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Skills Bootcamps DPS Call off Competition 1: Sales, Marketing and Procurement

Department for Education

Awarded
services
SME-friendly
VCSE-friendly

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Key details

Contracting authority
Region
North East
Delivery: North East, United Kingdom
Contract value
£8,344,494ex VAT
Submissions closed
24 February 2023
Published
18 January 2024

Procurement

Contract period
1 September 2023 - 31 August 2024
11 months
Procedure type
Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
CPV classifications
  • 80000000 Education and training services

What happened

Department for Education awarded this contract to CENIT GROUP LIMITED | CREATIVE PROCESS DIGITAL LTD | J G W TRAINING LIMITED | OPTIMUM SKILLS LIMITED | PLAYBACK STUDIO LTD | SERCO LIMITED | THE SKILLS NETWORK LIMITED | THELIGHTBULB LTD | THINK EMPLOYMENT LIMITED | WE ARE DIGITAL TRAINING LTD | DATA AND MARKETING ASSOCIATION LIMITED | ENTERPRISE4ALL (NORTH WEST) LIMITED | THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED | FEARLESS ADVENTURES LIMITED worth £8,344,494 on 1 Sept 2023. The contract runs until 31 Aug 2024.

Description

Skills Bootcamps offer flexible, primarily level 3 - 5 equivalent courses of up to 16 weeks in technical skills which are free to eligible adult learners. They give adults the opportunity to build up in-demand, sector-specific skills and fast-track to an interview with an employer - supporting adults to move into well-paid jobs and helping employers to fill much-needed vacancies. Unemployed, employed and self-employed adults can be eligible for a Skills Bootcamp; they can be used to support an unemployed person into a job, an employed adult into a different job in another organisation or to gain another role or other responsibilities in the same organisation, or a self-employed adult to gain new opportunities. They also support groups such as those returning to work after a break, ex-veterans and eligible prisoners within 6 months of release. There is a clear expectation that employers are involved in the whole end-to-end delivery of Skills Bootcamps; and where an employer is using a Skills Bootcamp to train up a current employee, they must contribute towards the costs of the Skills Bootcamp.

The Dynamic Purchasing System was launched in November 2022, and the first competition launched shortly afterwards. This Contract Award Notice is for the contracts awarded under the sales, marketing and procurement category.

Awarded suppliers (14)

Suppliers
  • CENIT GROUP LIMITED
  • CREATIVE PROCESS DIGITAL LTD
  • J G W TRAINING LIMITED
  • OPTIMUM SKILLS LIMITED
  • PLAYBACK STUDIO LTD
  • SERCO LIMITED
  • THE SKILLS NETWORK LIMITED
  • THELIGHTBULB LTD
  • THINK EMPLOYMENT LIMITED
  • WE ARE DIGITAL TRAINING LTD
  • DATA AND MARKETING ASSOCIATION LIMITED
  • ENTERPRISE4ALL (NORTH WEST) LIMITED
  • THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED
  • FEARLESS ADVENTURES LIMITED
Award value
£8,344,494
Award date
1 September 2023

Contact

Address
2 St Paul's Place, Sheffield, S1 2FJ

Identifiers

Buyer reference
tender_336444/1275854
Notice ID
8140e332-31ca-4ad2-9453-c4864ad4ad71-715133
OCID
ocds-b5fd17-6b4fd4cb-93a9-4172-b3b1-ec319894cb8f

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