Published date: 22 February 2016
This notice was replaced on 22 February 2016
This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:
Awarded contract (published 12 January 2017)
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
North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands
Value of contract
£6,810,000
Procurement reference
ITT_29833
Published date
22 February 2016
Closing date
16 March 2016
Contract start date
20 June 2016
Contract end date
31 March 2018
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The contracting authority is the Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills acting through the Skills Funding Agency (SFA), an executive agency of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills exercising functions to fund adult education and skills.
The SFA, acting as an Opt-In Organisation for the European Social Fund (ESF), is procuring services to meet priorities identified by Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) area European Structural and Investment Funds Sub-Committees. As an Opt-In Organisation the SFA provides match funding at Priority Axis level utilising sources of public funding as match for ESF funded activity.
This Invitation to Tender (ITT) supports ESF Investment Priority 1.4 Active Inclusion where the need has been identified both in the LEP area and European Structural and Investment Fund Strategies.
The SFA is looking to procure organisations to deliver the services of an ESF Community Grants - Grant Co-ordinating Body for each of the LEP areas below:
Black Country £1,000,000
North Eastern £2,000,000
Northamptonshire £300,000
Oxfordshire £430,000
South East Midlands £1,080,000
York, N Yorkshire, E Riding & Humber £2,000,000
More information
Attachments
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- Deliverable toolkit South East Mids 31-002.xlsx
- For completion
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- Deliverable toolkit Oxfordshire 27-002.xlsx
- For completion
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- Deliverable toolkit Northants 26-001.xlsx
- For completion
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- Deliverable toolkit NE Co Durham 25-002-02.xlsx
- For completion
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- Deliverable toolkit York NYork ERiding 39-001-02.xlsx
- For completion
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- Read Me First-_Community Grants Final February 2016.pdf
- Document for information & instruction
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- January 2016 Community Grants Draft Contract -january2016.pdf
- Terms & Conditions of Contract for acceptance
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- Deliverable toolkit Humber 18-003.xlsx
- For completion
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- Deliverable toolkit NE Northumberland T_W 25-002-01.xlsx
- For completion
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- Deliverable toolkit Black Country 01-003.xlsx
- For completion
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- ESF_2014-20_Funding_Rules_v2_January_2016.pdf
- For information
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- Deliverable toolkit York NYork ERiding 39-001-01.xlsx
- For completion
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- OJEU Contract Notice.pdf
- For Information
Additional text
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It should be noted that the SFA uses its own e-tendering portal provided as a managed service and that is the only means that responses to this ITT will be allowed.
It is accessible at https://skillsfundingagency.bravosolution.co.uk
It is recommended that you use the following internet browsers which are supported by BravoAdvantage 16:
- IE10 and IE 11 (Note that IE9 will function, but is not recommended)
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox (ESR) 31+
- Safari 8 for MacOS 10.10
About the buyer
Address
Cheylesmore House South
Coventry
CV1 2WT
England
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