Published date: 14 April 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: 3 May 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Coaching services - 79998000

  • Education and training services - 80000000

  • Social work services without accommodation - 85312000

Location of contract

TQ1 3DR

Value of contract

£32,000

Procurement reference

TCSC1522

Published date

14 April 2022

Closing date

3 May 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

16 May 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Request For Quote - Through Supply Devon

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Torbay Council has recently been successful in their application to CrossCountry Railway's Customer and Communities Investment Fund. The CrossCountry programme is to support projects and to allow communities to undertake projects that address an area of social or community need and educate or engage with the Community throughout the CrossCountry network. As part of this project, Torbay Council are looking to address education and employability skills amongst marginalised groups, diversity & inclusion and social mobility.

The Children's Services Department project, within Torbay Council, is a work focussed service based in Torbay for care experienced young people aged 16-25 years old. The project will help bridge the gap between school, further/higher education, or permanent employment by giving work experience opportunities through an apprenticeship scheme, career advice and cv and/or job application writing skills support to young people in Torbay. The service will be staffed through the voluntary and community sector and will sit alongside the Virtual School team who are responsible for coordinating the education support of care experienced young people.
The Child Friendly Torbay initiative is keen to ensure that young people are given the best start in life and the opportunities to remain living where their most significant support network is i.e., extended families, foster or adoptive parents, friends, social workers etc.
Ensuring that supportive apprenticeships are readily available will help to raise the aspiration of care experienced young people, increase jobs fulfilled by local residents in Torbay and offer an opportunity for businesses to support young people with the addition of support available to them as well as the young person.
The support from the business community will be recruited by the business leaders supporting the Child Friendly Torbay initiative and will focus on the Torbay Business Forum members as a starting point. The project will regularly report to the Child Friendly Torbay Subgroup, the Corporate Parenting Group and the Virtual School Governing Body.


Torbay Council are running this process through Supply Devon. Please visit Supply Devon for more information: https://www.applegate.co.uk/quote/7b7efcac-bfa7-461a-a68b-278c894deedb/pdf

About the buyer

Contact name

Tracey Field

Address

TOWN HALL,CASTLE CIRCUS
TORQUAY
TQ13DR
England

Telephone

01803 208391

Email

tracey.field@torbay.gov.uk