Published date: 6 April 2022

Last edited date: 6 May 2022

This notice was replaced on 6 April 2022

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Opportunity (published 6 April 2022, last edited 4 March 2024)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Adult and other education services - 80400000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£37,500,000

Procurement reference

MERTVL001-DN602074-97341375

Published date

6 April 2022

Closing date

6 May 2022

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

20 May 2022

Contract end date

27 May 2027

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?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) recently secured further funding from the Department for Education (DfE) to extend its delivery of Skills Bootcamps as part of our Digital Skills for the Workplace project.

Skills Bootcamps are flexible hands-on courses of up to 16 weeks in duration, which are part of the government's Skills for Life campaign.

The Digital Skills for the Workplace team is looking to invite suitably experienced and qualified organisations to register their interest to tender to deliver courses.

The identified Skills Bootcamps topics are separated into 7 categories, individual Lots for specific courses will issued via this Dynamic Purchasing System.

Category 1 Digital

Category 2 Technical

Category 3 Pathway to Accelerated Apprenticeships

Category 4 Construction

Category 5 Green Skills

Category 6 Logistics (HGV)

Category 7 Rail

LCRCA are inviting suppliers to bid for a place on a Dynamic Purchasing System for the provision of a range of training services over the course of a five-year period. A variety of Lots will be available and suppliers are encouraged to come forward to gain a place on a Lot pertaining to the services they offer. Mini competitions will then be run for contracts to provide training.

Contracts are dependent on Funding, we estimate to spend up to £7.5M per annum across all lots during the 5 year term.

The DPS will be open until 31 May 2027 and Suppliers can submit their application to the DPS at any stage during this period.

Following the first closing date for applications, the submissions will be opened monthly, please see the Procurement documents for further information.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Skills Bootcamps DPS

  • Opportunity
  • Published 6 April 2022

Links

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Team

Address

1 Mann Island
Liverpool
L3 1BP
England

Email

tender@liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk

Website

http://www.liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk/