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title: "Manufacturing Sector - Employer Led Skills Support"
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buyer: "CORNWALL MARINE NETWORK LIMITED"
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# Manufacturing Sector - Employer Led Skills Support

Buyer: CORNWALL MARINE NETWORK LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-944a73d8-7470-49c0-b5bd-19c578262189

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## Summary

The Cornwall Marine Network Limited is seeking to procure a sub-contractor for its project titled "Manufacturing Sector - Employer Led Skills Support". This initiative, supported by the European Social Fund under the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Growth Programme, aims to enhance the skills of the manufacturing workforce in the South West region of the United Kingdom. The procurement process is currently at the Award stage, with the contract period set to begin on September 1, 2020, and concluding on March 31, 2023. A total budget of £85,000 has been allocated for this venture, which will focus on addressing critical themes such as Continuous Improvement, Leadership/Management, and Supply Chain & Procurement.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in education and training services, particularly those experienced in workforce development within the manufacturing sector. Companies that can demonstrate a strong capability in delivering skills enhancement and training programmes would be well-suited to compete for this contract. By securing this contract, businesses can contribute to boosting local productivity and resilience while also fostering their own growth through expanded service offerings in the manufacturing domain.

## Notice

Cornwall Marine Network (CMN) has secured project funding through the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF), known locally as the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Growth Programme, from the European Union's European Social Fund for a project named Employer Led Skills (ELS) and is seeking to procure a new sub-contractor to deliver some aspects of the project in the Manufacturing sector. One of the dominant contributory factors to the region's productivity and economic growth is the level of education, training and skills within the working age population. The attached Invitation to Tender seeks to address a range of issues concerning the development and upskilling of the Manufacturing workforce. It aims to help businesses to develop and grow, become more resilient and more productive. There are approximately 1,300 Manufacturing units in C&IoS who employ around 15,500 (2017 data), this reflects a 16% reduction between 2012-2017. Overall, the wider Manufacturing sector accounts for almost 10% of the total workforce which is consistent with the GVA figures below. The Manufacturing sector delivers almost PS800m to the economy but by addressing low productivity this contribution could increase rapidly. Manufacturing experienced the highest sectoral growth in GVA per job from 2012-2017 at 24%. It is important for applicants to ensure that proposals do not duplicate existing activities or activities that do not address market failure. ESF can only be used to achieve additional activity or bring forward activity more quickly. Applicants must be able to demonstrate that proposals are additional to activity that would have occurred anyway and/or enables activity to be brought forward and delivered more quickly than otherwise would be the case in response to the demand established by sectoral development work and needs analysis. In order to address the issue that productivity across the sector lags behind that of England and the EU we need a focused programme of support in the Manufacturing sector to drive up growth in knowledge and skills and as such CMN expects to allocate up to PS85,000 of ESF, inclusive of VAT, to support 300 participants to gain a range of new skills and qualifications. To achieve this applicants will be required to establish a sector led skills development programme which will address the four key themes identified through the ESF Developing Skills for Business project as critical to the sector's sustainability and growth. The four themes are: * Continuous Improvement * Leadership/Management * Train the Trainer * Supply Chain & Procurement Applicants will be responsible for securing eligible match funding for the balance of costs in their proposed delivery models. Additional information: Please ensure that you address all of the questions and points outlined in the specification, including the cross cutting themes of equality, diversity and sustainability.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f91bf46b-6d21-4a5d-abdf-13f10e40ed6b |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Aug 2020 |
| Submission deadline | 14 Aug 2020 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 25 Aug 2020 |
| Contract period | 31 Aug 2020 - 31 Mar 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £85,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £95,656 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CORNWALL MARINE NETWORK LIMITED |
| Locality | FALMOUTH |
| Post town | Truro |
| Postcode | TR11 4SZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
| ITL 3 | TLK30 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly |
| Local authority | Cornwall |
| Electoral ward | Falmouth Boslowick |
| Westminster constituency | Truro and Falmouth |
| Delivery location | TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CORNWALL MANUFACTURERS GROUP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 26 Aug 2020 at 16:14 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f91bf46b-6d21-4a5d-abdf-13f10e40ed6b
- 11 Aug 2020 at 10:45 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b796d5e4-b23f-4001-8e5d-b4a0baf3171a
- 4 Aug 2020 at 12:40 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b796d5e4-b23f-4001-8e5d-b4a0baf3171a
- 30 Jul 2020 at 10:26 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b796d5e4-b23f-4001-8e5d-b4a0baf3171a

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f91bf46b-6d21-4a5d-abdf-13f10e40ed6b
  26th August 2020 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b796d5e4-b23f-4001-8e5d-b4a0baf3171a
  11th August 2020 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/e2541be2-9cf8-417b-a858-d17e06662d88
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/0ddeacba-3eef-4760-bbb2-a554e69fa618
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/da5cfbec-43a9-4b53-b8a3-745c3d27db6c
  Q&A
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/2260a64b-3452-4546-8830-c678772a1af0
  Includes a new question relating to VAT
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/SupplierAttachment/2ddffb36-5dce-4c40-8d28-9b2c740958df

## Notice URLs

- http://www.cornwallmarine.net

## Provenance

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