Education and training services

Tender description

UoD is inviting tenders for the supply of personalised careers advice and guidance and career coaching in target schools and sixth forms across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire to inspire young people and support applications to higher education in (up to) 25 DANCOP schools per academic year. In those (up to) 25 institutions, the provider must deliver 10 days of careers guidance and coaching to target DANCOP learners. These learners will also receive support directly from the organisation to support progression to higher education. The activities will primarily be delivered on-site at the schools. The selected third party provider must have a proven track record in delivering career guidance and career coaching programmes with learners in schools across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. They must have be able to provide level 6/7 qualified career guidance practitioners to deliver the programme. Careers sessions could be delivered as small group sessions or individual 1:1 sessions. UoD is inviting tenders for the supply of personalised careers advice and guidance and career coaching in target schools and sixth forms across Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire to inspire young people and support applications to higher education in (up to) 25 DANCOP schools per academic year. In those (up to) 25 institutions, the provider must deliver 10 days of careers guidance and coaching to target DANCOP learners. These learners will also receive support directly from the organisation to support progression to higher education. The activities will primarily be delivered on-site at the schools. The selected third party provider must have a proven track record in delivering career guidance and career coaching programmes with learners in schools across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. They must have be able to provide level 6/7 qualified career guidance practitioners to deliver the programme. Careers sessions could be delivered as small group sessions or individual 1:1 sessions as agreed between the supplier, the DANCOP partnerships manager and the school contact. These careers advice and guidance services will be required for an initial 12-month period with options to extend on an annual basis for 3 further years, subject to securing additional funding and successful performance of the contract, in the sole opinion of the University. The following are within scope of this procurement: — execution and delivery of the careers guidance services, — knowledge, training and skills transfer as required, — ongoing support service, — account management including attendance at review meetings and provision of management and reporting information, — future development opportunities within the scope of this tender to allow the University to take advantage of any developments in this area of work which may assist in improving operational performance. The selected third party provider must have a proven track record in delivering career guidance and career coaching programmes with learners in schools across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. They must have be able to provide level 6/7 qualified career guidance practitioners to deliver the programme. In those (up to) 25 institutions, the provider must deliver 10 days of careers guidance and coaching to target DANCOP learners. These learners will also receive support directly from the organisation to support progression to higher education. The activities will primarily be delivered on-site at the schools. The schools that this may include can be found in Appendix E Phase 2 Schools List and represent a vast geographical region that the provider must be prepared to cover. The provider will be required to return monitoring information on a monthly basis. This return will include activities/sessions delivered with a register evidencing the name, date of birth and postcode of each participant. The provider is also responsible for arranging the completion of EMWPREP (East Midlands Widening Participation and Evaluation Partnership) data collection forms for all participants. EMWPREP data collection forms are to be returned to DANCOP on a regular basis. Full training and support will be provided by DANCOP free of charge. Monitoring information and EMWPREP data collection forms are crucial to DANCOP for the University to be able to demonstrate impact and appropriate use of funds. This information will be used by DANCOP to ensure that the provider is meeting targets in terms of engagements with teachers/advisors and learners. These targets are to: — deliver the programme successfully in (up to) 25 schools, — work with a minimum of 30 target learners on a programme of careers guidance and coaching in all of those 25 schools, — all 30 learners in each school must be from a target ward (specific postcode wards that learners must live in to receive these services, — all monitoring reports should be submitted by the deadline each month.