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Published 7 Sept 2022, 07:21 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Oak National Academy Cycle 1 Specification for Full Curriculum Packages

Official notice

Authority: OAK NATIONAL ACADEMY LIMITED (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

12 lotsServicesOpen procedureMax 12 lots to bidMax 4 lots per supplier
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£9,000,000total for 12 lots · 1 value update
Submissions closed 5 Dec 2022
Lots 12max 4 won per supplier · max 12 to bid

What is being bought12 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Oak National Academy’s purpose is to improve pupil outcomes and close the disadvantage gap by supporting teachers to teach, and pupils to access, a high quality curriculum. We work with schools, teachers and the wider education system to create and support the use of world class digital education products built around a rigorous, high quality curriculum. We are undertaking an ITT to procure Full Curriculum Packages across key stages one to four in English, maths, science, history, geography and music. Oak would like to appoint multiple service providers to work with us to develop free, entirely optional, high quality Full Curriculum Packages. These will be made available to teachers and pupils for use in-class, and provide a national contingency for remote education should it be needed in the event of disruption.

CPV: Education and training services

Lots and requirements (12)Procurement structure

12 lots · all with a published value (£8,199,461 together) · a supplier may bid for at most 12 and win at most 4 of them
Lot #1primary key stage 1 and key stage 2 mathsRenewalPublished value£1,112,944

Lot 1 covers primary key stage 1 and key stage 2 maths

Delivery: UK · National
Extensions: Initial contract will be 30 months with two optional extensions. First extension period is a potential further 12 months. The second extension period is a potential additional 12 months following the first extension.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2primary key stage 1 and key stage 2 EnglishRenewalPublished value£1,523,587

Lot 2 covers primary key stage 1 and key stage 2 English

Delivery: UK
Extensions: Initial contract will be 30 months with two optional extensions. First extension period is a potential further 12 months. The second extension period is a potential additional 12 months following the first extension.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #3primary key stage 1 and key stage 2 scienceRenewalPublished value£420,904

Lot 3 covers primary key stage 1 and key stage 2 science

Delivery: UK
Extensions: Initial contract will be 30 months with two optional extensions. First extension period is a potential further 12 months. The second extension period is a potential additional 12 months following the first extension.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #4primary key stage 1 and key stage 2 historyRenewalPublished value£269,572

Lot 4 covers primary key stage 1 and key stage 2 history

Delivery: UK
Extensions: Initial contract will be 30 months with two optional extensions. First extension period is a potential further 12 months. The second extension period is a potential additional 12 months following the first extension.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #5primary key stage 1 and key stage 2 geographyRenewalPublished value£269,572

Lot 5 covers primary key stage 1 and key stage 2 geography

Delivery: UK
Extensions: Initial contract will be 30 months with two optional extensions. First extension period is a potential further 12 months. The second extension period is a potential additional 12 months following the first extension.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #6primary key stage 1 and key stage 2 musicRenewalPublished value£285,770

Lot 6 covers primary key stage 1 and key stage 2 music

Delivery: UK
Extensions: Initial contract will be 30 months with two optional extensions. First extension period is a potential further 12 months. The second extension period is a potential additional 12 months following the first extension.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #7secondary key stage 3 and key stage 4 mathsRenewalPublished value£896,716

Lot 7 covers secondary key stage 3 and key stage 4 maths

Delivery: UK
Extensions: Initial contract will be 30 months with two optional extensions. First extension period is a potential further 12 months. The second extension period is a potential additional 12 months following the first extension.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #8secondary key stage 3 and key stage 4 EnglishRenewalPublished value£962,689

Lot 8 covers secondary key stage 3 and key stage 4 English

Delivery: UK
Extensions: Initial contract will be 30 months with two optional extensions. First extension period is a potential further 12 months. The second extension period is a potential additional 12 months following the first extension.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #9secondary key stage 3 and key stage 4 scienceRenewalPublished value£1,001,069

Lot 9 covers secondary key stage 3 and key stage 4 science

Delivery: UK
Extensions: Initial contract will be 30 months with two optional extensions. First extension period is a potential further 12 months. The second extension period is a potential additional 12 months following the first extension.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #10secondary key stage 3 and key stage 4 historyRenewalPublished value£514,385

Lot 10 covers secondary key stage 3 and key stage 4 history

Delivery: UK
Extensions: Initial contract will be 30 months with two optional extensions. First extension period is a potential further 12 months. The second extension period is a potential additional 12 months following the first extension.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #11secondary key stage 3 and key stage 4 geographyRenewalPublished value£514,385

Lot 11 covers secondary key stage 3 and key stage 4 geography

Delivery: UK
Extensions: Initial contract will be 30 months with two optional extensions. First extension period is a potential further 12 months. The second extension period is a potential additional 12 months following the first extension.Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #12secondary key stage 3 and key stage 4 musicRenewalPublished value£427,868

Lot 12 covers secondary key stage 3 and key stage 4 music

Delivery: UK
Extensions: Initial contract will be 30 months with two optional extensions. First extension period is a potential further 12 months. The second extension period is a potential additional 12 months following the first extension.Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Lot distribution rule: Suppliers will rank the preference of their Lots in the Pricing Model at the point of bidding. This cap will be extended beyond 4 Lots should there not be an alternative Supplier meeting the Curriculum Quality threshold of 75 percent average score in any individual Lot.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
7 Sept 2022, 07:21 BST
Last source update
2 Nov 2022, 09:03 GMT
Award evaluation window
6 Dec 2022 – …
Authority reference
OAK/0005
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-030906
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-036660 Find a Tender

Publisher note: Oak National Academy (Oak) began as a response from the education community in response to the pandemic. Tens of thousands of teachers continue to rely on it for support for lesson planning and curriculum development. In September 2022, Oak became an independent arms length body of the Department for Education, seeking to support the reduction of teacher workload and increase curriculum expertise.Oak’s purpose is to improve pupil outcomes and close the disadvantage gap by supporting teachers to teach, and pupils to access, a high quality curriculum. Oak will achieve this by continuing to work with schools, teachers and the wider education system to create and support the use of world class digital education products built around our rigorous, high quality curriculum.This procurement is to appoint multiple Curriculum Partners (Suppliers) to provide existing curriculum sequences and lesson resources and develop these to create a national, coherent curriculum with Full Curriculum Packages to support teachers in-class. The Full Curriculum packages must fully align with the standards of the national curriculum.Oak’s Full Curriculum Packages will comprise:a) Curriculum information: overview, sequence of content and units of learning including key knowledge, vocabulary and skillsb) Full sets of lesson materials: slides, worksheets, quizzes, teacher guidance and video lessonsThese final Full Curriculum Packages will then be made available for free, entirely optionally, and accessible on demand for schools, on Oak’s platforms.It is anticipated that the range of services required from Curriculum Partners will include:Provision of existing Curriculum and Lesson Resources to underpin the development of Full Curriculum Packages. Provision & contract management of a high quality team to include a curriculum design lead and subject specialist teachers and reviewers to develop the Full Curriculum Packages to agreed specification.The above is neither exhaustive nor a final requirement. It is subject to development prior to the publication of any potential subsequent contract notice.Oak will stagger the procurement and development of the Full Curriculum Packages across 2 cycles:Cycle 1 - Creation complete by September 2024: English, maths, science, geography, history, musicCycle 2 - Creation complete by September 2025: other National Curriculum and Statutory subjects to be confirmedIn order to draw on a wide range of expertise from across the system, Oak wants to achieve a diversity and breadth of Suppliers while keeping curriculum coherence. Therefore we propose to split Cycle 1 into separate lots of each of Primary (KS1-2) and Secondary (KS3-4) per subject area, and cap the award of the total lots to an individual supplier or consortium.This PIN is not a call for competition. The purpose of this engagement notice is to direct people towards our market engagement webinars on Thursday 15 September at 16:00-17:30 and Friday 16 September at 12:00-13.30. During the webinars we will seek feedback to input into the requirements specification. These webinars will be recorded and materials added to the pdf below after the event. To register interest for our webinar and receive further information, please go to these links below:https://support.thenational.academy/hubfs/Public/ONA-Prior-Information-Notice-Pre-Read-Sept2022.pdfhttps://share.hsforms.com/1ZAY7MiviQNuookRI59dDUQbvumdThis notice is a zero value PIN for early market engagement. We reserve the right not to enter a formal procurement process or proceed with contract award. The dates associated with future procurement activity listed on this PIN are subject to change.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
5 Dec 2022, 23:59 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
6 Dec 2022, 08:30 GMT

Timeline

17 Oct 2022 → 6 Dec 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    17 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST
  2. Notice published
    2 Nov 2022, 09:03 GMT
  3. Submission deadline
    5 Dec 2022, 23:59 GMT
  4. Bids opened
    6 Dec 2022, 08:30 GMT

Notice history

5 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Nov 2022
  1. Published value updated to £9,000,000
    2 Nov 2022, 09:03 GMT
    was £8,000,000
  2. Status changed to active
    2 Nov 2022, 09:03 GMT
  3. Procurement method changed
    2 Nov 2022, 09:03 GMT
  4. Deadline published: 5 Dec 2022, 23:59 GMT
    2 Nov 2022, 09:03 GMT
  5. Buyer details updated
    2 Nov 2022, 09:03 GMT

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Oak National Academy

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawEducation Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London, UK, SW1P 3BTContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Consortium members and other public bodies

  • Oak National Academy LimitedContracting authorityBody governed by public lawEducation14174888 London, UKContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria