Published date: 1 November 2024

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


Closing: 1 November 2024, 8:30am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

  • Specialist training services - 80510000

Location of contract

S3 8NS

Value of contract

£55,154

Procurement reference

20241101085506-103835

Published date

1 November 2024

Closing date

1 November 2024

Closing time

8:30am

Contract start date

2 November 2024

Contract end date

3 November 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Direct award

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The provider has been contracted to deliver against their submitted proposal (schedule 1).

The provider's is to target the following group of people:

- Economically inactive adults.

- Socially excluded unemployed adults whose needs which cannot be, or have not been, appropriately met through mainstream provision (e.g. DWP's Restart, Work & Health Programme)

The provider is to ensure that 50% of the participants who sign up to the programme are economically inactive

- The provider will be specifically looking to support participants who are:

- Neurodivergent individuals of working age (16 years plus) from across the Barnsley area.

- Individuals who are struggling to access mainstream provision, or those that fall in between the gap of services.

- Individuals who have a diagnosis/ are seeking a diagnosis or suspect they have neurodivergent traits.

The provider's performance will be measured against the following outcomes:

- 40 Individuals engaged in the provision. Eligibility based upon UKSPF Eligibility criteria. 

- 35% of those individuals where appropriate moving into; Paid Employment, Internships, Apprenticeships, Volunteering or Education. 

- 80% Reporting an increase in Confidence. 

- 100% able to successfully use digital devices to search for employment. 

- 50% of participants to have been offered a mock interview. 

- 1 Employer Focussed Session focussed on raising awareness of Neurodiversity in the workplace. 


Award information

Awarded date

1 September 2024

Contract start date

1 September 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Total value of contract

£55,154

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Autism Plus

Address

The Exchange Brewery,
2 Bridge Street,
Sheffield,
S3 8NS

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Maddie Bray

Address

Town Hall
Barnsley, South Yorkshire
S70 2TA
ENG

Telephone

+44 01226000000

Email

madeleinebray@barnsley.gov.uk

Website

https://www.barnsley.gov.uk