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Published 12 May 2022, 15:45 BST

Official UK procurement notice

CP2229-22a Wave 3 Train4Tomorrow Skills Bootcamps - Round 2 – Devon Delivery only

Official notice

Authority: Devon County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesSME suitable
Published estimate£328,000exc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 13 Sept 2022award published
Awarded to Apricot Centre CIC +5 more
Contract term Ends 30 Mar 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The overall aims of the Skills Bootcamps are:

i) 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.

ii) 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

iii) 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. Interventions 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.

We welcome all bids and are particularly interested in considering activity within Digital Technology and our Green/Blue and Natural Capital economies. Please note, we are also open to bids for Skill Bootcamp pilots in new eligible sectors i.e. Health Services, Financial Services, Hospitality and Creative Industries.

CPV: Adult and other education services · Higher education services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1DCC has previously gone out to the market for bootcamps within Devon and Cornwall, and…Published value£328,000

DCC has previously gone out to the market for bootcamps within Devon and Cornwall, and fulfilled its requirements within Cornwall. There is additional funding remaining for bootcamps delivered within Devon only.

Contract period: … – 30 Mar 2023
Delivery: South West

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored

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 Devon.

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.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
12 May 2022, 15:45 BST
Last source update
11 Aug 2022, 14:07 BST
Authority reference
DN626860
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-022166
Classification (CPV)
Adult and other education servicesHigher education services
Delivery area
South West (UKK3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-033715 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

In accordance with Regulations 86 (notices of decisions to award a contract or conclude a Framework Agreement), 87 (standstill period) and Regulation 91 (enforcement of duties through the court) of the Public contracts Regulations 2015.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
13 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

11 Aug 2022 → 13 Sept 2022 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    11 Aug 2022, 14:07 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    13 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Jul 2022
  1. Status changed to complete
    11 Jul 2022, 10:01 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    11 Jul 2022, 10:01 BST
  3. Published value published: £328,000
    11 Aug 2022, 14:07 BST
  4. Status changed to active
    11 Aug 2022, 14:07 BST
  5. Deadline moved to 13 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
    11 Aug 2022, 14:07 BST
    +109 days · was 27 May 2022, 12:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,701,1501 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 107 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
10bids · 10 electronic7——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Devon County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services UKK43 County Hall, The Annexe, Topsham Road, Exeter, South West, EX2 4QDContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • DCCReview body Exeter

Bidders & participating suppliers

6 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.