Published date: 11 September 2024

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


Closing: 2 April 2024, 11am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Training services - 80500000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£5,000,000

Procurement reference

MANC001-DN713462-84712361

Published date

11 September 2024

Closing date

2 April 2024

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

22 May 2024

Contract end date

21 May 2026

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

- To provide a route to buying Apprenticeship training and assessment that complies with Public Contract Regulations (2015). \r
- To provide a route that aligns with the Department for Education (DFE) funding requirements.\r
- To ensure only those providers who meet the standards expected by Manchester City Council building on the minimum standards set by the Apprenticeship Provider and Assessment Register (APAR) deliver apprenticeships.\r
- To create a system that allows the authority easy and speedy access to Apprenticeship training and assessment providers.\r
- To create a system that allows additional Apprenticeship training and assessment providers to join at any time as the authority's requirements change.\r

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

TC1141 - Apprenticeship Training and Assessment Providers

  • Opportunity
  • Published 29 February 2024, last edited 29 February 2024

Additional text

The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk. Applicants will need to electronically submit their completed tender documents, including the online questionnaire, via the online portal by 11 am on 2nd April 2024.

Award information

Awarded date

9 September 2024

Contract start date

1 October 2024

Contract end date

30 September 2026

Total value of contract

£5,000,000

This contract was awarded to 19 suppliers.

3T Energy Group

Address

NE29 7SE

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Apprentice Team Ltd

Address

S40 1UT

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Babington Business College Ltd

Address

B3 2AA

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

BPP Professional Education

Address

EC2M 5PD

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Cambridge Spark

Address

CB1 2LA

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Captiva Learning Limited

Address

E15 2SN

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Damar Limited

Address

M1 2HY

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Firebrand Training

Address

WC1N 3AX

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Instep UK Ltd

Address

WA4 6PS

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Manchester Adult Education

Address

M2 5DB

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Manchester Metropolitan University RES Office

Address

M15 6DX

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Multiverse

Address

W2 6LG

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

NowSkills Limited

Address

BL1 1HL

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

QA

Address

SL1 1SG

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Salford City College

Address

M50 3sr

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Staffordshire University

Address

ST4 2DF

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

The Growth Company Limited

Address

M1 5JW

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

Yes

University of Central Lancashire

Address

PR1 2HE

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

University of Salford

Address

M6 6PU

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Mavis Kiang

Address

Floor 5 (Mount Street Elevation)
Town Hall Extension, Albert Square
Manchester
M60 2LA
England

Telephone

+44 1612192577

Email

Mavis.Kiang@manchester.gov.uk

Website

http://www.manchester.gov.uk