Published date: 11 December 2019

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: 23 January 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£100,000

Procurement reference

SSDC001-DN452979-40221749

Published date

11 December 2019

Closing date

23 January 2020

Contract start date

1 March 2020

Contract end date

31 January 2023

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

• Current Situation - SSDC is the local district council for South Somerset and employs around 400 people across several specialisms including town planning, housing, council tax collection, elections, strategic planning, food safety, economic development - and many more - together with the associated customer service, administration and internal support services required to support the smooth running of a dynamic, forward thinking, modern organisation.

• Our People Strategy emphasises the importance of a personalised, blended and continuous learning and development offer for all employees. We aim to do this by supporting all employees to take personal responsibility for learning and development. We also recognise that addressing skills gaps, to meet the future demands of our customers and communities, requires constant investment in the development of our people.

• Objectives: Our objective is to ensure that our workforce has access to the learning and development needed to meet work related and personal / career development goals.

Specifically, we want to make full use of the employer levy for apprenticeships, matching our future requirements for skills and knowledge to individual learning plans.

• Likely Contract Period 2019 - 2022

• Indicative Budget - Our current annual levy paid into our digital account is around £44k per annum, with an accrued amount as at Sept 19 of £94k, accrued over the last 24 months. Payment to the preferred partner will be via the levy for the provision of approved courses. (Please note that is it highly unlikely a single learning provider would be able to offer the full range of apprenticeships we may require hence our intention to select a partner with a broad range to maximise the opportunity for the partner).


About the buyer

Contact name

Brendan Downes

Address

The Council Office
Brympton Way
Yeovil
BA20 2HT
England

Telephone

+44 1935462076

Email

brendan.downes@southsomerset.gov.uk

Website

http://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/