Census Secondary Schools Programme

Descriptions

Introduction: the Authority in looking to commission a Census Secondary Schools programme in advance of the 2021 Census in England and Wales. The intention is for the programme to be carried out over a 5-year period and will need to fulfil the following objectives:— ONS, including census, statistics are utilised in the England and Wales school curriculum,— improved statistical literacy at all mandatory educational levels,— drive response to the Census amongst hard to reach groups (through school children understanding the importance of Census data and so helping influence their household to complete it) and improve response to ONS surveys (as above, through increased awareness of the importance of the data).Background: a similar programme was carried out in advance of the 2011 Census. We are looking to work with suppliers to develop and build a similar programme to achieve the above objectives.Census Secondary Schools programme and delivery:The intention of a Census Secondary Schools programme is to help build and develop statistical literacy at all mandatory educational levels with an aim of this improving the response to the Census amongst Hard to Reach Groups, through school children understanding the importance of Census and ONS data and so helping influence their household to complete and improving the response to ONS surveys (as above, through increased awareness of the importance of the data). If there is sufficient budget ONS will consider extending the programme into further education.Purpose of the Prior Information Notice (PIN):This PIN is being used by the Contracting Authority to notify the market of its intention to launch a procurement to:— establish the capability, capacity and levels of appetite within the market for developing a Census Secondary Schools programme o review options for the delivery of the services and the proposed strategy to source the requirement using the Innovation Partnership procurement route; the choice of innovation partnership reflects ONS desire to attract innovative approaches to delivering the programme and the intention to roll out a longer-term programme following the conclusion of Census in 2021,— take input from the market to ensure that any resulting procurement will successfully attract bids that offer quality and value for money.To express your interest in this opportunity please register as a supplier on the Office for National Statistics (ONS) procurement portal InTend https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ons/aspx/Home and email census2021.transformation.programme@ons.gov.uk to inform us that you have done so. We will then add you to the project on InTend as an interested supplier. This will allow us to keep you informed regarding the procurement of these services. Once you have been added to the project please submit a short summary of your business or institution and what experience they have had with similar projects. The authority may work with other Contracting Authorities over the delivery of the Census Secondary Schools programme in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, either as a direct party to the agreement or via ONS.