Official UK procurement notice
Subcontract delivery of Adult Skills Fund programmes (previously AEB) for Construction Skills
Authority: Solihull College and University Centre (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe tender requirement is for a contract for the provision of Adult Skills Fund ‘ASF’ (formally Adult Education Budget ‘AEB’) programmes, related inside the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) region. Specifically, this requirement is for Construction Skills training to include Construction Gateway courses like Rail Engineering Track Maintenance, Plant Machinery, Groundworks, CSCS and other operator tickets
- Recurrence: January 2027 subject to the agreement of permissible extensions
CPV: Adult and other education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Please refer to the Guidance documentRenewalPublished value£15,000,000
Please refer to the Guidance document. The contract will be a fixed term contract starting 01 August 2024 with a completion date of 31 July 2027 with a funding value currently anticipated as up to £1.5m pa ASF income of which £1.2m pa will be awarded to subcontract provision.
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).
- Suitability
Please refer to the Guidance document within the Tender pack, accessible via www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx… ↗
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- Yes · January 2027 subject to the agreement of permissible extensions
- First published
- 3 May 2024, 09:02 BST
- Last source update
- 3 May 2024, 09:02 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 3 Jun 2024 – …
- Authority reference
CONS_0324- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-014285- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04570cFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Within the WMCA region. Please see the Guidance for funding rules and evaluation methodology to be applied.
- Review procedure
Completed in accordance with College Financial Regulations and the Light Touch Regime of the Public Contracts Regulations and detailed within the Tender documents available at www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx… ↗
Publisher note: Full and unrestricted access to the tender documents can be obtained free of charge from https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx/HomeThe contract will be a fixed term contract starting 01 August 2024 with a completion date of 31 July 2027. Two further extensions of 1 year may be permitted subject to College requirements, available funding and subject to provider capacity; delivery performance; achievement data; and WMCA funding guidance. The annual funding value currently anticipated as up to £1.5m pa ASF income of which £1.2m pa will be awarded to subcontract provision
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 3 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 3 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
Timeline
3 May 2024 → 1 Aug 2024 · 4 dates- Notice published3 May 2024, 09:02 BST
- Submission deadline3 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened3 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2024, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria