Foundation Phase Evaluation

Descriptions

The Welsh Assembly Government would like to commission a large scale evaluation of the Foundation Phase. The Foundation Phase is a new approach to learning for children from 3 to 7 years of age. It is based on the principle that early years'' provision should offer a sound foundation for future learning through a developmentally appropriate curriculum. It is a play-focussed, experiential form of learning.There are four key aims to the work:1. To evaluate how well the Foundation Phase is being implemented and highlight ways in which improvements can be made.2. To evaluate the impact of the Foundation Phase.3. To assess the value for money of the Foundation Phase.4. To put in place an evaluation framework for the future tracking of outputs and outcomes of the Foundation Phase.The contract will require expertise in conducting large scale evaluations; on the education sector (including in Wales); on this age group of children; on economic evaluation; bilingual Welsh/English practice; and child development. The awarding Authority reserves the right to request parent company and/or other guarantees of performance and financial liabilityPayment terms will be indicated in the contract documents. Tenders to be priced in Sterling. Payment made in Sterling only. No special legal form required but joint and several liability assumed by all group bidders before acceptance.The Authority reserves the right to consider variant bids.The Contract will have an option to extend the duration up to a period of a further 24 months The Welsh Assembly Government, on behalf of the Welsh Ministers, will be conducting this procurement exercise through the etenderwales portal https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk. Tender documents and other information must be downloaded from and returned through this portal. If you require any further assistance the BravoSolution helpdesk is available on:Email: help@bravosolution.co.uk Phone: 0800 368 4850 / Fax: 020 7060 0480E-TENDER ACCESS INFORMATION:- Go to https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk- The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation.- Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic information about your Organisation and about the User performing the Registration.- The User who performs the Registration becomes the Super User for the Organisation.- On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password.- The Password will be sent by e-mail to the email address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page.- In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password.- Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click “Forgot your password?”- Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation.- If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Platform then you must not register again.- Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to arrange access to the Platform.- Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation).- Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration. Please contact the Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform.- Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 2pm on the specified deadline date.HOW TO FIND THE ITT:- Once logged in you must click on ‘ITT’s Open to all Suppliers- The etender references for this contract are: Project_20298 and ITT_32528- Click on the title to access summary details of the contract. If you are still interested in submitting a tender, click the ‘Express an Interest button’. This will move the ITT from the ‘Open to all Suppliers’ area to the ‘My ITT’s’ on the home page.- You will then see the full details of the ITT in the qualification and technical envelopes along with any relevant documents in the ‘Attachments’ area.- Should you have any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages’ area to contact the buyer directly – Please do not contact the named person at the top of this notice.