Feasibility study for surveying principals, teachers, learners and in-company trainers in initial vocational education and training

Empirical evidences on teachers, learners and principals in VET as well as on in-company trainers are scarce in the EU. To close this gap the current tender aims at carrying out a feasibility study for a survey on teachers, school principals, learners, and in-company trainers in initial vocational education and training (IVET) at ISCED level 3.

As was done in other surveys, the survey fieldwork will be conducted with CAWI in VET-schools to survey data on teachers, principals and learners. Regarding in-company trainers a survey mode test is foreseen to determine whether CAWI or CAPI is favourable.

It will be further investigated how a sampling concept can be implemented that allows estimating valid population statistics for all four populations of interest.

As a proof of concept, the developed sampling and fieldwork approaches will be tested with a pilot survey in at least three selected countries. Based on the outcomes of the pilot, the study will assess the feasibility and practicability of such kind of survey, evaluate its capacity to close information gaps, and suggest possibilities to expand the concept to the EU27, IS and NO countries.

This call has been published in the Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union 2020/S 166-401695 of 27/08/2020.

The procurement documents are available via the TED e-Tendering platform: https://etendering.ted.europa.eu/cft/cft-display.html?cftId=7006

Tenders must be submitted exclusively via the electronic submission system (e-Submission) available from the above link to the e-Tendering platform by: 07/10/2020 (15h59 Greek local time i.e. UTC+03:00).

Requests for additional information/clarification should be received by 28/09/2020, 23h59 (UTC+03:00 Greek local time).  All questions and answers will be available in the above mentioned website.

Corrigendum

Tenders must be submitted exclusively via the electronic submission system (e-Submission) available from the above link to the e-Tendering platform by: 16/10/2020 (15h59 Greek local time i.e. UTC+03:00).

Requests for additional information/clarification should be received by 07/10/2020, 23h59 (UTC+03:00 Greek local time).  All questions and answers will be available in the above mentioned website.

Information about the public opening of tenders

With reference to the COVID-19 outbreak and the public health medical emergency as well as Cedefop’s decision to close its premises as of 17 March, we kindly inform that the public opening of tenders may take place virtually and not in Cedefop’s premises as initially announced.  Tenderers that express their interest to participate in the virtual opening will receive further guidelines (details on how to express interest to attend the opening can be found in point 7 of the invitation to tender). 

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