Notice Information
Notice Title
Adult Skills Framework 2025-2029
Notice Description
This framework is seeking to appoint providers to the Adult Skills Framework 2025-2029. Mini-competitions will be held yearly ahead of each new academic year. Alongside appointing successful providers to the Framework, the Council will also be seeking quotes by mini competition for the delivery of part of our Adult Learning programme in Greenwich for 2025/26.
Lot Information
Progress into work
The areas we would be interested in commissioning are: * Access to apprenticeships/pre-apprenticeship support * Basic Skills, ESOL and ICT * Bespoke pre-employment training and recruitment for major recruitment * Condition Management * Employment Skills * Employment Support * Information Advice and Guidance (IAG) * In work support 6 months * Money Management * Work experience/Volunteering * Moving to Net Zero (Green Skills) Target groups * Unemployed for 6 months plus * People with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities * Economically inactive * People with poor mental health * ESA Claimants Progression outcomes * Individual action plans * Progress toward work * Improved skills * Improved qualifications * Work experience * Improved health/wellbeing * Improved confidence * Sustained/ Job outcomes * Progression into apprenticeship
Progression in workThe areas we would be interested in commissioning are: * IAG/ career planning * Basic skills ESOL and ICT * Money management * Job specific skills/qualifications * Access to Apprenticeships * Sector specific pre-employment training programmes or tasters for career change, e.g. construction multi-skills, * Up-skilling for change e.g. retrofit skills for construction, digital or ICT, green technology skills * Sector specific ESOL * Self-employment/ starting a business * Moving to Net Zero (Green Skills) Target groups o Below London Living Wage (LLW) o Part-time/insecure workers o Lone parents/parents o No qualification or low qualifications o UC Claimants o At risk of redundancy o Older workers 50+ o ESOL for work o Sector specific e.g. construction, green skills Progression outcomes * Job outcome * Individual action plans * Increase in hours, * Improved job security or pay - LLW * Improved skills * Improved confidence * Qualifications achieved * Progress to further learning/apprenticeship * Business start-up/self-employment
Supporting health, integrated and resilient communitiesLot 3 Intended Commissioning opportunities * 1st Steps ESOL * Basic Digital/ ICT Skills * Targeted outreach * Horticulture skills and projects * Cultural and creative skills and projects including craft and arts * Partnership with Community and Voluntary Sector * Targeted Family Learning * Starting a business/social enterprise or community business * Support for health, physical activity and well-being - e.g. healthy eating, food and cooking, mindfulness, condition management. * Moving to Net Zero (Green Skills) Target groups (People living with) * Social housing estates * Deprived areas * Children's Centres * BAME groups * Learning Difficulties and or Disabilities * Mental health * Vulnerable groups * Domestic abuse * Elderly * Substance abuse * Homeless * Long term health conditions * Carers Progression outcomes * Reduced social isolation * Improved skills * Improved confidence * Improved access to services * Projects benefitting and involving communities * Improved health/well being * Reduced child obesity/improved healthy eating * Volunteering * Job outcomes * Progression to further learning * Businesses/community enterprises Programme/ and or specific elements can be accredited or certificated.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04f840
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011046-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
80000000 - Education and training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £6,840,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £5,130,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 25 Mar 202511 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 25 Apr 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Aug 2025 - 30 Jun 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2029-03-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@royalgreenwich.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SE18 6HQ
- Post Town
- South East London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI5 Outer London - East and North East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI51 Bexley and Greenwich
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Greenwich
- Electoral Ward
- Woolwich Arsenal
- Westminster Constituency
- Greenwich and Woolwich
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011046-2025
25th March 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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