Published date: 17 February 2021

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: 24 February 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

  • Higher education services - 80300000

  • Adult and other education services - 80400000

Location of contract

EC2P 2EJ

Value of contract

£100,000

Procurement reference

tender_264858/926280

Published date

17 February 2021

Closing date

24 February 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

25 February 2021

Contract end date

30 September 2022

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

The City Corporation is seeking to appoint a training organisation to provide a wide range of
Employment and Skills support services including Employability and functional skills primarily
to London residents who are disadvantaged and/or suffering deprivation arising from one or a
combination of factors including, but not restricted to, poverty, health, housing or education.
This Request for Quotation (RFQ) invites Training Organisations able to deliver
demonstrably high-quality, highly successful, Adult Traineeship Placements-with wraparound
support services.

Key information is as follows:
- maximum duration of a traineeship extended to one year where learners need it
- young people between the age of 19-24 years old with an existing Level 3
qualification become eligible for a traineeship
- a more flexible work placement element with an employer (or multiple employers if
needed) for a minimum period of 70 hours
- inclusion of digital skills where needed
- work placements should be a minimum of 2 weeks
- traineeships must be minimum of 6 weeks (maximum 12 months)

This requirement will be on a subcontracting basis. A subcontractor as defined by the by the
Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) is an organisation that is engaged in a
contractual and legally binding arrangement with one or more main providers, to deliver
education and training provision that the ESFA funds. The City Corporation is the Main
Provider.

The City Corporation invites quotations from training providers that satisfy the criteria in the
ESFA Funding rules:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-education-budget-funding-rules-2018-to2019

Training organisations must be on the published Register of Training Organisations. The
selected Training Organisation must not agree to use any further delivery subcontracting for
training and/or on-programme assessment to a second level.
The Training Organisation must keep to the ESFA funding rules, provide the City Corporation
with the necessary and sufficient information to complete the Individualised Learner Record
(ILR) to ensure that the lead provider's data returns accurately reflect delivery information and
must give the City Corporation, and any other person nominated by them, access to their
premises and to all documents related to their delivery of funded training.
The City Corporation has a current requirement for Adult Traineeship Employer Placement
enrolments with wraparound support that may include English mathematics functional skills
across entry level to level 2 up to a maximum contract value of £100,000. Learners to be
enrolled on the programme before 31st July 2021.

More information

Additional text

To bid for this opportunity, you must be registered as a supplier on the Capital E Sourcing tendering platform. The homepage for this website can be found here: https://www.capitalesourcing.com/web/login.shtml

Once registered, the tender should be identifiable by the following project code: prj_COL_18368

About the buyer

Contact name

Commissioning Team

Address

Guildhall, PO Box 270
London
EC2P 2EJ
England

Email

commissioning@cityoflondon.gov.uk