Data and Research in Education (DARE)
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Oxford Policy Management
- Value
- £9,397,297
- Duration
- 3 years
- Topic
- Foreign economic-aid-related services
- Published
- 27 July 2023
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
This is a notice of Contract Award for the following services to be delivered on behalf of the British High Commission, Islamabad. To deliver outcome 2, the DARE programme's research SP will conduct high-quality research into key education policy issues and promising, innovative interventions. This will include the UK's signature issue of how to ensure all girls receive 12 years of quality education, improving teaching for better learning outcomes, and how to provide education to children affected by school closures during the coronavirus pandemic. Other issues of research interest include but are not exclusive to: how best to support inclusion of marginalised groups (including freedom of religious belief - FoRB) in the education sector; research into high-potential innovations in policy and practice which focus on the UK's key policy issues of improving teachers and teaching, strengthening systems, and supporting the most marginalised; and improving education system resilience in the face of the increasing impacts of climate change.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date17 July 2023
- Completed: Award published27 July 2023Current notice
- Completed: Contract expiry date16 January 2026
About the buyer
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is a ministerial department that buys through its own Commercial Directorate. Every procurement runs on Jaggaer, the department's eSourcing portal, where suppliers register to bid. Opportunities and awards are published on Contracts Finder, and bids above threshold need Central Digital Platform registration. A commercial pipeline is updated every quarter. Four category teams cover programme delivery, estates and security, digital and technology, and corporate services. The department runs its own frameworks, such as the Global Development Delivery Framework, and dynamic purchasing systems for construction and global facilities management.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's contract awards have been in business services, transport equipment and construction work.
Relevant CPV codes
- 75211200 · Foreign economic-aid-related services
Decision makers
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