Published date: 20 March 2020

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Awarded contract (published 20 March 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Adult and other education services - 80400000

  • Training services - 80500000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£2,000,000

Procurement reference

NOTTSCC001-DN466365-86226455

Published date

20 March 2020

Closing date

24 April 2020

Contract start date

1 August 2020

Contract end date

31 July 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Nottinghamshire County Council (the Council) receives an annual grant from the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) to fund Community and Family Learning for adults aged 19+ in Nottinghamshire. The Council uses this Grant to ensure that local people have access to a range of flexible learning opportunities that contribute to their personal, social, educational and economic development. The vast majority of provision is delivered directly to the public via the Council's Contract with Inspire Learning. In addition to the contract to deliver direct services, Inspire Learning are also contracted to coordinate and manage supplementary contractors that deliver specialist provision that they do not deliver themselves.
Nottinghamshire County Council is seeking organisations who:
• are able to provide high quality Community Learning to adults over the age of 19 in Nottinghamshire. This provision should primarily be courses that Inspire Learning is unable to deliver themselves;
• if subject to Ofsted inspections, their most recent inspection was graded good (grade 2) or better; and
• are not currently subject to an ESFA notice to improve linked to their financial performance.
• Directly deliver services. Subcontracting is not allowed.
Providers are invited to tender for contracts for the following Community Learning provision:
• Employability
• Health and Wellbeing
• Family Learning
• Discrete provision for learners with learning difficulties and/or disabilities (LLDD)

More information

Links

About the buyer

Contact name

Joe Sardone

Address

County Hall
West Bridgford
Nottingham
NG2 7QP
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1159773136

Email

joe.sardone@nottscc.gov.uk

Website

http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk