Published date: 19 April 2022

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: 28 April 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

  • Adult and other education services - 80400000

Location of contract

EC2P 2EJ

Value of contract

£100,000

Procurement reference

tender_304602/1064739

Published date

19 April 2022

Closing date

28 April 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

2 May 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The City Corporation is seeking to appoint a training provider for the delivery of the following two programmes:
1. 6- weeks programme, with an embedded work placement to improve digital skills, aimed at getting people aged 16-plus work-ready and support them to find suitable employment.

2. 16 weeks programme, with an embedded work placement aimed at getting people aged 16+ work-ready, secure employment or progress onto an Apprenticeship.

The two programmes will cover as a minimum:
- digital skills,
- employability,
- work related activities,
- Functional Skills, and
- a high-quality work experience placement

There is a requirement that a minimum of 80% of learners will come from groups currently underrepresented within the digital sector.
This includes:
- Members of Black and Minority Ethnic Groups - particularly young black men, black men aged 50+, Bangladeshi and Pakistani women
- older people (aged50+),
- people employed below the London Living Wage,
- Women
- Young people aged 18-24
- Members of the deaf community
- People living with disabilities

The value of this contract is £100,000 and providers are asked to provide information about their expected delivery pipeline.

This Request for Quotation (RFQ) invites Training Organisations able to deliver demonstrably high-quality, highly successful, digital skills training at Level 2.
The winning provider must have:

- experience of delivering GLA, ESFA and DWP employment provision and Traineeships
- the ability to deliver in-person and online
- an existing database of potential participants
- fixed premises in at least one Central London borough
- willingness to deliver from City of London premises in the City of London and neighbouring boroughs
- clear working relationships and agreements in place with digital and tech sector employers
- experience delivering AEB funded digital training programmes
- a track of record of supporting underrepresented groups (women, BAME and people with disabilities) into digital employment
- demonstrable links with specific housing estates, local authorities, community groups, employers and Jobcentre Plus

This requirement will be on a subcontracting basis. A subcontractor as defined by the by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) is an organisation that is engaged in a contractual and legally binding arrangement with one or more main providers, to deliver education and training provision that the ESFA funds. The City Corporation is the Main Provider (UKPRN: 10008915)

The City Corporation invites quotations from training providers that satisfy the criteria in the ESFA Funding rules:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-education-budget-funding-rules-2021-to-2022 19

The selected Training Organisation must not agree to use any further delivery subcontracting for training and/or on-programme assessment to a second level.

More information

Additional text

To bid for this opportunity, suppliers must be registered on the Capital E Sourcing tendering portal. The project code and ITT codes for this tender are prj_COL_20380 / itt_COL_15766.

About the buyer

Contact name

Commissioning Team

Address

Guildhall, PO Box 270
London
EC2P 2EJ
England

Email

commissioning@cityoflondon.gov.uk