Published date: 12 July 2022

Last edited date: 12 July 2022

This notice was replaced on 18 October 2022

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Awarded contract (published 18 October 2022)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Adult and other education services - 80400000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£1,000,000

Procurement reference

GMCA001-DN622010-78398554

Published date

12 July 2022

Closing date

11 August 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

21 September 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Contract type

Works

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

As part of the "Plan for Jobs" the Department for Education (DfE) are providing £2.5bn for the National Skills Fund (NSF) to help adults build skills for the economy of the future; complementing provision available through Adult Education Budget (AEB). NSF comprises of Skills Bootcamps and the Level 3 Free Courses for Jobs Offer. Skills Bootcamps offer free flexible courses of up to 16 weeks giving people the opportunity to build up sector specific skills and fast track to an interview with a local employer.
The key objectives of skills bootcamps are to:
• Address the needs of employers to fill skills shortage vacancies requiring specialist skills and improve business productivity.
• Address the needs of adults to retrain and upskill whatever their starting point. Providing clear line of sight to a new role / opportunity / contract.
• Diversifying the talent pipeline by targeting groups underrepresented in key sectors.
Skills Bootcamps are targeted at all adults aged 19+ who are in-work, self-employed, unemployed, returning to work after a career break and prisoners on temporary release or due to be released within six months. With a focus on specific priority groups.

For more information please visit The Chest - https://www.the-chest.org.uk/

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Skills Bootcamps (Wave 3): Manufacturing

  • Opportunity
  • Published 12 July 2022

About the buyer

Contact name

Sara Hughes

Address

GMCA Offices
1st Floor, Churchgate House, 56 Oxford Street
Manchester
M1 6EU
England

Telephone

+44 7598551693

Email

sara.hughes@greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk

Website

http://www.manchesterfire.gov.uk/