Published date: 11 December 2017

Last edited date: 11 December 2017

This notice was replaced on 11 December 2017

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Awarded contract (published 11 December 2017)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£1 to £372,977

Procurement reference

PAS 2205

Published date

11 December 2017

Closing date

11 July 2017

Contract start date

1 October 2017

Contract end date

30 September 2020

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 Government has committed to achieve 3 million apprenticeships in England by 2020 and has set targets of 2.3% of headcount to be apprentices each financial year for public bodies with 250 or more workers.
NICE are therefore procuring services to enable us to appoint supplier(s) to attract and recruit apprentices covering a wide range of subject areas within Central Manchester and Central London, (or both).
It is envisaged that this is delivered by using a combination of internal and external candidates of a similar number each year as a rolling programme of work.
Each apprentice will be supported and trained through their apprenticeship programme. This would mean that successful providers will be required to include assessments, monitoring, record keeping and regular reports on individual's progress through the programme.
Please note that NICE currently has apprentices in situ from previous years. These arrangements will not be taken into consideration, each proposal will be evaluated on the basis of the information provided.

The Role of the Apprentice Scheme Supplier
NICE requires 6 common sets of roles in differing volumes and these roles will be of broad compositions as standard, a 7th role will be of variable composition dependant on the needs of NICE and will be bespoke for each role identified.


More information

Attachments


About the buyer

Contact name

Gillian Watson

Address

Level 1a, City Tower
Piccadilly Plaza, Piccadilly
Manchester
M1 4BT
England

Email

gillian.watson@nice.org.uk