--- title: "Extension Supported Employment provision" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-6b1e812a-3798-4ae8-a76d-2c033fcdbe69" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-6b1e812a-3798-4ae8-a76d-2c033fcdbe69" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6b1e812a-3798-4ae8-a76d-2c033fcdbe69.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6b1e812a-3798-4ae8-a76d-2c033fcdbe69.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "BUSINESS 2 BUSINESS UK LIMITED" published: "2020-01-03" --- # Extension Supported Employment provision Buyer: BUSINESS 2 BUSINESS UK LIMITED Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6b1e812a-3798-4ae8-a76d-2c033fcdbe69 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-6b1e812a-3798-4ae8-a76d-2c033fcdbe69) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6b1e812a-3798-4ae8-a76d-2c033fcdbe69.json) ## Summary The procurement process titled "Extension Supported Employment provision" is initiated by Business 2 Business UK Limited, a community-focused project based in Leicester, UK. This project, which aims to enhance social inclusion through a variety of learning and employment support interventions, is currently in the Tender stage. The tender period ends on 31st January 2020, with contracts set to commence from 1st July 2020 and extending until 31st December 2021. The procurement relates to education and training services, with a tender value ranging from £51,000 to £100,000. This tender represents a significant opportunity for SMEs and voluntary and community sector enterprises, particularly those specialising in employment support for individuals facing mental and physical health challenges or disabilities. Businesses that can provide holistic support services, including job matching, vocational profiling, and in-work guidance, would be well-suited to compete. The evaluation will focus on organisational capability, financial stability, and prior experience, encouraging innovative approaches that effectively meet the needs of disadvantaged participants. ## Notice Brighter Futures is a community-based project, which provides a wide range of learning and employment support interventions to support holistic social inclusion within Leicester and Leicestershire. We would like to commission Supported Employment provision to complement other forms of support available through the project during its extension period from 1st July 2020 and 30th December 2021. We are inviting applications from providers who are able to supply Supported Employment provision for people with common mental and physical health conditions and/or learning difficulties and/or disabilities. The provision will need to include individual health and employment action planning, advice workshops, vocational profiling, job matching and in-work support. A full description of the provision requirements is included in the attached specification and questionnaire document which is also available at https://www.business2businesslimited.com/current-partnership-opportunities. If you are interested in supplying this provision, please complete the attached specification and questionnaire document and return to Rob Gray at rob@business2businesslimited.com by the submission deadline of 11.45pm on Friday 31st January 2020. For all clarifications, please send written queries to rob@business2businesslimited.com. A response will be given within two working days of the query being raised. Within three working days of the query being made, the questions and answers document available on the Business2Business website will be updated with an anonymised version of the query and the given response. The deadline for queries relating to this specification is 5pm on Thursday 23rd January 2020. Responses will be scored against fixed selection and award criteria. The following selection criteria will be used: * Organisational capacity * Economic and financial standing * Prior experience of service delivery Tenders that do not satisfy the above selection criteria will be de-selected from the procurement process. The following Most Economically Advantageous Tender (MEAT) award criteria will be used to score tenders that satisfy the selection criteria: * Price 20% * Merit of provision design 20% * Quality of plans to engage employers 20% * Merit of approach to meeting the needs of participants 20% * Quality of the approach to be taken to management and monitoring 20% The highest scoring tender will be the winning tender. Only information supplied by tenderers in response to the questions will be taken into account during the scoring process. Please note that additional information may be requested as part of our due diligence procedures. Brighter Futures (https://www.business2businesslimited.com/brighterfutures) is a community-based project, which provides a wide range of learning and employment support interventions to support the holistic social inclusion of unemployed and economically inactive people aged 16+ within Leicester and Leicestershire. Delivered through a partnership of local organisations, the project is funded by the European Social Fund and the National Lottery, through the Big Lottery Fund. The project began in December 2017 and was due to end in June 2020. However, a project extension granted by the Big Lottery and Leicester and Leicestershire LEP will enable the project to continue to meet the ongoing demand and need for support from local residents. This procurement of Supported Employment provision will be funded through the project's Community Provision Budget which was established to enable the procurement of supplementary support to meet participants' additional needs. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/09d6fa9c-ce33-4b71-b292-1bd8d9346c8a | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 3 Jan 2020 | | Submission deadline | 31 Jan 2020 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 30 Jun 2020 - 31 Dec 2021 | | 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 | BUSINESS 2 BUSINESS UK LIMITED | | Locality | LEICESTER | | Post town | Leicester | | Postcode | LE1 3HT | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLF2 Leicestershire, Rutland and Northamptonshire | | ITL 3 | TLF21 Leicester | | Local authority | Leicester | | Electoral ward | Wycliffe | | Westminster constituency | Leicester South | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services ## Release History - 3 Jan 2020 at 15:50 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/09d6fa9c-ce33-4b71-b292-1bd8d9346c8a ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/09d6fa9c-ce33-4b71-b292-1bd8d9346c8a 3rd January 2020 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.competefor.com/business/viewOpportunityDetailsSupplier.html?id=47344688 Please follow this link to view the notice. ## Notice URLs - https://www.business2businesslimited.com/brighterfutures - https://www.business2businesslimited.com/current-partnership-opportunities ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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