North of Tyne Combined Authority and North East LEP Wave 3 Skills Bootcamp

Contract summary

Industry

• Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£22,200,000 to £29,400,000

Procurement reference

NTYN001-DN610111-67524787

Published date

8 September 2022

Closing date

27 May 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

4 July 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

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Description

Skills bootcamps are one part of the National Skills Fund, a £2.5 billion initiative to help adults train and gain skills quickly to improve their job prospects.

The bootcamps offer free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks for adults aged 19 or over who are either in work, self-employed, recently unemployed or returning to work after a break.

NTCA and the NELEP have secured a combined £7.4m directly from the Department for Education to support the delivery of Skills Bootcamps in the NTCA region and wider NELEP geography. This is a significant investment in our region and has the potential to deliver new opportunities to generations of adult who may have been previously left behind.

Skills Bootcamps aim to secure benefits for adults aged 19+ by giving them access to in-demand skills training and a guaranteed interview for a more sustainable, higher-skilled job and higher wages over time. The benefits for employers include helping them fill specific skills shortage vacancies, enabling them to become more productive, more quickly.

The overall aims of the Skills Bootcamps are:

- to deliver flexible training programmes lasting up to 16 weeks, based on employer / sector 'in-demand' skills needs which may be either regulated (i.e. qualification based) or non-regulated (e.g. based on alignment with industry standards) enabling adults (19+) to do training around work and other commitments, looking to gain work, additional responsibilities, or access new opportunities and will offer a guaranteed job interview (in the case of a new job) to individual participants on completion of the course;

- to address the needs of adults (19+) who are full-time and part-time employed, unemployed, returning to work after a break or self-employed, and provide individuals with wider access to opportunities to retrain, update or formalise their skills or acquire specialist skills;

- to address the needs of employers and the wider economy, to deliver targeted interventions to meet short-medium term demand to fill vacancies and drive productivity. They will help fill medium-higher level vacancies and bring individuals closer to better jobs, by linking them with line of sight to a job/ different role, additional responsibilities or new opportunities/contracts; and

- to help fill vacancies and bring individuals closer to better jobs (including those currently in employment), by linking them with line of sight to a job / different role, additional responsibilities, or new opportunities / contracts.

We are keen to see innovative proposals of realistic and sustainable options that demonstrate commitment from all sides to a successful outcome.

Whilst the Buyer in the Contact Details is listed as "North Tyneside Council", this entry is system generated. For the avoidance of doubt, the Buyer in this case is the North of Tyne Combined Authority. North Tyneside Council are conducting this procurement on North of Tyne's behalf

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More information

Previous notice about this procurement

North of Tyne Combined Authority and North East LEP Wave 3 Skills Bootcamp

• Opportunity
• Published 4 May 2022

Additional text

Please go to https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index to express an interest and download tender documents
Please note whilst the Buyer in the Contact Details is listed as "North Tyneside Council", this entry is system generated. For the avoidance of doubt, the Buyer in this case is the North of Tyne Combined Authority. North Tyneside Council are conducting this procurement on North of Tyne's behalf

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Award information

Awarded date

8 July 2022

Contract start date

11 July 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Total value of contract

£7,400,000

This contract was awarded to 14 suppliers.

Capita Business Services Ltd

Learning Curve Group

North East BIC

Purple Beard Ltd

Primed Talent Limited

Back 2 Work Complete Training

Diamond People (NE) Limited

New College Durham

Expedient Training Services

Optimum Skills

RMF Construction Training Academy Ltd.

Newcastle College (Vice Principal)

Susan French

Gateshead college

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About the buyer

Contact name

Judith Robson

Address

Quadrant, Cobalt Business Park
The Silverlink North
North Tyneside
NE27 0BY
England

Telephone

+44 1916435660

Email

judith.robson@northtyneside.gov.uk

Website

http://www.northtyneside.gov.uk/