Published date: 30 June 2017

Last edited date: 30 June 2017

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


Closing: 2 May 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£70,000

Procurement reference

STHEL001-DN258437-14169799

Published date

30 June 2017

Closing date

2 May 2017

Contract start date

1 July 2017

Contract end date

30 June 2019

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Local authorities are expected to have arrangements in place to track and monitor young people's participation in education, employment and training up to age 19 (and to 25 for young people with learning difficulties and disabilities).

The Education and Skills Act 2008 legislated to raise the age of compulsory participation in education or training until at least 18 by 2015 and until the end of the year in which young people turn 17 in 2013 - this is known as Raising the Participation Age (RPA). Local Authorities are responsible for ensuring that young people in their area participate and that there is support for young people to overcome barriers to engagement.

St Helens Council (\"the Council\") has for a number of years fulfilled its duty to track young people through a contract with Careers Connect Ltd (CC). This has included the provision of a Department for Education (DfE) compliant Client Caseload Information System (CCIS) which CC have used to handle their day-to-day case work, generate management information and provide the local authorities monthly return to the National Client Caseload Information System (NCCIS). St Helens are seeking to procure a Tracking and Monitoring Service that will need to fulfil the DfE requirements and to be fully operational from 1st July 2017.
In order to provide the optimum service, there must be strong mechanisms in place for recording and reporting post-16 learning destinations of young people aged 16-19. A Client Caseload Information System (CCIS) will provide the Council with the means of recording such activities as well helping to target resources towards those young people who are not engaged in education, employment or training (NEET) and those young people within vulnerable groups.

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Award information

Awarded date

30 June 2017

Contract start date

3 July 2017

Contract end date

29 June 2018

Total value of contract

£32,504

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Career Connect

Address

L1 8LT

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Joanne Waddilove

Address

St. Helens Town Hall
Victoria Square
St.Helens
WA10 1HP
United Kingdom

Telephone

+ 144676789

Email

joannewaddilove@sthelens.gov.uk

Website

http://www.sthelens.gov.uk