--- title: "Adult Skills and Education Service: Adult Traineeships" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-34682277-866e-41c3-9805-e909cdb152b3" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-34682277-866e-41c3-9805-e909cdb152b3" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-34682277-866e-41c3-9805-e909cdb152b3.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-34682277-866e-41c3-9805-e909cdb152b3.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION" published: "2021-02-17" --- # Adult Skills and Education Service: Adult Traineeships Buyer: CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-34682277-866e-41c3-9805-e909cdb152b3 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-34682277-866e-41c3-9805-e909cdb152b3) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-34682277-866e-41c3-9805-e909cdb152b3.json) ## Summary The City of London Corporation is seeking to appoint a training organisation for its "Adult Skills and Education Service: Adult Traineeships". This procurement, categorised under education and training services, is currently in the Tender stage, with a submission deadline set for 24th February 2021. The contract, valued at £100,000, will span from 25th February 2021 to 30th September 2022 and primarily targets young London residents aged 19-24 with existing Level 3 qualifications, providing employment and skills support services. This tender presents significant opportunities for training organisations, particularly small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) sectors. Providers with expertise in delivering high-quality traineeships, including support services for employment and functional skills, would be well-positioned to compete. The requirement for flexible work placements and digital skills training indicates a growing need for innovative approaches in education delivery, allowing businesses to expand their service offerings in a competitive environment. ## Notice The City Corporation is seeking to appoint a training organisation to provide a wide range of Employment and Skills support services including Employability and functional skills primarily to London residents who are disadvantaged and/or suffering deprivation arising from one or a combination of factors including, but not restricted to, poverty, health, housing or education. This Request for Quotation (RFQ) invites Training Organisations able to deliver demonstrably high-quality, highly successful, Adult Traineeship Placements-with wraparound support services. Key information is as follows: - maximum duration of a traineeship extended to one year where learners need it - young people between the age of 19-24 years old with an existing Level 3 qualification become eligible for a traineeship - a more flexible work placement element with an employer (or multiple employers if needed) for a minimum period of 70 hours - inclusion of digital skills where needed - work placements should be a minimum of 2 weeks - traineeships must be minimum of 6 weeks (maximum 12 months) This requirement will be on a subcontracting basis. A subcontractor as defined by the by the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) is an organisation that is engaged in a contractual and legally binding arrangement with one or more main providers, to deliver education and training provision that the ESFA funds. The City Corporation is the Main Provider. The City Corporation invites quotations from training providers that satisfy the criteria in the ESFA Funding rules: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-education-budget-funding-rules-2018-to2019 Training organisations must be on the published Register of Training Organisations. The selected Training Organisation must not agree to use any further delivery subcontracting for training and/or on-programme assessment to a second level. The Training Organisation must keep to the ESFA funding rules, provide the City Corporation with the necessary and sufficient information to complete the Individualised Learner Record (ILR) to ensure that the lead provider's data returns accurately reflect delivery information and must give the City Corporation, and any other person nominated by them, access to their premises and to all documents related to their delivery of funded training. The City Corporation has a current requirement for Adult Traineeship Employer Placement enrolments with wraparound support that may include English mathematics functional skills across entry level to level 2 up to a maximum contract value of PS100,000. Learners to be enrolled on the programme before 31st July 2021. Additional information: To bid for this opportunity, you must be registered as a supplier on the Capital E Sourcing tendering platform. The homepage for this website can be found here: https://www.capitalesourcing.com/web/login.shtml Once registered, the tender should be identifiable by the following project code: prj_COL_18368 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0a501f9c-4921-485f-95a1-f907348da194 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 17 Feb 2021 | | Submission deadline | 24 Feb 2021 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 25 Feb 2021 - 30 Sep 2022 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £100,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | Central London | | Postcode | EC2P 2EJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI43 Haringey and Islington | | Local authority | Islington | | Electoral ward | Clerkenwell | | Westminster constituency | Islington South and Finsbury | | Delivery location | TLI London | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services - 80300000 - Higher education services - 80400000 - Adult and other education services ## Release History - 17 Feb 2021 at 12:04 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0a501f9c-4921-485f-95a1-f907348da194 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0a501f9c-4921-485f-95a1-f907348da194 17th February 2021 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://www.capitalesourcing.com/web/login.shtml - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-education-budget-funding-rules-2018-to2019 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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