Published date: 24 October 2022

This notice was replaced on 15 December 2022

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Awarded contract (published 15 December 2022)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£1,065 to £276,900

Procurement reference

DCC001-DN637295-56658382

Published date

24 October 2022

Closing date

22 November 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 January 2023

Contract end date

31 October 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

This contract is for English, Maths and ICT functional skills qualifications to be delivered to 16-19 year olds. This project is to be funded through the European Structural & Investment Funds (ESIF) .

The Council is looking to procure provision of Functional Skills Qualifications for DurhamWorks (DurhamDirections). The contract is to provide training and accreditation in the required functional skills with a view to progressing participants into employment, education or training. These programmes are for 16-24 NEET participants of County Durham.

The Maximum Budget for this opportunity is £276,900.
The unit rate per qualification is £1065.

This opportunity is to cover 4 geographical areas as detailed in the tender documents. Only 20% of the qualifications for each area should be for ICT functional skills (13 per geographical area)

DurhamWorks (DurhamDirections) is looking for one provider per geographical area who can deliver 65 functional skills qualifications (per geographical area) to 16-19 year old participants who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET)/unemployed. Bidders can bid for one or more geographical areas and are encouraged to do so.

Tender Documents can be accessed free of charge at www.nepo.org utilising reference DN637295

More information

Additional text

Tender Documents can be accessed free of charge at www.nepo.org utilising reference DN637295

About the buyer

Contact name

Donna Iley

Address

County Hall
Durham
DH1 5UG
England

Telephone

+44 3000268235

Email

donna.iley@durham.gov.uk

Website

http://www.durham.gov.uk