Adult Skills Course Delivery

Contract summary

Industry

• Adult and other education services - 80400000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£450,000

Procurement reference

2024/S 000-024313

Published date

11 November 2024

Closing date

28 August 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

18 September 2024

Contract end date

31 July 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

You are invited to tender for the provision of Adult Skills Course Delivery, commencing September 2024 to 31st July 2025.
Tenderers are asked to confirm their intention to Tender for this Contract by 'Registering their Intent' to Joanne Wilson at joanne.wilson@eastdurham.ac.uk, procurement@eastdurham.ac.uk
East Durham College is looking to secure a maximum of two organisations to deliver adult education courses to people aged 19 years and over who live in postcodes within the North East Combined Authority area.
The contract value will be based on an 80/20 split. The full contract value will be a maximum of £450,000 - Tenderers are invited to bid for the contract amount they can effectively deliver within the specified contract requirements, it will then be at the discretion of the College to determine the split of the contract award.
Adults must live in an address with a North East Combined Authority postcode, it is not the delivery location. Provision is expected to be part-time and must be linked to the North East LEP or LSIP Strategic Aims for each area. East Durham College is seeking provision which moves adults either directly into jobs or closer to the employment market. We will not accept large volumes of employability provision or distance learning. We would expect all the funded provision to be AEB funded and not Skills for Jobs.
The training must be delivered in full by the contracted training provider, i.e. only one level of sub-contracting is permitted, and no second level subcontracting is permitted. The quality of provision and subcontractor financial health will be paramount as the College will retain responsibility to the ESFA and OFSTED for programme quality. Financial health and inspection outcomes will form important parts of the assessment process, where a credit rating is above average we may reject their tender.
The estimated contract value reflects the funding value of learning to be delivered and will be subject to a management fee which will not exceed 20%.
Providers must have experience of delivering provision to meet local skills needs and be able to provide verified data in the following areas:
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Achievement rates which are above national averages
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High levels of positive progression into employment
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History of achieving contracts in the last two years
The positive progression must be into employment, further learning or improved prospects. We are not looking to deliver generic employability programmes.
We will only look to contract with providers who have a history of delivering in the North East and they must have a permanent base in County Durham, Sunderland or Gateshead.

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More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Adult Skills Course Delivery

• Opportunity
• Published 2 August 2024, last edited 12 August 2024

Attachments

• Application to join Approved Supplier List 2024-25 - BLANK.doc
• Bidding documents

• SCHEDULE 8.docx
• Bidding documents

• ITT AEB Subcontracting 24-25 Amended.pdf
• Bidding documents

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Award information

Awarded date

19 September 2024

Contract start date

20 September 2024

Contract end date

31 July 2025

Total value of contract

£450,000

This contract was awarded to 2 suppliers.

Learning Curve Group

Utraining Ltd

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About the buyer

Contact name

Joanne Wilson

Address

Peterlee Campus,Willerby Grove
PETERLEE
SR82RN
England

Telephone

0191 5188238

Email

joanne.wilson@eastdurham.ac.uk