--- title: "Graduate Skills Diagnostic and Recruitment Employment Training" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-a638d83b-db28-4c1a-94b7-ca5ae750694f" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a638d83b-db28-4c1a-94b7-ca5ae750694f" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a638d83b-db28-4c1a-94b7-ca5ae750694f.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a638d83b-db28-4c1a-94b7-ca5ae750694f.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY" published: "2023-01-10" --- # Graduate Skills Diagnostic and Recruitment Employment Training Buyer: LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a638d83b-db28-4c1a-94b7-ca5ae750694f [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a638d83b-db28-4c1a-94b7-ca5ae750694f) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a638d83b-db28-4c1a-94b7-ca5ae750694f.json) ## Summary The Leeds Trinity University has awarded a contract for the "Graduate Skills Diagnostic and Recruitment Employment Training" project to Gradconsult Ltd. The procurement process was conducted through an open procedure below threshold. The contract value is £194,988.56, with a contract period starting on January 11, 2023, and ending on December 31, 2024. The project falls under the main procurement category of goods and is aimed at providing business services related to law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, and security. The tender was originally published on August 4, 2022, with a closing date for tender submissions set for August 31, 2022. This procurement process by Leeds Trinity University offers opportunities for SMEs and VCSEs to participate in providing services related to higher education. Businesses well-suited to compete in this tender include those offering employability training, application and interview advice, confidence-building services, and support for graduates in articulating their skills. This opportunity presents a pathway for companies to engage in supporting graduate-level employment, addressing underrepresented groups' barriers, and promoting positive mental health and resilience skills within the workforce. ## Notice Service 1. Diagnostic i. Provide a through an online platform framed around a limited number of simple questions to provide sufficient intelligence to gauge skill, experience and confidence levels ii. Facilitate the matching of participants to graduate level employment opportunities, supporting the development of individual action plans to achieve these. iii. Capture real and perceived barriers in seeking work e.g. graduate mobility challenges. iv. Recommend an individualised pathway from the options available within the WY Graduate Skills project. v. Evaluate the learner journey against original diagnostic to show progress through the learning and into employment. i. Support in attracting and recruit programme participants and employer stakeholders. Service 2. Employability training 1. Deliver work packages which complements any core employability training offered through the partnership. This may include i. delivering content on application and interview advice ii. delivering content on confidence building, personal brand, and presentation skills iii. delivering content on teamworking and networking iv. supporting graduates to better articulate their sector specific and transferable skills. v. delivering content on related to reflecting on current strengths and areas of development. vi. supporting the development of positive mental health and resilience skills secure and succeed in graduate level employment. This should include career management, employability and resilience skills vii. providing and/or signposting to employer endorsed and co-designed training viii. addressing barriers faced by underrepresented groups including but not limited to those who identify as from a Black or Asian minority ethnic group, female or disabled. ix. providing links to further resources and employment opportunities. This should include links to WYCA and other local authority-led resources and apprenticeship opportunities. x. ensuring that the facility of the materials can be standalone and accessed independently so they can be used by a range of users. xi. providing insights into sectors where significant opportunities exist xii. providing examples of career routes, including non-linear career journeys / portfolio careers Instruction and accessing the tender documents: The procurement will be conducted exclusively via the university's e-tendering website, where all documentation can be found and downloaded: https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/members/leeds-trinity-university/ Once you have created a supplier profile, to respond to an opportunity, click 'Response Manager' or 'View Invites and Responses'. You will then be presented with a list of all opportunities your organisation has previously worked on and be given the option of viewing current invites or entering the access code to begin responding to a new opportunity Note: Access Code : WQ827XUHP5 ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/660b6abf-9ce1-472e-b214-be7726b5c691 | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | SME | | All stages | Tender, Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 10 Jan 2023 | | Submission deadline | 31 Aug 2022 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 10 Jan 2023 | | Contract period | 11 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2024 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £194,988 | | 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 | LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY | | Locality | LEEDS | | Post town | Leeds | | Postcode | LS18 5HD | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds | | Local authority | Leeds | | Electoral ward | Horsforth | | Westminster constituency | Leeds North West | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | GRADCONSULT | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 80300000 - Higher education services ## Release History - 10 Jan 2023 at 13:38 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/660b6abf-9ce1-472e-b214-be7726b5c691 - 4 Aug 2022 at 11:43 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3e58fbfb-cbd9-4563-8736-ba9d63d563e2 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/660b6abf-9ce1-472e-b214-be7726b5c691 10th January 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3e58fbfb-cbd9-4563-8736-ba9d63d563e2 4th August 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/members/leeds-trinity-university/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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