Development of Skills, Education and Employment Strategy

Contract summary

Industry

• Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£100,000

Procurement reference

HS2 884/680

Published date

13 October 2016

Closing date

7 November 2016

Contract start date

5 December 2016

Contract end date

30 September 2017

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

HS2 Ltd wish to procure the support of a Supplier to help develop the strategic content of the organisation's internal and outward facing Skills, Education and Employment strategy. Input into HS2 Ltd's Skills and Employment actions plans will also be required to enable the SEE strategy to become realised during 2017 to 2020. In order to create this content, the Supplier will be required to:
1) Conduct/collate research into the broader skills and employment landscape in which HS2 Ltd and its supply chain operates, as the basis to understand the key challenges to meeting the strategic objectives relevant to SEE;
2) Conduct/collate evidence on the approaches and interventions that have been successful elsewhere in delivering the outcomes set out in the relevant HS2 strategic objectives;
3) Engage with stakeholders across the project internally, and key external stakeholders to inform this research;
4) Incorporate the existing work that has been completed to date including work on the wider benefits, scorecard, works information and existing plans on apprenticeships and education programme;
5) Work closely with HS2 Ltd's Head of SEE to draft the content of the materials listed above;
6) Work closely with HS2 Ltd's Economic & Commercial Analysis and Benefits Management teams to develop a methodology for measuring and benchmarking the implementation of the strategy; and
7) Develop a stakeholder engagement plan for development and sign off of the strategy content.

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More information

Additional text

In order to express an interest and tender for the contract, Tenderers will need to initially register on HS2's E-Sourcing Portal (please see http://www.hs2.bravosolution.co.uk/ for further details). Registration on the Portal is only required once. To register on the Portal Tenderers will be required to complete the following steps: a) Click the 'click here to register' link. b) Accept the terms and conditions and click 'continue'. c) Enter your business and user details. d) Note the username you use and click 'save' when complete. e) You will then receive an e-mail with your unique password.
To access the ITT documentation: a) Log into the Portal with your unique username and password. b) Click on the 'ITTs open to all suppliers' link. c) Click on the relevant titled ITT item. d) Click the 'express interest' button in the 'actions' box on the left hand side of the page (this will move the ITT pack into the 'my ITT' box). This is a secure area for projects only. e) Click on the ITT code (you should then have access to all attachments by clicking the 'settings and buyer attachments' in the actions box). f) Download the documents relating to the ITT. Click 'attachments' on the left hand side. The number in brackets refers to number of documents that need to be downloaded. Click on the bold and underlined filename. Select 'save' and store on your PC.
Responding to the ITT: a) Instructions on completing the ITT through the Portal are contained in the ITT documents.
For further assistance contact the BravoSolution helpdesk which is available Monday to Friday (8:00 am to 18:00 pm) GMT on: a) email - help@bravosolution.co.uk or b) telephone +44 8003684850.

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About the buyer

Address

Two Snowhill
Queensway
Birmingham
B4 6GA
England

Email

michelle.brankovic@hs2.org.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/high-speed-two-limited