--- title: "The Growth Company Expression of Interest: Liverpool City Region (LCR) - Adult Education Budget" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-745c5556-3545-4a49-ae1c-3616a3d695da" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-745c5556-3545-4a49-ae1c-3616a3d695da" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-745c5556-3545-4a49-ae1c-3616a3d695da.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-745c5556-3545-4a49-ae1c-3616a3d695da.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED" published: "2018-11-19" --- # The Growth Company Expression of Interest: Liverpool City Region (LCR) - Adult Education Budget Buyer: THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-745c5556-3545-4a49-ae1c-3616a3d695da [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-745c5556-3545-4a49-ae1c-3616a3d695da) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-745c5556-3545-4a49-ae1c-3616a3d695da.json) ## Summary The Growth Company Limited is currently in the planning stage of a procurement process titled "The Growth Company Expression of Interest: Liverpool City Region (LCR) - Adult Education Budget." This opportunity focuses on education and training services, particularly aimed at enhancing adult skills within the Liverpool City Region, located in the North West of England. Interested parties must submit their expressions of interest (EOIs) by 17:00 on Friday, 23rd November 2018, to be considered for inclusion in the Growth Company’s supply chain. Relevant documentation is available through the Growth Company's In-Tend system for download. This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in adult education, particularly those focusing on flexible and innovative training solutions such as ESOL, digital skills, and English and Maths. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as voluntary community and social enterprises (VCSEs) that can demonstrate high-quality service offerings tailored to local needs will be well-suited to compete. Successful delivery partners stand to benefit from engaging in the local labour market, meeting statutory learning entitlements, and contributing to the economic development of the Liverpool City Region. ## Notice The Growth Company will be bidding as a Prime Contractor to deliver devolved AEB in the Liverpool City Region. The AEB is a single budget stream bringing together adult further education (all 19yrs+ provision except apprenticeships/traineeships), community learning, and discretionary learner support. The AEB is intended to fund provision which supports the local labour market and economic development. In particular, it focuses on ensuring that adults have the core skills that they need to enter and progress in work, including a number of statutory entitlements, those being English, maths and digital skills (from 2020 onwards), as well as first level 2/3 qualifications. The Growth Company is seeking Expressions of Interest from delivery partners with a high-quality service offer for Liverpool City Region. To be successful in joining our supply chain for this opportunity, your service offer will be deliver skills support to Liverpool City Region residents including statutory learning entitlements and other learning aims and qualifications on a fully or co-funded basis, learner support and learning support and outcome payments in line with localised funding rules. We are particularly interested in providers that can deliver flexible and innovative provision in the following: - ESOL - Digital Skills - English and Maths Skills - Provision in priority sectors - learner support, particularly for priority groups as outlined in the LCR commissioning document Shortlisted delivery partners will be named in our bid. The deadline for EOI submissions is 17:00 Friday 23th November 2018. To apply for the EOI, please download the documentation which contains instructions and information for your submission, including specification of requirements, and the key assessment and evaluation criteria that will be used to assess offers. You are required to make your EOI submission via the GC In-tend e-tendering platform. To use the Growth Company In-Tend site, you are required to complete a basic registration as a supplier on the In-tend Supplier Platform at the following web address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/manchestergrowthcompany/aspx/Home Please note that all mandatory fields (highlighted in yellow on the In-Tend Portal) must be completed in order to register your organisation. Once registered, you must log into the system, express your interest in the opportunity on In-Tend and automatically download the EOI documentation. Your EOI submission will be made on the In-tend Portal. If you have any questions about this process, please use the In-Tend platform to correspond with GC. If you require further assistance in respect of the In-Tend portal, please contact the In-Tend support team at support@In-tend.com or telephone on 0845 557 8079 / 0114 407 0065. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2e89ad51-9a66-4e31-8900-6bba54e42e60 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 19 Nov 2018 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 23 Nov 2018 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED | | Locality | MANCHESTER | | Post town | Manchester | | Postcode | M1 5JW | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester | | ITL 3 | TLD33 Manchester | | Local authority | Manchester | | Electoral ward | Deansgate | | Westminster constituency | Manchester Central | | Delivery location | TLD North West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services ## Release History - 19 Nov 2018 at 16:40 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2e89ad51-9a66-4e31-8900-6bba54e42e60 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2e89ad51-9a66-4e31-8900-6bba54e42e60 19th November 2018 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/manchestergrowthcompany/aspx/ProjectManage/48 Link to The Growth Companies In-Tend system ## Notice URLs - http://www.growthco.uk/ - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/manchestergrowthcompany/aspx/Home ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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