Tender

Planning a Bilingual Workforce

CYNGOR GWYNEDD

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Tender

20 Oct 2023 at 14:47

S2W Notice - Website Invitation to Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process is led by Cyngor Gwynedd, a regional authority based in Caernarfon, Wales. The tender titled "Planning a Bilingual Workforce" falls under the services category and is currently in the tender stage. The deadline for submissions is set for November 3rd, 2023.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses adept in language skills development, project management consultancy, and business and management consultancy. With a focus on creating a bilingual workforce to support public services in North Wales, this procurement aims to address recruitment and up-skilling barriers identified by the Public Service Boards, fostering long-term strategic capabilities across the region.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Planning a Bilingual Workforce

Notice Description

The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 has created a Public Services Board for every local authority area in Wales to ensure that public bodies work together to create a better future for the people of Wales. Gwynedd and Anglesey work together as one Board. The counties of Conwy and Denbigh also work together as one Board and the local authorities of Wrexham and Flintshire. There are therefore three Public Service Boards in North Wales. The membership of the Boards here includes statutory membership e.g. the Local Authorities, Fire and Rescue Authority, Health Board, Natural Resources Wales but also members such as North Wales Police, further education institutions, representatives of the third sector, National Park etc.The Act is a law that puts the people of Wales at the centre of everything that public services do to improve Wales economically, socially, environmentally and culturally, and the sustainable development principle is at its heart. This means that public services need to work in a way that improves the well-being of people today without doing anything that could make things worse for future generations.The Act highlights seven national well-being goals and five ways of working in order to give public bodies a common purpose. It also tries to ensure that we are better at making decisions by placing a duty on organizations to think about the long term, to work together and to consider people of all ages when solving and preventing problems. There is more information on the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales website.The Welsh language is a priority for all of the Public Service Boards here in North Wales, and more information can be found in our Well-being Plans for 2023-2028.North Wales Public Services Boards have recognised that planning a workforce that is suitable for the future is a national challenge, and here in North Wales, the requirements for suitable language skills to offer a bilingual service to our residents are very important.Recent discussions in the Welsh language sub-group of the Gwynedd and Anglesey Public Services Board (PSB) have highlighted recruitment and up-skilling barriers, which are very similar in each of the organisations. There is a risk in this situation that there is increasing pressure internally to lower the essential Welsh language level of jobs in order to try to attract applicants. That in turn causes real concern in terms of its impact on the provision of services that are suitable for our residents for the future.The three Public Services Boards serving North Wales (Gwynedd and Anglesey, Conwy and Denbigh, Flintshire and Wrexham) have come together through funding from the Welsh Government to work together to support the delivery of our well-being plans across communities and to nurture our strategic capability across the region. This project will help organisations within the PSB to understand the key issues regarding the recruitment of Welsh speakers.Please refer to additional documents for full brief requirementsNOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=135605.The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. (WA Ref:135605)The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-kuma6s-135605
Publication Source
Sell2Wales
Latest Notice
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=135605
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
S2W Notice - Website Invitation to Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

80 - Education and training services

CPV Codes

48980000 - Programming languages and tools

48985000 - Programming languages

72212980 - Programming languages and tools development services

72224000 - Project management consultancy services

73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

79410000 - Business and management consultancy services

79411000 - General management consultancy services

79411100 - Business development consultancy services

79416000 - Public relations services

80580000 - Provision of language courses

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Oct 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
3 Nov 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Not Specified
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
CYNGOR GWYNEDD
Contact Name
Gwenan Pritchard
Contact Email
Not specified
Contact Phone
+44 1286679699

Buyer Location

Locality
CAERNARFON
Postcode
LL55 1SH
Post Town
Llandudno
Country
Wales
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL3 North Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL32 Gwynedd
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Gwynedd
Electoral Ward
Canol Tref Caernarfon
Westminster Constituency
Dwyfor Meirionnydd

Further Information

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