Notification of invitation to tender for School Open Source Project

Becta wishes to ensure that schools are aware of and can access the
wide variety of open source software in the marketplace.  To achieve
this it recognises that they must be supported in its awareness,
adoption, deployment, use and ongoing development.  In order to aid
this we are commissioning a project to:

1.  Support a sustainable and significant community of schools who use
and develop open source products by April 2010; and

2. Provide schools specific content development on open source
implementations.

The intended timetable for project award will be:

2nd May
 Invitation to Tender issued

By 12 noon 9th May
 Tenderers submit questions and comments regarding tender documents.
(see 1.6 above)

13th May
 Becta responds to questions and comments via email to all tenderers

By 12 noon 20th May
 Bidders submit tender (see 1.8 above)

3rd June
 Please endeavour to keep free as a shortlist of bidders may be
invited to Becta to discuss their tender submission, after which a
final decision will be made on awarding the Contract. (see 1.3 above)

12th June
 Contract Award

Please address all correspondence or requests for tender documents  to
tender.questi...@becta.org.uk

Best regards

David Carey

Becta Consultant

Who is interested in working on this (besides me)

R

On 02/05/2008, dcarey121 <dca...@oxfordlogic.com> wrote:

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I've also uploaded the zip file containign tender documents to the
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Regards
David Carey
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On May 2, 10:28 am, dcarey121 <dca...@oxfordlogic.com> wrote:

Will look at the docs now they're uploaded.

 > Could the tender come from us as a whole group, perhaps with the INGOTs as
 > one assessment focus?

Absolutely - I think an sf-uk tender would be best, we can decide on
 the 'official company to front it in due course, and then employ
 consultants :-)

 Yes, using theINGOTS asn assessment focus is a good idea.

 > I am certainly happy to join in as I already publish this sort of thing to
 > www.thefreemac.com as my own effort.  If we can include sections on
 > courseware, training materials, etc. I think that this is a real
 > possibility.

I hope everyone would see it that way.

 > I will just have to get the Head to confirm that I can join in in school
 > time and get back but definitely interested.

Good luck - assuming the contract is big enough, we can pay release
 fees to the school - that is what Becta and the exam boards do.

 rgds,

R

 > Simon
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 >
 > On 2 May 2008, at 02/05/2008,11:09, linuxgirlie wrote:
 > We are, just waiting for confirmation from the head and deputy.
 >
 >
 > Jo
 >
 >
 > 2008/5/2 Richard Rothwell <rich...@caliban.org.uk>:
 > >
 > > Wow!
 > >
 > > Who is interested in working on this (besides me)
 > >
 > > R
 > >
 > >
 > >
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 > > On 02/05/2008, dcarey121 <dca...@oxfordlogic.com> wrote:
 > > >
 > > >  Dear all
 > > >  I felt this may be of interest to members of this list as a potential
 > > >  opprotunity or future benefit.
 > > >
 > > >
 > > >  Notification of invitation to tender for School Open Source Project
 > > >
 > > >  Becta wishes to ensure that schools are aware of and can access the
 > > >  wide variety of open source software in the marketplace.  To achieve
 > > >  this it recognises that they must be supported in its awareness,
 > > >  adoption, deployment, use and ongoing development.  In order to aid
 > > >  this we are commissioning a project to:
 > > >
 > > >  1.  Support a sustainable and significant community of schools who use
 > > >  and develop open source products by April 2010; and
 > > >
 > > >  2. Provide schools specific content development on open source
 > > >  implementations.
 > > >
 > > >  The intended timetable for project award will be:
 > > >
 > > >  2nd May
 > > >   Invitation to Tender issued
 > > >
 > > >  By 12 noon 9th May
 > > >   Tenderers submit questions and comments regarding tender documents.
 > > >  (see 1.6 above)
 > > >
 > > >  13th May
 > > >   Becta responds to questions and comments via email to all tenderers
 > > >
 > > >  By 12 noon 20th May
 > > >   Bidders submit tender (see 1.8 above)
 > > >
 > > >  3rd June
 > > >   Please endeavour to keep free as a shortlist of bidders may be
 > > >  invited to Becta to discuss their tender submission, after which a
 > > >  final decision will be made on awarding the Contract. (see 1.3 above)
 > > >
 > > >  12th June
 > > >   Contract Award
 > > >
 > > >
 > > >  Please address all correspondence or requests for tender documents  to
 > > >  tender.questi...@becta.org.uk
 > > >
 > > >  Best regards
 > > >
 > > >  David Carey
 > > >
 > > >  Becta Consultant
 > > >
 > > >  david.ca...@becta.org.uk
 > > >
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If I can contribute as a freelance developer then I'm definitely
interested in getting involved. Even more so if there's an
accessibility angle (bound to be) or use of Mozilla tech. Happy to
develop and/or educate on OSS and web use/development for
sustainability.

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/sf-uk-discuss/files