Call-off contract for the Best Practice Function from the Institute Of Teaching (IoT) Framework Agreement

Location

London

Description

This award notice is to confirm that the Department for Education has awarded a call off contract to provide Best Practice Function services under the Institute of Teaching (IoT) Framework Agreement to School-Led Development Trust (SLDT). The Contractor shall deliver the Service Outputs and support other organisations to understand and implement best practice and evidence in teacher development. The Contractor shall deliver the Services in accordance with the Call Off Contract which incorporates the Specification, the Contractor's Implementation Plan and the Contractor's Solution. The detailed Service Requirements are set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1 of the Call Off Contract.

Ammendments to Previous Notice

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 80000000 - Education and training services

Indicators

• Contract modified due to additional needs.

Legal Justification

The additional services have become necessary – there is a requirement from the Department to continue to support the research and development activity undertaken by the Best Practice Function and secure a further 2 years of services under the Institute of Teaching framework agreement. There are economic and technical reasons why a change of contractor cannot be made – the Best Practice Function assets are owned by School-Led Development Trust as the contractor for the Institute of Teaching framework agreement. Running a new procurement outside of the Institute of Teaching framework agreement would result in significant duplication of costs and resource for the Department, and the costs and lead time for a new supplier to be able to deliver the services would be disproportionate to the additional term proposed. The value of the additional services will not breach the 50% value threshold for reliance on Regulation 72(1)(b).