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CP2229-22 Wave 3 Train4Tomorrow Skills Bootcamps

Devon County Council

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
Exeter
Delivery: UKK3
Contract value
£1,800,000ex VAT
Submissions closed
27 May 2022
Published
12 May 2022

Procurement

Contract period
Until 30 March 2023
Submission method
Electronic Submission
Evaluation method
The Authority is procuring under SECTION 7, of the PCR 2015, Social and Other Specific Services also known as Light Touch Regime (LTR). The Authority is using a process similar to the bid procedure described in Regulation 27 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). However, the Authority reserves the right to deviate from the formalities of the procedure given the flexibilities permitted by Regulation 76 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) in the conduct of procurements for "light regime" services." DCC will be using the LTR services, and the Authority will be taking advantage of the significant flexibility available to them under the light regime in developing its procurement process. The Authority is looking to award to multiple suppliers across the whole of the region. Bidders are requested to submit Expressions of Interest, via the secure procurement portal. Sealed bids will be released after the closing time and date. To qualify bidders must pass a Selection questionnaire and prices must be within the stated price limits. Bids will then be assessed on the quality of the submission, using a transparent scoring matrix.
CPV classifications
  • 80400000 Adult and other education services
  • 80300000 Higher education services
  • 80500000 Training services
  • 98000000 Other community, social and personal services

What happened

Devon County Council awarded this contract to Apricot Centre CIC. The contract runs until 30 Mar 2023.

Description

The overall aims of the Skills Bootcamps are:

o to deliver *flexible training programmes lasting up to 16 weeks, based on employer / sector ‘in-demand’ skills needs which may be either regulated (i.e. qualification based) or non-regulated (e.g. based on alignment with industry standards) enabling adults to do training around work and other commitments, looking to gain work, additional responsibilities, or access new opportunities and will offer a guaranteed job interview (in the case of a new job) to individual participants on completion of the course.

o to address the needs of adults (19+) who are full-time and part-time employed, unemployed, returning to work after a break or self-employed, and provide individuals with wider access to opportunities to retrain, update or formalise their skills or acquire specialist skills

o to address the needs of employers and the wider economy, to deliver targeted interventions to meet short-medium term demand to fill vacancies and drive productivity. They will help fill medium-higher level vacancies and bring individuals closer to better jobs, by linking them with line of sight to a job/ different role, additional responsibilities or new opportunities/contracts

o to help fill vacancies and bring individuals closer to better jobs (including those currently in employment), by linking them with line of sight to a job / different role, additional responsibilities or new opportunities / contracts

Awarded supplier

Supplier
Apricot Centre CIC

Contact

Address
County Hall, The Annexe, Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4QD
Contact name
Mr Lee Webber

Identifiers

Buyer reference
DN611425
Notice ID
012407-2022
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-033715

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