Email: cpsprocurementadvice@gov.wales
Website: http://www.gov.wales
Region: UKL22 - Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
Organisation type: Public authority - central government
Devolved regulations that apply: Wales