Official UK procurement notice
Pathways to Work - Targeted Employment Support for Ethnic Minority Groups in Sheffield
Authority: Sheffield City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOpportunity Sheffield seeks proposals which can address the particular engagement, employability, and progression to work challenges faced by residents within Sheffield’s ethnic minority communities, with sharp focus on those who are economically inactive. Providers will need to offer specialist interventions to help participants overcome personal and/or circumstantial barriers to the labour market. These interventions will be tailored to target participants. This project will be seeking to award four contracts with a max. budget of £85,000 each. Successful providers will be able access a pooled budget of estimated £30-85,000 for the evidenced delivery of outcomes above the contracted target (this budget is not included in the estimated total value in this advertisement and subject to availability). This project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Economic Inactivity Trailblazer funds.
CPV: Community action programme · Job search services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£340,000
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- QUALITY: 95
- Price: 5
It is anticipated that four contracts will be awarded to four individual bidders based on score (most economically advantageous tender).
- Price carries 5 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 0.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Feb 2025, 18:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Apr 2025, 17:34 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-012381- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ddecFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 4 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
4 Mar 2025 → 1 Apr 2025 · 2 dates- Submission deadline4 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published1 Apr 2025, 17:34 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete1 Apr 2025, 17:34 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| EQUAL COMMUNITIES LTDSME | £85,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Firvale Community HubSME | £82,953 † | — | Awarded |
| Infinite Skills CiCSME | £85,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Sharrow Community ForumSME | £74,395 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Pathways to Work - Targeted Employment Support for Ethnic Minority Groups in Sheffield · EQUAL COMMUNITIES LTDSME
- Signed
- 20 Mar 2025
- Value
- £85,000
- Status
- active
Pathways to Work - Targeted Employment Support for Ethnic Minority Groups in Sheffield · Firvale Community HubSME
- Signed
- 20 Mar 2025
- Value
- £82,953
- Status
- active
Pathways to Work - Targeted Employment Support for Ethnic Minority Groups in Sheffield · Infinite Skills CiCSME
- Signed
- 20 Mar 2025
- Value
- £85,000
- Status
- active
Pathways to Work - Targeted Employment Support for Ethnic Minority Groups in Sheffield · Sharrow Community ForumSME
- Signed
- 20 Mar 2025
- Value
- £74,395
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11bids · 11 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
4 commercial parties on the notice- Equal Communities LtdAwarded supplier
- Firvale Community HubAwarded supplier
- Infinite Skills CiCAwarded supplier
- Sharrow Community ForumAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.