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Apprenticeship Levy - Multi Provider Flexible Procurement Agreement for the Provision of Apprenticeship Training

Sunderland City Council

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Summary of the contracting process

Sunderland City Council is currently engaged in a public procurement process for the "Apprenticeship Levy - Multi Provider Flexible Procurement Agreement for the Provision of Apprenticeship Training." This initiative falls under the education and training services category, governed by the light touch regime of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The procurement period is open until 16 November 2017, with the contract period set to commence on 8 December 2017 and concluding on 7 December 2021. A total contract value of £500,000 has been allocated to facilitate various apprenticeship training services across the North East region of the United Kingdom.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in educational training, particularly those offering apprenticeship programmes from intermediate to degree levels. Suitable candidates for participation include both small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and larger training providers with the capacity to deliver high-quality training across the specified lots, which encompass care and support, economy services, corporate services, and people services. Additionally, vendors meeting specific study area needs may leverage the council's flexibility to introduce new providers as required throughout the agreement's duration.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Apprenticeship Levy - Multi Provider Flexible Procurement Agreement for the Provision of Apprenticeship Training

Notice Description

This is a notice for Administrative social, educational, healthcare and cultural services in accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU/Article/74.These services are within the scope of Schedule 3 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 No 102 and are therefore subject to the 'light touch' public procurement regime in accordance with Section 7 of the 2015 Regulations. Individual codes include: 80 000 000 Education and training services. All operators interested in this Request to Participate should register an expression of interest online at 'www.neporportal.org' , Request to Participate Reference DN302261. All Request to Participate documents are available via this portal. The Council wishes to enter into a flexible procurement agreement with multiple training providers to deliver on a call-off basis high quality apprenticeship training from intermediate level to degree level across a variety of areas of study throughout the Council.For this agreement there will be 4 Lots as set out below based on the core Council service areas and each Lot will then contain a number of specific areas of specialist study within that Lot. Lot 1 - Care and Support; Lot 2 - Economy Place Based Services; Lot 3 - Corporate Services; Lot 4 - People Services.The Council reserves the right at its discretion through the term of the Agreement to advertise opportunities for additional providers to participate in this proposed Flexible Procurement Agreement in the following circumstances: (i) There are no existing ranked providers for a specialist study area within a Lot; or (ii) None of the ranked providers for a specialist study area have the capacity to perform an individual call-off requirement or they reject the call-off requirement.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-c05a684a-5d5b-41d9-9a88-1221a3d3826b
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/87472950-893f-403a-942d-008b458eff65
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
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services

CPV Codes

80000000 - Education and training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£500,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£2,880,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
8 Mar 20188 years ago
Submission Deadline
16 Nov 2017Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
27 Feb 20188 years ago
Contract Period
1 Mar 2018 - 28 Feb 2022 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Sunderland City Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SUNDERLAND
Postcode
SR2 7DN
Postcode Area
Sunderland
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLC North East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLC44 Sunderland
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England)
Local Authority
Sunderland
Electoral Ward
Southwick
Westminster Constituency
Sunderland Central

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
23
Supplier Names

Absolute Care Training & Education Ltd

Barnsley College

Derwentside College

Gateshead College

Gateshead Council

Interserve Learning & Employment (Services) Limited trading

Learning Curve Group Limited

Lifetime Training Group Limited

Springboard Sunderland Trust

Sunderland College

Teesside University

TRN (Train) Ltd

South Tyneside College

Baltic Training Services

Eliesha Training Ltd

Intec Business Colleges Ltd

ioda Limited

Keith Stevenson and Associates Limited

PeoplePlus Group Ltd

QA Ltd

Skills Training UK Limited

University Centre Quayside Limited

University of Sunderland

Further Information

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