Published date: 6 April 2022
Last edited date: 4 March 2024
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.
Contract summary
Industry
Adult and other education services - 80400000
Location of contract
England
Value of contract
£37,500,000
Procurement reference
MERTVL001-DN602074-91155468
Published date
6 April 2022
Closing date
2 April 2024
Closing time
11:59pm
Contract start date
3 April 2024
Contract end date
31 May 2027
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Restricted procedure (above threshold)
A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.
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
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) recently secured further funding from the Department for Education (DfE) to extend its delivery of Skills Bootcamps as part of our Digital Skills for the Workplace project.
Skills Bootcamps are flexible hands-on courses of up to 16 weeks in duration, which are part of the government's Skills for Life campaign.
The Digital Skills for the Workplace team is looking to invite suitably experienced and qualified organisations to register their interest to tender to deliver courses.
The identified Skills Bootcamps topics are separated into 13 categories, individual call-off competitions for specific courses will issued via this Dynamic Purchasing System.
Category 1 Digital
Category 2 Technical
Category 4 Construction
Category 5 Green Skills
Category 6 Logistics (HGV)
Category 7 Rail
Category 8 Health and Social Care
Category 9 Creative Industries
Category 10 Hospitality & Visitor Economy
Category 11 Leadership & Management
Category 12 Professional Services
Category 13 Early Years Care
Category 14 Sales, Marketing & Procurement
Please note: Category 3 Pathway to Accelerated Apprenticeships has been discontinued from March 2024, Skills Bootcamps providing a Pathway to Accelerated Apprenticeships can be delivered within each of the specific lots.
LCRCA are inviting suppliers to bid for a place on a Dynamic Purchasing System for the provision of a range of training services over the course of a five-year period. A variety of Lots will be available and suppliers are encouraged to come forward to gain a place on a Lot pertaining to the services they offer. Mini competitions will then be run for contracts to provide training.
Contracts are dependent on Funding, we estimate to spend up to £7.5M per annum across all lots during the 5 year term.
The DPS will be open until 31 May 2027 and Suppliers can submit their application to the DPS at any stage during this period.
Following the first closing date for applications, the submissions will be opened monthly, please see the Procurement documents for further information.
More information
Previous notice about this procurement
- Opportunity
- Published 6 April 2022, last edited 6 March 2023
About the buyer
Contact name
Procurement Team
Address
1 Mann Island
Liverpool
L3 1BP
England
tender@liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk
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