Published date: 5 June 2019
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
Contract summary
Industry
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000
Career guidance services - 79634000
Location of contract
East of England
Value of contract
£250,000 to £500,000
Procurement reference
LGSS001-DN380559-67863693
Published date
5 June 2019
Closing date
18 January 2019
Contract start date
1 March 2019
Contract end date
28 February 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
The Greater Cambridge Partnership is committed to substantially increasing the number of successful, high-quality apprenticeships across Greater Cambridge. The service being procured will be responsible for making a substantial contribution to the GCP's target of 420 additional apprenticeship starts by 2020.
This service will work with employers to promote apprenticeships and provide ongoing support. The service will help businesses develop a more detailed understanding of the positive impact apprenticeship schemes can have on business and wider business growth.
In doing so, the service will work to provide practical examples of how employers have overcome barriers and explain how apprenticeships can be designed around the skill needs of the business. There will be a focus on working with existing educational establishments that are supporting young people and local businesses.
The service will shape its programme of activity so as to directly support business, schools and potential apprentices to actively engage in apprenticeship programmes and support them to understand the benefits of doing so. As part of this, the service will operate across sectors vital to the further growth of the Greater Cambridge economy and demonstrate the benefits apprenticeships offer in supporting access to work, training and social mobility therefore demonstrating what an important role apprenticeships play in supporting continued economic growth.
These services will actively engage with businesses, particularly those in, but not limited to, the following sectors:
• Construction
• Teaching
• Academia
• Cleantech
• Agri-tech
• Creative and Digital
• Life sciences
• IT (particularly software programming and data analytics)
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Food and drink Manufacturing
• Logistics and Warehousing
• Social Care
• Financial Services.
More information
Previous notice about this procurement
The Greater Cambridge Partnership Apprenticeship Service
- Opportunity
- Published 14 December 2018, last edited 14 December 2018
Links
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- https://www.lgssprocurementportal.co.uk
- Tender notice
- Expressions of Interest and Tender documentation is available here:
Award information
Awarded date
11 February 2019
Contract start date
1 March 2019
Contract end date
28 February 2023
Total value of contract
£458,395
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
FORM THE FUTURE
Address
Future Business Centre,
Kings Hedges Road,
Cambridge,
CB4 2HYReference
None
Supplier is SME?
Yes
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
LGSS Procurement
Address
Shire Hall
Cambridge
CB3 0AP
United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 3450455200
contracts@milton-keynes.gov.uk
Website
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Closing: 18 January 2019