Published date: 12 January 2017

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 16 March 2016

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_29833/2

Published date

12 January 2017

Closing date

16 March 2016

Contract start date

20 June 2016

Contract end date

31 March 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

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

Previous notice about this procurement

ESF funded Grant Co-ordinator for Community Grants

  • Opportunity
  • Published 22 February 2016

Attachments

Additional text

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

Award information

Awarded date

1 September 2016

Contract start date

1 October 2016

Contract end date

30 March 2018

Total value of contract

£6,810,000

This contract was awarded to 5 suppliers.

Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council

Address

Civic Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall, West Midlands, WS11TP

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Lot 1

Gateshead Council

Address

Dryden Centre, Evistones Road, Lowfell, Gateshead, TYNE AND WEAR, NE95UR

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Lot 2

Future Advice Skills and Employment Ltd

Address

2a Sherwood Rise, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG7 6JN

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Lot 3 & 5

Oxford City Council

Address

109-113 St Aldates, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 1DS

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Lot 4

Humber Learning Consortium

Address

Goodwin Centre, Icehouse road, Hull, HU32HQ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Lot 6

About the buyer

Address

Cheylesmore House South
Coventry
CV1 2WT
England

Email

procurementhelp@sfa.bis.gov.uk