Published date: 22 March 2024

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: 26 April 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£200,000

Procurement reference

SHEPWAY001-DN716883-89317301

Published date

22 March 2024

Closing date

26 April 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

28 May 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2025

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

Folkestone & Hythe District Council (F&HDC) seeks to award a single commission to an experienced education and skills provider to deliver two important local projects. This organisation will support F&HDC in delivering outputs and results against these three priority areas in the council's UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) programme for the 2024/25 financial year. UKSPF is a central pillar of the UK government's Levelling Up agenda and provides funding for local areas to invest in communities and places, supporting local business, and people and skills.

The programme being commissioned will have opportunities in two project areas:

1. Retrofit and Green Skills: Green skills courses targeted around ensuring we have the skilled workforce to achieve the government's net zero and wider environmental ambitions.

2. Construction Skills: Support for local areas to fund local skills needs. This includes technical and vocational qualifications and courses up to level 2 and training for vocational licences relevant to local area needs and high-value qualifications where there is a need for additional skills capacity that is not being met through other provision'.

The opportunity is available on Kent Business Portal - https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/ , Reference number DN716883

About the buyer

Contact name

Ade Agboola

Address

Civic Centre
Folkestone
CT20 2QY
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1303853377

Email

ade.agboola@folkestone-hythe.gov.uk

Website

https://www.folkestone-hythe.gov.uk/council-transparency/procurement-information