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Emerging Skills Project in Electrification

Department for Education

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

05 Oct 2021 at 22:45

Award Notice
Tender

29 Jun 2021 at 22:45

Tender Notice
Planning

13 May 2021 at 22:55

Planning Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Education is conducting an active procurement process titled "Emerging Skills Project in Electrification," which falls under the education and training services category. This initiative is focused on electrification and aims to enhance the skills necessary for the adoption of emerging technologies within the UK. The contract is valued at approximately £1,398,000 and encompasses the development and delivery of training courses addressing the skills gaps identified in a foresighting exercise conducted earlier this year. Key deadlines include the tender submission period, which ends on 21 July 2021, with the bid opening scheduled for 23 July 2021.

This procurement presents significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in educational services, training content development, and skill delivery in emerging technologies. Organisations that have the capacity to collaborate effectively and demonstrate expertise in creating training solutions for electrification would be well-suited to participate in this tender. The emphasis on collaborative working is crucial, and businesses equipped to engage in partnerships with educational institutions or other training providers will be particularly competitive in this process.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Emerging Skills Project in Electrification

Notice Description

'Emerging Skills' are defined as those related to 'Emerging Technologies' and necessary to exploit their application in industry as they become widespread. The technologies themselves may have existed for some time or be cutting-edge, but their diffusion into industry is at an early stage, with low take-up ahead of widescale adoption. Examples include industrial digitalisation technologies such as additive manufacturing, robotics, AI, electrification and advanced materials. Following January's Skills for Jobs White Paper, we launched the first Emerging Skills Project in partnership with the High Value Manufacturing Catapult and the Institutes of Technology. This project uses the Skills Value Chain approach to stimulate the adoption of cutting-edge skills in a given sector. The Skills Value Chain is made up of three core activities, delivered collaboratively in succession: * Foresighting, an activity that forecasts emerging skills in a sector and identifies the gap in current provision and future need. * Development of open license training content to meet the gaps identified in foresighting. * Skills Diffusion, which consists of: o 'Train the trainer' days. o Provision of no-charge trainee days to upskill employees in the new emerging skills training content. In addition to announcing the first Emerging Skills Project, the White Paper also explored whether this Skills Value Chain approach can be used in other emerging skills areas and to support Government priorities such as net zero. The focus for this second, net-zero project, is electrification. This project will provide some of the skills needed to deliver Point 4 of the Government's ten-point plan for a Green Industrial Revolution - accelerating the shift to zero emission vehicles

Lot Information

Lot 1

This procurement exercise is to put in place a contract to deliver the second two activities of the Skills Value Chain. The first activity, foresighting, will be delivered under a separate agreement. The services required are: 1. Development of short courses to meet emerging skills needs in electrification using the outputs from foresighting conducted in the Summer 2021. 2. Training and other necessary support of teaching staff in chosen providers to teach the courses developed at (1) through 'train the trainer' training days. 3. Delivery of courses developed at (1) to learner through the upskilling days for employees in the sector. As the Skills Value Chain requires collaboration between organisations, we would expect bids to demonstration collaborative working.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b0dd
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024844-2021
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services

CPV Codes

80000000 - Education and training services

80500000 - Training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,398,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£1,398,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£1,300,404 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
5 Oct 20214 years ago
Submission Deadline
21 Jul 2021Expired
Future Notice Date
21 Jun 2021Expired
Award Date
23 Jul 20215 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Department for Education
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1P 3BT
Postcode Area
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

The High Value Manufacturing Catapult

Further Information

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