Published date: 26 August 2020

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


Closing: 14 August 2020, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£85,000

Procurement reference

Manufacturing Sector Notice - 310720

Published date

26 August 2020

Closing date

14 August 2020

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

1 September 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2023

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?

No

Private procurement rules

Supply chain notices are business-to-business transactions and are not bound by the same rules and restrictions as public sector contracts. The UK government is not responsible for the conduct of such procurement.

Description

Cornwall Marine Network (CMN) has secured project funding through the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF), known locally as the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Growth Programme, from the European Union's European Social Fund for a project named Employer Led Skills (ELS) and is seeking to procure a new sub-contractor to deliver some aspects of the project in the Manufacturing sector.

One of the dominant contributory factors to the region's productivity and economic growth is the level of education, training and skills within the working age population. The attached Invitation to Tender seeks to address a range of issues concerning the development and upskilling of the Manufacturing workforce. It aims to help businesses to develop and grow, become more resilient and more productive.

There are approximately 1,300 Manufacturing units in C&IoS who employ around 15,500 (2017 data), this reflects a 16% reduction between 2012-2017. Overall, the wider Manufacturing sector accounts for almost 10% of the total workforce which is consistent with the GVA figures below.

The Manufacturing sector delivers almost £800m to the economy but by addressing low productivity this contribution could increase rapidly. Manufacturing experienced the highest sectoral growth in GVA per job from 2012-2017 at 24%.

It is important for applicants to ensure that proposals do not duplicate existing activities or activities that do not address market failure. ESF can only be used to achieve additional activity or bring forward activity more quickly. Applicants must be able to demonstrate that proposals are additional to activity that would have occurred anyway and/or enables activity to be brought forward and delivered more quickly than otherwise would be the case in response to the demand established by sectoral development work and needs analysis.

In order to address the issue that productivity across the sector lags behind that of England and the EU we need a focused programme of support in the Manufacturing sector to drive up growth in knowledge and skills and as such CMN expects to allocate up to £85,000 of ESF, inclusive of VAT, to support 300 participants to gain a range of new skills and qualifications.

To achieve this applicants will be required to establish a sector led skills development programme which will address the four key themes identified through the ESF Developing Skills for Business project as critical to the sector's sustainability and growth. The four themes are:
• Continuous Improvement
• Leadership/Management
• Train the Trainer
• Supply Chain & Procurement

Applicants will be responsible for securing eligible match funding for the balance of costs in their proposed delivery models.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Manufacturing Sector - Employer Led Skills Support

  • Opportunity
  • Published 30 July 2020, last edited 11 August 2020

Attachments

Additional text

Please ensure that you address all of the questions and points outlined in the specification, including the cross cutting themes of equality, diversity and sustainability.

Award information

Awarded date

26 August 2020

Contract start date

1 September 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Total value of contract

£95,656

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Cornwall Manufacturers Group

Address

Chy Nyverow
Newham Road
Truro
TR1 2DP

Reference

Companies House number: 11449942

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

About the buyer

Contact name

Mark Williams

Address

Unit 7A,Falmouth Business Park Bickland Water Road
FALMOUTH
TR114SZ
England

Telephone

01326 211382

Email

mark.williams@cornwallmarine.net

Website

www.cornwallmarine.net