Published date: 10 November 2017

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: 1 December 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

WR5 2NP

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

WCC 00000414

Published date

10 November 2017

Closing date

1 December 2017

Contract start date

14 December 2017

Contract end date

31 July 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Worcestershire SkillsForWork is funded by European Social Fund (ESF), managed by Skills Funding Agency, to address poverty and social exclusion faced by the most disadvantaged people in Worcestershire to be delivered from December 2016 to March 2018.

Worcestershire County Council (WCC) have successfully secured funding to deliver Worcestershire SkillsForWork Programme - Apprenticeships and Traineeships to provide bespoke training and support to residents in Worcestershire, who are unemployed and those economically inactive and seeking a return to the labour market facing skills related barriers and progressing to Apprenticeships or Traineeships.

The County Council is seeking to appoint Service Providers to deliver bespoke support and training that engages adults who are disadvantaged and economically inactive with activity that progresses them towards apprenticeship or traineeships. The Council is seeking to appoint Service Providers with funding available from the European Social Fund.

Worcestershire County Council will have sub-contracting arrangements in place with successful Tenderers/Service Providers to deliver the programme across the County to provide a comprehensive range of support and training required under the Service Specification that provides solutions to remove employment barriers and education barriers and progress them to Apprenticeship or Traineeships.

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Suppliers will receive a system generated email to confirm successful submission of their return.

Any questions or clarification should be conducted via 'Correspondence' through this portal.

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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Jill Hobbins (CCO)

Address

Spetchley Road
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 2NP
United Kingdom

Telephone

01905 843620

Email

jhobbins@worcestershire.gov.uk