Provision of Welsh-language training for education practitioners

Descriptions

The Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) aims to improve the linguistic skills of practitioners in all sectors by providing opportunities for training through different models of the Sabbaticals Scheme across WalesWAG wishes to establish a coherent, comprehensive national suite of Welsh-language sabbatical courses to be offered in 3 locations in Wales (based on the boundaries of ADEW consortia areas) as follows:* North Wales, with a particular emphasis on North-east Wales (covering the ADEW North Wales consortium area - Ynys Môn, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham local authorities)* South-east Wales (covering the ADEW South central and South-east consortia areas - Bridgend, Vale of Glamorgan, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Caerphilly, Merthyr Tydfil, Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Monmouthshire, Newport and Cardiff local authorities)* South-west Wales (covering the ADEW SWAMWAC South-west and Mid-Wales consortium area - Neath Port Talbot, Swansea, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and Powys local authorities).The contract will address the Welsh-medium Education Strategy strategic objectives such as improving the linguistic skills of practitioners in order to improve standards in teaching and learning, and improving levels of achievement in Welsh as a first and second language.The Welsh Assembly Government requires intensive Welsh-language courses on different linguistic levels and aimed at specific target audiences within the education sector. Successful contractors will be required to work with the Welsh for Adults Centres. Expressions of interest are invited from interested providers. WAG is willing to consider bids from suitable providers for a single area of a whole lot; a singl lot, a combination of lots or all lots specified. WAG is content to consider consortium bids. 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 bidsThe 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 2pmHOW 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_19998 and ITT_32091- 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.