Award

Adult Education Budget (AEB) Contract Award Notice

WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

31 May 2019 at 08:35

Tender

08 Feb 2019 at 16:30

Summary of the contracting process

The West Midlands Combined Authority is seeking providers for the "Adult Education Budget Service Contract 1," aimed at enhancing adult education and skills training across the West Midlands, UK. This initiative falls under the education and training services industry and is currently in the Award stage. The contract, valued at approximately £8,955,593, covers a period from 1st August 2022 to 31st July 2023. The procurement was conducted through an open procedure with a tender period that concluded on 16th May 2022.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for businesses involved in educational services, particularly those focused on adult training and skills development. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary community sector enterprises (VCSEs) are encouraged to apply, as the contract is designed to promote inclusive growth by engaging with hard-to-reach communities, young people, and disadvantaged groups. Businesses specialising in areas such as advanced manufacturing, business services, construction, and digital training will find a fitting competitive environment to grow and contribute to the local economy.

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Notice Title

Adult Education Budget (AEB) Contract Award Notice

Notice Description

From the 2019/20 academic year, the WMCA will take responsibility for the region's Adult Education Budget (AEB) and how it is delivered supporting eligible adult learners. The AEB is a key enabler of inclusive growth through the improvement of the qualification levels and skills of our adult residents. Our focus with the AEB is to address key issues including tackling unemployment amongst young people and creating more grass-roots provision to better engage hard to reach communities. We also want to ensure that AEB provision can be targeted to address the needs of key target groups such as care leavers and those over the age of 50. Finally, there are challenges for those residents in work and in low pay who struggle to re-train to access opportunities in our priority sectors including automotive/advanced manufacturing, business and professional services, construction and digital that we will use AEB to support. This contract notice relates to the of adult education training services.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-702a7cc4-4a34-49df-9b38-a382bcbe3d6c
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c52889bd-7467-4beb-8dd8-869de07973cd
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure (above threshold)
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services


CPV Codes

80000000 - Education and training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£25,800,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£25,800,000 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
31 May 20196 years ago
Submission Deadline
6 Mar 2019Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
27 May 20196 years ago
Contract Period
31 Jul 2019 - 31 Jul 2020 1-2 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BIRMINGHAM
Postcode
B19 3SD
Post Town
Birmingham
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG31 Birmingham
Delivery Location
TLG West Midlands (England)

Local Authority
Birmingham
Electoral Ward
Newtown
Westminster Constituency
Birmingham Ladywood

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
21
Supplier Names

ADVANCED PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT GROUP (UK

BACK 2 WORK COMPLETE TRAINING

BCTG

DERBY BUSINESS COLLEGE LTD T/A DBC TRAINING

ENTERKEY TRAINING

GB TRAINING (UK

GECKO PROGRAMMES

GO TRAIN

NETCOM TRAINING

P.T.P TRAINING

PEOPLEPLUS GROUP

PET-XI TRAINING

PHOENIX TRAINING (MIDLANDS

PILOT IMS

RELEASE POTENTIAL

SERCO

SKILLS TRAINING

SYSTEM GROUP

TOTAL TRAINING COMPANY (UK

VOCATIONAL SKILLS SOLUTIONS

WITTON LODGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

Further Information

Notice Documents

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