Published date: 13 January 2017

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 18 July 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£2,385,650

Procurement reference

30095/3

Published date

13 January 2017

Closing date

18 July 2016

Contract start date

19 September 2016

Contract end date

31 March 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Delivery of Education & Vocational training services activity funded through the European Social Fund (ESF) as support for individuals who are unemployed identified in the Local Enterprise Panel (LEP) area mentioned
• Access to employment for jobseekers and inactive people - to help those who are disadvantaged but still relatively close to the labour market to tackle their barriers to work, and enter and sustain employment.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

ESF Funded support for the unemployed in West of England LEP Area

  • Opportunity
  • Published 17 June 2016

Attachments

Additional text

It should be noted that the SFA uses its own e-tendering portal provided as a managed service and that is the only means through which responses to this ITT will be allowed

Only organisations on the SFA Register of Training Organisations as at April 2016 will be invited to this tender .

They also must have passed the Capability and Capacity stage of their Register application for delivery of education and training and indicated in their submission that they were interested in delivering in this LEP area and were interested in delivering the following options:
• 16-18 Apprenticeships
• 19-23 Apprenticeships
. 24 Plus Apprenticeships
• Traineeships
• Skills for Life
. Skills Support for the employed
• Skills support for the unemployed

Or they are Candidates which passed delivery of Information, advice and guidance

Award information

Awarded date

21 October 2016

Contract start date

1 December 2016

Contract end date

30 March 2018

Total value of contract

£2,385,363.50

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Learndirect Ltd

Address

Dearing House, 1 Young Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 4UP

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Skills Funding Agency , Cheylesmore House South
Quinton Road
Coventry
CV1 2WT
England

Email

procurementhelp@sfa.bis.gov.uk