Published date: 24 October 2022

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: 22 November 2022, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£80,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

RFQ001

Published date

24 October 2022

Closing date

22 November 2022

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

9 January 2023

Contract end date

8 January 2026

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

CSW Group would like to invite Quotations for the provision of a Work Experience Database.

Work experience provides a crucial opportunity for the development of vital employability skills. It can take place at any point, but for most it's something which happens during secondary school. For many, that week or two will be the first taste of working life.

For all it is a valuable experience; developing employability skills is essential alongside traditional academic qualifications to help prepare for life after school, college and university.

We are committed to provide a work experience service that supports young people, schools, colleges and businesses to work together to achieve meaningful and safe work experience as simply as possible. Our Health and Safety professionals undertake duty of care checks with employers for work experience placements to ensure they are assessed/reviewed as suitable and compliant to provide a student placement.

We are looking to upgrade our existing Work Experience platform to a modern online platform which will move with us into the future, to deliver a first class service to our schools, colleges and students. CSW are committed to an Environmentally friendly policy and require a platform which will allow us to move towards a paperless operation in the future.

The Platform will need to allow CSW Group to manage its Work Experience portfolio of schools, colleges and students enabling the latter to search an extensive database of employers, access employer contact details and once a placement is secured upload the information to progress towards Health & Safety status checks. CSW Staff will need to be able to see the Health & Safety check status of any employer currently on the database and allocate to a Health & Safety Officer should an updated check be required. If an employer is new to the database CSW Group will need to upload this information to the platform to then enable a H&S check to be allocated. The H&S Officer will need the functionality to work offline and automatically upload information when Wifi is re-accessed.

The platform will need to meet all the criteria stated in the full specification and will be required to hold information on more than 48,000 employers across the wider South West.

The platform will need to allow access for CSW Staff and up to 150 schools/colleges and 16,000 students by secure log in/pins.

The platform provider will need to provide a secure database for CSW Group to process confidential information. The platform provider will need to hold all relevant certifications including Cyber Essentials and ISO 27001.

CSW Group will be looking to secure a contract of 3 years with a break clause after six months should the platform not meet the required specifications. Example costing to be at £30000 per annum over 3 years.

Prospective providers are invited to apply through Contracts Finder

More information

Attachments

  • Procurement document v2.docx
  • Procurement plan
  • Procurement document, setting out terms of contract. Reason for procurement, full specification required, contact details and dates for submission and implementation
  • Tender Layout v2.xlsx
  • Eligibility criteria
  • Tender criteria for prospective tenderers to mark against and indicate how they meet the essential criteria needed.
  • CSW Standard SLA v3.doc
  • Annexes to the Contract
  • CSW Group example terms and conditions for information to all tenderers.

About the buyer

Contact name

Karen Crosby

Address

Poseidon House
Neptune Park
PLYMOUTH
PL40SJ
England

Telephone

07876476775

Email

karen.crosby@cswgroup.co.uk

Website

https://cswgroup.co.uk/