Published date: 2 August 2019

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 3 June 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

WV1 1AD

Value of contract

£58,500

Procurement reference

tender_207250/788552

Published date

2 August 2019

Closing date

3 June 2019

Contract start date

1 July 2019

Contract end date

31 July 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

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

Aspire to HE' is a partner-based consortium which will deliver sustained, progressive, intensive outreach activity to targeted cohorts of learners (years 9 to 13) in identified wards to increase the numbers of students from disadvantaged backgrounds entering higher education. The measure of success is the progression of young people onto courses of prescribed higher education. The key aim is to increase the rate of young participation in HE in the target wards: 'young participation' is defined as the proportion of the cohort that enters HE at both 18 and 19 years of age.

Details of Provision
This opportunity will be offered to the Year 9 year groups, across 39 of our partner schools who are based around the Black Country and Telford and Wrekin, within the academic year 2019/2020 (September 2019 - July 2020).The contractor will deliver an intervention that explores employability and labour market information that is made relevant, engaging and accessible, to the target group of Year 9 students.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

19-21 Labour Market Sessions for School Year 9 - Aspire to HE

  • Opportunity
  • Published 9 May 2019

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Award information

Awarded date

14 June 2019

Contract start date

1 July 2019

Contract end date

31 July 2020

Total value of contract

£58,500

This contract was awarded to 2 suppliers.

Telford & Wrekin Council

Address

Wellington Civic and Leisure Centre, Larkin Way, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 1LX, UNITED KINGDOM

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Education Business Partnership

Address

Civic Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 1TP, UNITED KINGDOM

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Housman Building, Camp Street
Wolverhampton
WV1 1AD
England

Email

procurement@wlv.ac.uk

Website

https://www.wlv.ac.uk