Schools Initiatives

The R&R Programme will be the biggest and most complex heritage restoration project ever undertaken in the UK, and will be delivered in an environment of unprecedented political and public scrutiny. Winning and demonstrating political, stakeholder and public support will therefore be crucial. In addition we must meet our statutory responsibilities to promote public understanding of the purposes of the R&R Programme, and to seek the views of the public as we set strategic objectives and make strategic decisions relating to the programme. We are delivering a range of engagement programming to ensure that everybody who wants to has the chance to be involved, while proactively targeting those who may be less likely to participate, to make sure we are understanding the public's views overall. We are committed to engaging children and young people throughout the programme including seeking their views in the development of the programme, in particular the development of the outline business case. As part of our engagement with schools and young people we require a specialist partner to create a range of learning materials for schools and promote them through their networks to maximise their usage across the UK. These age-appropriate materials will need to inform students around key design elements, ensuring a range of qualitative and quantitative feedback is gathered from young people to inform the development of the design of the restoration and renewal scheme. We anticipate that this will be a one-year contact with deliverables split into two waves. Wave 1 focusing on gathering the views of young people within primary and secondary schools across the UK (taking place between April and June 2021). Wave 2 will comprise of a further set of resources or activities designed to gather the views of young people in schools to be agreed between the supplier and client. This activity will sit alongside a wider programme of activities to young people outside the classroom. The information gained will be combined with feedback from other activities to develop a detailed understanding of the views of the public, in order to inform decisions we take about the direction of the R&R Programme. We anticipate that these activities will be centred around supporting teachers to hold discussions within school councils or within wider classroom settings to explore students' views and share the results with us via our online platform or by alternative means. These materials need to compliment key learning objectives and skills development for students. They should spark imagination, questions, and ideas to support teachers and young people to get involved and share their views. Materials will need to be developed in collaboration with the Restoration and Renewal external engagement team.

Additional information: The Tender documents will be accessible at the Houses of Parliament's e-procurement portal: http://in-tendhost.co.uk/parliamentuk. Tender submissions must be uploaded to the e-procurement portal; electronic responses submitted via e-mail are not acceptable. To access these documents select the tender reference SB1017 in the 'current tenders' list, click on the 'view tender details' and express interest by clicking on the button provided. You will need to register your company details, thereafter you will be issued with a username and password. If you have previously registered with In-Tend, please follow the link shown which will redirect you to the home page where you can log on using your existing username and password to collect the tender documents. If you have registered and forgotten your username and password, click on the 'forgotten password' link on the In-Tend homepage. Please keep this username and password secure and do not pass it to any third parties. If you have any questions on how to use this web site please contact Mariana Apostol on [email protected]. You are advised to allow sufficient time when responding to this ITT, and for the full uploading of documents, prior to the closing date of 12:00 noon UK time on 8th of March 2021. Late tenders will not be accepted. If you are uploading multiple documents you will have to individually load one document at a time or you can opt to zip all the documents in an application such as WinZip or WinRAR.