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Framework Agreement for the Provision of Apprenticeship Services for Somerset Council

Somerset Council

Awarded
services
SME-friendly
Framework agreement

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Key details

Contracting authority
Somerset Council
local council
Region
South West
Delivery: South West, United Kingdom
Contract value
£4,000,000ex VAT
Submissions closed
9 January 2023
Published
24 October 2023

Procurement

Contract period
1 July 2023 - 30 June 2026
3 years
Procedure type
Open procedure
CPV classifications
  • 80000000 Education and training services

What happened

Somerset Council awarded this contract to Accountancy Learning | Babington Group Ltd | Bridgwater and Taunton College | Cambridge Spark | Exeter College | Firebrand Training | Marr Corporation Limited (t/a T2 Group Limited) | QA Limited | Richard Huish Trust | Somerset Skills and Learning CIC | South West Association of Training Providers | Strode College | Somerset Centre for Integrated Learning (SCIL) | The Open University | University of Exeter | University of Gloucestershire | University of the West of England | Weston College | Yeovil College worth £4,000,000 on 30 Jun 2023. The contract runs until 30 Jun 2026.

Description

The purpose of this procurement is to contract with multiple providers to deliver an Apprenticeship Service to eligible people.

The Authority requires a service provider, or providers, to manage the delivery of its Apprenticeship programme. The Apprenticeships to be provided via this procurement exercise are funded via the Authority's Apprenticeship Levy.

Applicants must be able to access Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) levy funding for apprentices and listed on the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers throughout this contract.

The framework is split into 9 lots, as outlined below: 1 Legal finance and accounting 2 Sales, marketing and procurement 3 Business and administration 4 Catering, hospitality and facilities management 5 Childcare and education 6 Construction, Engineering, Manufacturing, Transport & Logistics 7 Digital, Creative and Design 8 Health, Social Care, Science and Protective Services 9 Agriculture, environmental and animal care

Awarded suppliers (19)

Suppliers
  • Accountancy Learning
  • Babington Group Ltd
  • Bridgwater and Taunton College
  • Cambridge Spark
  • Exeter College
  • Firebrand Training
  • Marr Corporation Limited (t/a T2 Group Limited)
  • QA Limited
  • Richard Huish Trust
  • Somerset Skills and Learning CIC
  • South West Association of Training Providers
  • Strode College
  • Somerset Centre for Integrated Learning (SCIL)
  • The Open University
  • University of Exeter
  • University of Gloucestershire
  • University of the West of England
  • Weston College
  • Yeovil College
Award value
£4,000,000
Award date
30 June 2023

Contact

Address
County Hall, Taunton, TA1 4DY
Contact name
Iain Copeland
Phone

Identifiers

Buyer reference
SOMRTD001-DN642265-67917844
Notice ID
f329b823-77a0-416a-a851-a724c354e4ec-691517
OCID
ocds-b5fd17-e3e96935-49cd-49cc-9ef8-afb25879ec30

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