Published date: 26 August 2022

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.


Closing: 22 September 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

  • Technical and vocational secondary education services - 80210000

  • Adult and other education services - 80400000

Location of contract

PO1 2AL

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

IT-26-4724-P00004724

Published date

26 August 2022

Closing date

22 September 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 October 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Portsmouth City Council ('the council') is inviting applications from suitably qualified suppliers to provide Multiply interventions to improve the functional numeracy skills of adults.

interventions delivered with Multiply funding need to be additional and differentiated from that which is already fully funded through the Adult Education Budget (AEB) legal entitlement and should not displace that provision.

The UK Government has committed that the first priority of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, will be Multiply. With up to ?559 million in funding available (?1m for Portsmouth), Multiply has the potential to reach adults across the whole United Kingdom over the next three years; improving their functional numeracy skills.
This will support the Government's Levelling Up mission to ensure that by 2030, the number of people successfully completing high-quality skills training will have significantly increased in every area of the United Kingdom.

The total value of grant awards available for the financial years are.
22/23 ?206,654
23/24 ?250,908
24/25 ?244,608

As per the conditions of the DfE grant, this funding opportunity must be competitively tendered. The council is using an open tender process for the grant awards.

Applications for grant funding will be for this financial year only, however the council has the ability to extend the terms of the grants and award additional funding for 2 further years subject to the agreement and performance of both parties.

More information

Links

Additional text

Portsmouth City Council is currently in the process of seeking expressions of interest for the following project - Multiply interventions to improve the functional numeracy skills of adults.

The full details and ability to express an interest will be via our e-sourcing system Intend. This filepath will take you to the relevant area of Intend,

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/portsmouthcc/aspx/Tenders/Current

Once on the page you can either scroll down or use the search function to find the relevant project.

Should you have any problems with the above link, please contact us on 023 9268 8235 or email: procurement@portsmouthcc.gov.uk


Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Service

Address

Guildhall Square
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO1 2AL
United Kingdom

Telephone

023 9268 8235

Email

procurement@portsmouthcc.gov.uk