Published date: 4 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: 4 May 2022, 11am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£1,600,000

Procurement reference

MERTVL001-DN604114-91211316

Published date

4 April 2022

Closing date

4 May 2022

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

20 June 2022

Contract end date

19 June 2026

Contract type

Service contract

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

The Skills & Apprenticeship Hub Team are part of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) and Strategic Investment Fund (SIF).

The Skills & Apprenticeship Hub are establishing a 'LCR Priority Training Support' framework funded by ESF and SIF to support locally based employers. The priority training areas have been predominantly developed from a survey undertook by the Growth Platform with Liverpool City Region employers in June 2021. The Skills & Apprenticeship Hub team is looking to invite suitably experienced and qualified organisations to tender to deliver short yet focused and challenging training programmes that address the skills shortages highlighted in the survey.

The identified priority training support topics where separated into 19 Lots. 13 of these Lots have been awarded. 6 of these Lots are being re-advertised. The Lots being re-advertised are as follows: -

Lot 1- Business Fundamentals - (Finance & Planning)
Lot 2 - Business Skills (Marketing)
Lot 3 - Hospitality (Visitor/Tour Guide)
Lot 4 - Hospitality (Marketing)
Lot 5 - Hospitality (Events Management)
Lot 6 - Hospitality (Digital Sales Platform)


Out of the 6 Lots remaining, Potential suppliers/tenderers should only apply to deliver up to a maximum of 3 Lots, this includes any Lots they have been awarded on the original framework. Contract Notice 2021/S 213-563574. If a supplier bids for more than 3 Lots, only the first 3 lots received will be considered.

We expect to spend up to £800k by the end of December 2022 with a maximum estimated spend of £1.6M during the life of the framework.


More information

Additional text

This opportunity is advertised on The Chest under reference DN604114. To express an interest and access the tender documents please use the following link:
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=2fcd2db1-83ab-ec11-8112-005056b64545&p=e0cc5631-4690-e511-80fb-000c29c9ba21


About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement

Address

1 Mann Island
Liverpool
L3 1BP
England

Email

tender@liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk

Website

https://www.liverpoolcityregion-ca.gov.uk/