Published date: 12 April 2018

This notice was replaced on 6 July 2018

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 6 July 2018)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Other community, social and personal services - 98000000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£4,000,000

Procurement reference

01457 - 2017

Published date

12 April 2018

Closing date

14 May 2018

Contract start date

29 June 2018

Contract end date

28 June 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The West Midlands Combined Authority are delighted to announce that the Employment Support Pilot funding opportunity is now live.The Employment Support Pilot is a 3 year programme scheduled to commence in June 2018 aimed at tackling unemployment and low pay within local communities.

The intention is to support individuals to engage with targeted employability support, to raise aspirations within the community, and support individuals to transition into sustainable employment.

Bidders can submit proposals for up to all 9 Lots, but the maximum number of contracts which will be awarded to any single organisation will be 3 Lots. This is to ensure that WMCA commissions a mix of providers and enables us to test the relative effectiveness of different customer journey solutions in different areas.

To access further information on this opportunity, please express an interest under Project_173 - Employment Support of the WMCA Bravo Solution Portal.

Bidder Response Template accessed via the Bravo Solutions Portal includes the following:

Mandatory Minimum Requirements Envelope
 ITT: itt_521 - Project_173 MANDATORY/MIN REQUIREMENTS ITT

Lot Specific Technical Envelopes:
 ITT: itt_522 - Project_173 Lot 1 Batchley and Brockhill (Redditch)
 ITT: itt_523 - Project_173 Lot 2 Binley and Willenhall (Coventry)
 ITT: itt_524 - Project_173 Lot 3 Birchills Leamore (Walsall)
 ITT: itt_525 - Project_173 Lot 4 Camp Hill (Nuneaton and Bedworth)
 ITT: itt_526 - Project_173 Lot 5 Cannock North (Cannock Chase)
 ITT: itt_528 - Project_173 Lot 6 Chelmsley Wood (Solihull)
 ITT: itt_529 - Project_173 Lot 7 Glascote (Tamworth)
 ITT: itt_530 - Project_173 Lot 8 Shard End (Birmingham)
 ITT: itt_531 - Project_173 Lot 9 Washwood Heath (Birmingham)

Please ensure that you read the Instructions to Bidders document (within the attachments area of Bravo) before submitting a response to this opportunity. PLEASE NOTE, details of Awareness Events for this opportunity are attached to this notice.

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In order to access further information and express an interest in this opportunity, please register on our e-tendering portal (Bravo Solution) and express an interest on project_173 - Employment Support Pilot.

Please submit any clarification questions via the message facility of the Bravo Solution Portal.

Awareness events will be taking place from week commencing 16th April. Please refer to the attached 'Awareness Event' document for further details.

About the buyer

Contact name

Rachael Morgan

Address

16 Summer Lane
BIRMINGHAM
B193SD
England

Telephone

0121 214 7354

Email

procurement.team@wmca.org.uk

Website

https://www.wmca.org.uk/procurement