Official UK procurement notice
Improving democratic education framework
Authority: The Electoral Commission (Public body)
What is being bought7 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Electoral Commission and democratic education
The Electoral Commission is the independent public body which oversees elections and regulates political finance in the UK. We work to promote public confidence in the democratic process and ensure its integrity.
The Voter Education and Partnership team provides engaging, accurate and impartial information about democracy, elections and voting so that eligible and future voters can cast their votes confidently.
Our education work aims to promote greater consistency in democratic education, increase young people's knowledge and understanding of democracy and elections, and increase educators' understanding of and confidence to deliver this topic.
Our recent research report, Young Voices on Democracy, highlighted that young people don't currently have the knowledge they need to be confident about politics and voting.
Less than a third know a lot about what the UK government does, and only half of those yet to vote feel confident about the process. There is a clear need for more democratic education in schools and colleges to support young people to become informed, engaged voters: only a third of school age children said they learnt about politics at school in the last year, yet almost three quarters told us they wanted more opportunities to do so.
We are currently focusing on the following initiatives to help us achieve our aims:
- Youth Voice Network: our youth engagement network is made up of 60 young people in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This group of young people feed into our education work and develop resources to support their peers to learn about democracy.
- Education resources: we have developed resources - including a scheme of work for schools, and activities for youth groups - aimed at supporting young people across the UK to learn about democracy and elections
- Welcome to Your Vote Week: every year we hold Welcome to Your Vote Week, which encourages young people and educators to engage in democratic education and to start the conversation about upcoming elections.
We are now looking to work with civil society organisations to develop and evaluate projects that will increase democratic education in schools, colleges and youth settings.
Please see attachment for Welsh translation.
CPV: Education and training services · Other community, social and personal services · Social research services
Lots and requirements (7)Procurement structure
7 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotEvery one of these 3 lots carries the same published figure, £50,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Managing service provision - convening and co-ordinationRenewalPublished value£200,000
Lead on convening education partners and academics in the democratic education sector, together with the Electoral Commission.
Please Note: Value added is indicative and may be subject to change
Lot #2Education projects, schemes of work and lesson plans for secondary and post 16RenewalPublished value£120,000
In line with the citizenship curriculum and current school and college priorities, develop resources that strengthen learners' knowledge and understanding of our democratic system.
Please Note: Value added is indicative and may be subject to change
Lot #3Teacher and youth group trainingRenewalPublished value£100,000
Use subject knowledge and expertise to develop and deliver training in line with the latest CPD guidance for teachers and youth practitioners. We are keen to explore both e-learning and traditional learning methods.
Please Note: Value added is indicative and may be subject to change
Lot #4Mis and disinformationRenewalceiling above
Develop, deliver and evaluate projects that support young people to identify, understand and become resilient to mis- and disinformation about elections and voting.
Please Note: Value added is indicative and may be subject to change
Lot #5Primary educationRenewalceiling above
Develop, deliver and evaluate projects that increase and improve democratic education in
primary schools.
Value added is indicative and may be subject to change
Lot #6SEND provisionRenewalceiling above
Develop, deliver and evaluate democratic education provision for SEND schools and learners.
Value added is indicative and may be subject to change
Lot #7Provision for Scotland, Northern Ireland and WalesRenewalPublished value£30,000
Expand our existing education provision in either Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales, focusing on mapping provision, partner engagement and dissemination of resources.
Please Note: Value added is indicative and may be subject to change
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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Improving democratic education framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Concession
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Jun 2025, 13:37 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Jun 2025, 10:49 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 14 Aug 2025
- Authority reference
WP080- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-031916- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0547a8Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 17 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 25 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
12 Jun 2025 → 27 Aug 2025 · 6 dates- Tender notice published12 Jun 2025, 13:37 BST
- Latest notice published19 Jun 2025, 10:49 BST
- Clarification questions by25 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown17 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected by14 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts27 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Jun 2025- Tender notice published12 Jun 2025, 13:37 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published18 Jun 2025, 14:38 BSTUK4
- Tender notice published19 Jun 2025, 10:49 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications This is the Expression of Interest translated into Welsh
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
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