Meet the Buyer - Request for Tenders under the SEAI’s Schools Energy Workshop Programme

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3. Overview
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SEAI Schools’ Workshop Programme
Introduction
Tender timeline
Structure & Tasks
SFI Centres
AOB / Questions

4. All information provided here
is draft and for guidance only.
Published ITT document
takes precedence over this
presentation.
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5. Introduction
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6. Meet the Team
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Magdalene Hayden
Programme Executive,
Education & Youth
Ruth Buggie
Programme Manager ,
Sustainable Energy Communities &
Education

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SEAI Schools’ Workshop
Programme

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SEAI Education & Youth Programme and Objectives
 SEAI’s Education & Youth Programme started in 1995
 SEAI Education and Youth Programme aims to raise the
awareness among children and young people in Ireland
about sustainable energy as a key pillar of climate
action.
 Currently, SEAI’s Education & Youth Programme offers a
range of curriculum linked energy and climate action resources
anda well-established national education outreach programme
that offers curriculum linked energy and climate action
workshops from Junior Infants to Transition Year.
 These resources and workshops are highly regarded by the
teachers that use them.

9. SEAI Education & Youth Programme and Objectives
 The aim of the SEAI Schools Programme workshops is to excite and inspire children
about energy, environment and climate change through inquiry-based science
education that is relevant in children’s everyday life .
 SEAI’s Education & Youth Programme aims to become a leader in sustainable
energy and climate change education for young people reaching all levels of
education sectors from Early Years to Transition year and education through
Irish language.
 For our programme to have the capacity to create a greater understanding of
sustainable energy and its importance to combatting climate change and to
encourage positive behavioural change across the youth population, we need to
substantially increase the reach and awareness of SEAI Schools Workshops
Programme by building on existing relationships and establishing new ones
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 Junior primary pupil workshop or 'Guzzler’ workshops:
 children learn about energy efficiency and environmental awareness through games and activities.
 Senior primary pupil workshop
 suitable for 3rd to 6th class primary pupils is an interactive, curriculum-based workshop that covers the principles of
energy, current global challenges and what we can do to help.
 Post primary Junior Cycle pupil workshop
 a specially designed workshop in line with the new Junior Cycle.
 Transition Year pupil workshop
 addresses the causes of climate change, the global impact, renewable and non-renewable technologies and makes
students think critically about some of the solutions to the problem.
 Teacher CPD:
 Workshops available for primary and post primary teachers.
 The Post Primary workshops are aligned to the new Junior Cycle and are currently offered to Science teachers via
the Junior Cycle for Teachers (JCT) STE(A)M elective days
 Teacher Summer Schools are also organised during the first week of July, in partnership with Science Foundation
Ireland via their primary school programme - Discover Primary Science & Maths and ESERO
SEAI Workshops currently available

11. Rationale for Invitation to Tender
• Current services contract will expire in October 2022
• We hope to add capacity to current programme
reach and increase overall availability of our
workshops
• The Tender has been divided into 4 Lots to encourage
more specialised operators into delivering our
workshops especially in the post primary level and
expand our programme reach to early years and
Irish language education sector.
• Ensure enduring availability of skilled resources in the
energy and climate education market
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Expected Timeline of the
Tender

13. Timeline
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• Meet the Buyer Event August 30th
• Publish Invitation to Tender September/October
• Closing date of RTF October/November
• Evaluation November
• Approval November*/December
• Contract December 2022 + 12 months*
*subject to review and are for information only and are based on estimates*

14.  12 months with an option of 3 x 12 month extensions
 Maximum duration of 4 years
 The estimated value of all 4 lots is approximately €1,150,000 excluding VAT over the
maximum contracts term (four years) respectively
 Lot 1) ~€725,000
 Lot 2) ~€225,000
 Lot 3) ~€140,000 and
 Lot 4) ~€60,000
 All the estimated budgets for the contracts will be subject to the annual government estimates
and budgetary process in each of the years in question which are subject to change.
All of the above are subject to review and are for information only and are based on estimates
Estimated Contract Duration
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Structure and Tasks

16. ITT Structure
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Lot 1
• Workshops aimed for Primary Students and their educators
Lot 2
• Workshops aimed at Post Primary School students and their
educators
Lot 3
• Energy awareness engagement in Early Years
Lot 4
• SEAI School Workshops delivered through Irish language

17. • Tenderers may submit tenders for one or more Lots.
• Any combination of lots is acceptable.
• Tenderers must clearly state which Lot you are applying for and a
separate proposal must be provided for each Lot tendered.
• Tenderers must have sufficient Financial and Economic Standing to
complete a project of the size, nature and complexity of the project
and to perform the contract.
– Under all Lots; Consortium structures are welcomed if they
qualify under the economic and financial criteria
ITT Structure
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18. Lot 1
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Delivery and Management of SEAI Energy Workshops aimed for Primary School
student cohort and their educators:
Junior Primary Workshop; Guzzler Workshops
Senior Primary Workshops
Primary Teacher CPD and Teachers Summer Schools
Reviewing and updating Post Primary Workshop content in collaboration with SEAI

19. Lots 2
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Delivery and Management of SEAI Energy Workshops aimed for Post Primary student
cohort and their educators:
Junior Cycle Workshops
Transition Year Workshops
Post Primary Teacher CPD including JCT STEAM workshops
Reviewing and updating Post Primary Workshop content in collaboration with SEAI

20. Lots 3
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Early Years Energy Engagement:
Design and development of the Early Years energy engagement workshop
Management, and delivery of Early Years engagement
Content and material development in collaboration with SEAI
Promotion of SEAI Energy Workshops for the Early Years sector

21. Lots 4
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SEAI Energy Workshops delivery through Irish language
Irish Workshop programme management mainly through Irish Workshops Hubs 4 times
a year
Irish workshop content and material development in collaboration with SEAI
Irish workshops delivery in primary and post primary schools through irish
Irish workshop promotion

22. Costing of ITT
• Due to demand from schools, most workshops take place during the academic year, specifically
from end September to early December and from mid-January to May
• The service provider must ensure that scheduling arrangements of schools and
workshops are optimised
• Tenderers should suggest the most cost effective and efficient format for delivering the
workshops to schools nationwide
• Costing by each Workshop type including management & administration and promotion
of the workshops throughout the country.
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23. Current Model of Delivery
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24. Model of Delivery of Workshops
1)Current workshops are delivered either in schools or in
appropriately equipped centres
2)These centres are part of the SFI Discover network and
are specifically designed to support schools to engage in science
education outside of the classroom by offering workshops to
students in a practical, hands-on, enjoyable and interactive way.
3)A similar approach is sought in this tender
4)It offers economies of scale for workshop delivery
5)Maximises existing state supported facilities in the delivery of
STEM workshops
6)Currently the split is 50:50
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25. Current Science Foundation Ireland Centres involved in the delivery of
SEAI Schools Workshops
1)Wildways Adventures wildwaysadventures.ie
2)Brigit’s Garden www.brigitsgarden.ie
3)Lifetime Lab www.lifetimelab.ie
4)Killarney National Park Education Centre
www.killarneynationalpark.ie/education-centre
5)Irish Peatlands Conservation Council www.ipcc.ie/about-us/
6)The Organic Centre www.theorganiccentre.ie/
7)Irish Seedsavers www.irishseedsavers.ie/
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AOB - Questions

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Thank you
All queries must be
managed via e-tenders