Notice Information
Notice Title
Adult and Community Learning 2024-25
Notice Description
Your bids should address the Learning Environment, and at least one of the following: * Employment * Journey towards Employment * SEND * Maths * English * Digital Skills. Learning Environment Your provision should: * remove barriers to learning through opening hours, locations, resource provision, equal opportunities, and flexible learning; * set out to enable and empower learners to thrive independently in an enjoyable, relaxed, and supportive environment; * be based within the borough of Cheshire East (unless you are offering online learning); * meet the needs of Cheshire East residents and partner organisations; * have a proven delivery model which has a significant impact on the progression of our learners; * demonstrate how you offer multiple entry points to learners from Cheshire East area; * comply with the Equality Act 2010. Applicants should address the following: * provide applications that are realistic, achievable, and measurable; * recruit and enrol learners in line with the ESFA eligibility guidance for the current academic year; * ensure all your tutors and delivery staff are trained and qualified to at least Level 3 and hold a training/teaching qualification; * demonstrate your initial assessment processes and how this knowledge will inform the programme of learning aims and delivery format; * ensure all learners are aware of that the S&LL funding for your projects originates from the ESFA; * demonstrate that high quality information, advice, and guidance (IAG) are available and used to all learners for them to make the biggest gains regarding personal and employability skills; * include an overview of your processes for capturing learner destination and progression information, whether processes need to be developed or how existing processes will be developed further; * achieve targets of 85% for retention, achievement, and timely success; * ensure learners are safe and always have enjoyable learning experiences; * ensure that policies and processes (including adherence to DBS legislation) are in place to ensure the security and safety of learners are understood and agreed by the whole organisation (be this through induction and/or training); * ensure your programmes are accessible to all with appropriate arrangements in place for those with access issues; * demonstrate your venues are risk assessed for Health and Safety; * align your applications to the needs of the local community and local employers; * ensure that timely completion on programmes is predicted accurately and in consultation with the learner and in line with the expectations of S&LL, ESFA minimum standards and Ofsted.
Lot Information
AEB: Accredited Learning
Accredited Learning (Lot 1) will focus on qualifications supporting employability skills, ICT, English, and maths particularly those who are most disadvantaged with the aim of enhancing learners' work prospects. S&LL will retain 20% of the Education and Skills Funding Agency published funding rate for a learning aim for contract and performance management, quality assurance and support, the processing of data for analysis and processing the returns to the Education and Skills Funding Agency. Where regulated qualifications are delivered, they must be eligible for AEB funding and available at find a learning aim https://submit-learner-data.service.gov.uk/find-a-learningaim/ This LOT is for bids equal to or Lower than PS100,000 per year
Options: There is an option to extend of 1 x 12 months subject to funding. The total value of the award of PS692,516 is for the total term of 2 years.. Year 2 funding of PS346,258 is subject to ESFA funding allocation.
AEB: Non-accredited Learning (Community Learning)Non-accredited Learning (Lot 2) will focus on turning around the lives of local people to enhance their employability, maximising the impact on the social and economic wellbeing of individuals, families, and communities, particularly those who are most disadvantaged. Payment will be by results for non-accredited learning. Complete funding will only be paid at the discretion of the S&LL Contract Manager, once learner targets have been met and a satisfactory data report has been processed. This LOT is for bids equal to or less than PS50,000 per year.
Options: There is an option to extend of 1 x 12 months subject to funding.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-044aa4
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021848-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
80400000 - Adult and other education services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £692,516 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Jul 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 24 Apr 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 13 Jun 20241 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
- CHESHIRE EAST BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Ms Tracy Roberts
- Contact Email
- tracy.roberts@cheshireeast.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1270686973
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SANDBACH
- Postcode
- CW11 1HZ
- Post Town
- Crewe
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD6 Cheshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD62 Cheshire East
- Delivery Location
- TLD62 Cheshire East
-
- Local Authority
- Cheshire East
- Electoral Ward
- Sandbach Town
- Westminster Constituency
- Congleton
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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