Education Programme STEM Outreach

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HS2 Ltd is intending to procure a contract for the provision of regional providers to deliver Science Technology Engineering and Maths (STEM) outreach activities to primary and secondary schools. The purpose of this Periodic Indicative Notice ('PIN') is to invite potential suppliers to participate in market engagement with HS2 Ltd in order to inform the development and finalisation of the proposed approach. Further information on the intended approach and how potential suppliers can participate in HS2 Ltd’s market engagement exercise are set out in II.2.14) and VI.3) Additional information sections below. HS2 Ltd anticipates publishing a Contract Notice in April 2021 to commence the procurement of the contract and this will be a separate Contract Notice with no linkage to this Prior Indicative Notice. Lot 1: Phase 1 Area South and Central (London and the Home Counties) Priority London boroughs are Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Hillingdon, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster. The main focus in the Home Counties will be Buckinghamshire. Additional information: The Market Engagement registration can be accessed through the following link: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/HS2_STEM_Outreach/ Lot 2: Phase 1 Area north (West Midlands). Local authorities of Birmingham, Solihull, Coventry and Warwickshire. Additional information: The Market Engagement registration can be accessed through the following link: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/HS2_STEM_Outreach/ Lot 3: Phase 2A Plus. (Staffordshire, Crewe and the Black Country). Local authorities of Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Cheshire East, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Dudley. Additional information: The Market Engagement registration can be accessed through the following link: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/HS2_STEM_Outreach/ Lot 4: Phase 2B Western Leg. (Greater Manchester area, Cheshire West & Warrington). Local authorities of Bolton, Bury, Cheshire West and Chester, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Warrington and Wigan. Additional information: The Market Engagement registration can be accessed through the following link: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/HS2_STEM_Outreach/ Lot 5: Phase 2B Eastern Leg. (East Midlands and Yorkshire) Local authorities of Derby, Derbyshire , Leicester, Leicestershire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Barnsley, Bradford, Calderdale, Doncaster, Kirklees, Leeds, Rotherham, Sheffield and Wakefield. Additional information: The Market Engagement registration can be accessed through the following link: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/HS2_STEM_Outreach/