Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-11-15
Buyer: Drammen kommune
Country: NO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72224000: Project management consultancy services | 73000000 | 73110000 | 73200000 | 73210000
Submission deadline: 2018-12-14
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: In order to prevent students dropping out of sixth form education, Drammen Municipality implemented a reinforcement measure in 2017 that was aimed at the target group of youths who, due to various reasons, are not ready to start sixth form education after they have completed the 10th years. The measure started as a result of the ministry extending the scope of the Education Act in 2016, so that youths who require an offer of more secondary education can get such an offer.
The reinforcement measure is called “Ung 11” and it offers participants who have the right to sixth form education in accordance with the Education Act § 3-1, extended secondary education through a “clarification year/qualifying year”.
Drammen Municipality would like to carry out participatory research of the Ung11 offer over a period of 4 years. The overall aim is to get a knowledge basis that can provide answers on an offer that ensures the best possible growth and development for youths who need something other than the offer provided through ordinary education.
The reinforcement offer is called “Ung 11” and it offers participants who have the right to sixth form education in accordance with the Education Act § 3-1, extended secondary education.
This year is a so-called “clarification year/qualifying year”, in which youths are given the opportunity to participate in a facilitated programme based on individual needs. The overall aim is to contribute to strengthening each participant´s ability to start, complete and pass sixth form education. Participants receive individual follow-up of their education. The offer focuses on coping with life and makes participants conscious of their individual strengths, gives them a belief in self-coping and setting life goals.
Participants get half-yearly assessments. Participants receive a new certificate from secondary school after the course has been completed. Participants do not lose their right to sixth form education for Ung 11. Pupils in secondary schools can apply for participation through the career supervisor at their school, or an application can be made directly with Ung 11. The participants´ need for strengthening their basic competence and the degree of motivation are 2 factors that are heavily emphasised for intake.
Ung11 is being carried out as a trial project over 2 school years from autumn 2017. The project period is being used to test out different structures and ways of working, before ordinary operations start from autumn 2019.
The overall aim is to get a knowledge basis that can provide answers on an offer that ensures the best possible growth and development for youths who need something other than the offer provided through ordinary education.
The participatory research ought to inquire what type of learning offer can presumptively be the best for a qualifying year, and, at the same time, be an important contribution in the quality assurance of the current reinforcement measure Ung 11.
We envisage that tenderers follow four main leads. These are closely connected and if a tenderer believes it is appropriate to structure the research in another way to cover the need for knowledge, there are possibilities to influence this. This must be justified in the tender reply.
What have participants in the reinforcement measure not had in their secondary school education? Which parts of basic competence do participants think they lack? How have they experienced the follow-up and facilitation of secondary school education?
3) Identify qualities of Ung 11 and possibly other similar measures that can strengthen participants´ prerequisites for further participation in education and working life:
What do the youths see as the important sides of Ung 11 that have contributed to strengthening (possibly not strengthening) their prerequisites to managing to complete sixth form education (possibly participate in another meaningful activity)?
4) Identify quality indicators in the structure of the reinforcement offer, which will contribute to increased prerequisites for participation in sixth form education and work.
Given the analyses and assessments in points 1 and 2; what should a qualifying year between secondary school and sixth form education ought to focus on in order to give more pupils better prerequisites for completing sixth form education. Do the results show that national education authorities ought to assess establishing this as a national offer?