DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (DFID) has floated a tender for Directorate for a Research and Innovation Hub on Technology for Education. The project location is United Kingdom and the tender is closing on 21 Sep 2018. The tender notice number is 8354, while the TOT Ref Number is 26502107. Bidders can have further information about the Tender and can request the complete Tender document by Registering on the site.

Expired Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : United Kingdom

Summary : Directorate for a Research and Innovation Hub on Technology for Education

Deadline : 21 Sep 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 26502107

Document Ref. No. : 8354

Competition : ICB

Financier : Department For International Development

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (DFID)
Attn: Cheryl McKend (Procurement ) Tel: 843 3799 Abercrombie HouseEaglesham Road, G75 8EA
United Kingdom
Email :c-mckend@dfid.gov.uk

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Directorate for a Research and Innovation Hub on Technology for Education.

Summary. The Department for International Development (DFID) is seeking to appoint an experienced and dynamic Directorate to design, manage and implement a £19.9 million multi-country Research and Innovation Hub on Technology for Education (the Hub) . The EdTech Research and Innovation Hub will bring together experts in technology, education, research and innovation to answer the questions: o What works-, (and what doesn-t) to accelerate, spread and scale education technology interventions to deliver better learning outcomes for all children, including the most marginalised, in developing countries?, and o Which education technology interventions present the greatest value for money and social return on investment? The Hub will play an important part in DFID-s larger strategic partnerships, particularly with the World Bank, exploring the impactful and equitable use of innovative technologies to benefit teaching and learning in developing countries. Objective. The objective of the Hub is to provide decision makers with evidence, insights, approaches and expertise to harness the transformative potential of technology to improve the delivery and governance of education for all. There should be a focus on reaching the most marginalised. The Hub will support and direct the use of pioneering technologies with real potential to transform the education sector. The Hub will increase research standards to provide strong evidence on the use of technology in education in a timely and accessible manner. The hub will provide expertise to a range of stakeholders including DFID Education Advisors working in-country. It is to go beyond simply understanding the effectiveness of technology, and instead to explore the genuine potential technology has ‘to work- in challenging and constrained environments. We (DFID and the Directorate, together with partners like the World Bank) will work closely with country teams, policy colleagues across Whitehall (including the cross-government EdTech network, DFE, DIT and BEIS) and internationally to ensure research drives better decision making and value for money for education programmes. Programme Delivery Model. An ambitious and different programme delivery model is envisaged. The Directorate will need to deliver against three main strands of work: i. Programme management, including cross-programme management, internal and external communications, commissioning and coordination of country research teams and innovation evaluation teams, stakeholder engagement, research uptake and synthesis; ii. Research leadership, including the development of a creative mixed-methods approach, new conceptual models and methodological tools, regular intellectual engagement across researchers and Technical Expert Group members, and the synthesis of cross-programme research findings into academic and policy-focused publications that drive new understanding and uptake of the potential of technology to transform education, especially for the most disadvantaged; and iii. Innovation acceleration and horizon scanning, including identification through grassroots outreach of promising technologies that might improve teaching and learning (especially for the most marginalised), support to these innovators to test and adapt their technology-based intervention to learn what works or what needs to change, and an evidence based springboard for growth and scale. iv. Knowledge sharing and capacity building through storytelling, blogs, workshops, toolkits, co-design processes, learning journeys and Horizon scanning of future technologies, methodologies and trends.

Extension Terms

Response Required By

Fri 21 September 2018 at 14:00

Nature of Contract

Contract

Contract Start Date

Fri 19 April 2019

Contract End Date

Contract Duration (months)

96

Documents

 Tender Notice