Published date: 3 May 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.


Closing: 3 June 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Administrative educational services - 75121000

  • Education and training services - 80000000

  • Technical and vocational secondary education services - 80210000

    • Technical secondary education services - 80211000

    • Vocational secondary education services - 80212000

    • Higher education services - 80300000

    • Youth education services - 80310000

    • Special education services - 80340000

    • Adult and other education services - 80400000

    • Adult-education services at university level - 80430000

    • Operation of an educational centre - 80490000

    • Training services - 80500000

    • Specialist training services - 80510000

    • Vocational training services - 80530000

    • Industrial and technical training services - 80531000

    • Industrial training services - 80531100

    • Technical training services - 80531200

Location of contract

B91 1SB

Value of contract

£7,500,000 to £15,000,000

Procurement reference

IT-399-2929-CONS_0324

Published date

3 May 2024

Closing date

3 June 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 August 2024

Contract end date

31 July 2027

Contract type

Service 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

The tender requirement is for a contract for the provision of Adult Skills Fund 'ASF' (formally Adult Education Budget 'AEB') programmes, related inside the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) region. Specifically, this requirement is for Construction Skills training to include Construction Gateway courses like Rail Engineering Track Maintenance, Plant Machinery, Groundworks, CSCS and other operator tickets.

More information

Links

  • Additional information on how to apply for this contract

Additional text

Full and unrestricted access to the tender documents can be obtained free of charge from
https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx/Home

Delivery Notes

Delivery within the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) region. Proposed funding values for 2024/25 are currently anticipated as up to £1.5m pa ASF income of which £1.2m pa will be awarded to subcontract provision.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : Yes

About the buyer

Contact name

Anna Manns

Address

Blossomfield Campus
Blossomfield Road
Solihull
B91 1SB
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1216787228

Email

anna.manns@solihull.ac.uk