--- title: "Vocational skills routeways into employment" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-c633c534-30dc-4172-a01e-3201edf7f637" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-c633c534-30dc-4172-a01e-3201edf7f637" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-c633c534-30dc-4172-a01e-3201edf7f637.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-c633c534-30dc-4172-a01e-3201edf7f637.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "BUSINESS 2 BUSINESS" published: "2018-08-14" --- # Vocational skills routeways into employment Buyer: BUSINESS 2 BUSINESS Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c633c534-30dc-4172-a01e-3201edf7f637 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-c633c534-30dc-4172-a01e-3201edf7f637) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-c633c534-30dc-4172-a01e-3201edf7f637.json) ## Summary The public procurement process titled "Vocational skills routeways into employment" is being conducted by Business 2 Business, located in Leicester, United Kingdom. This tender falls under the services category of education and training and is currently in the Tender stage. It was published on 14th August 2018, with the submission deadline set for 5pm on 31st August 2018. The contract period will commence on 21st September 2018 and will extend until 21st March 2020, with a minimum contract value of £101,000 and a maximum budget of £150,000. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses that specialise in vocational training and employment support services. Companies with experience in delivering pre-employment training, engaging with employers, or providing regulated and non-regulated educational provisions would be particularly well-suited to compete. The successful tenderer will engage with the Brighter Futures project, which aims to enhance social inclusion in Leicester and Leicestershire, thereby enabling further growth and community impact. ## Notice Through a 'sector-based work academy' format including work familiarisation, pre-employment training and a guaranteed job interview, vocational skills routeways will secure multiple positive outcomes for participants in Leicester and Leicestershire taking part in our National Lottery and ESF funded Brighter Futures project. If you are interested in supplying vocational skills routeway provision, please complete the attached specification and questionnaire document which is also available on the Business2Business website and return to Rob Gray at rob@business2businesslimited.com by the submission deadline at 5pm on Friday 31st August . Responses will be scored against fixed selection criteria, these being Capacity to deliver to the required scale 12.5%; Experience of delivering pre-employment vocational skills provision 12.5%; Experience of meeting the requirements of publicly funded provision 12.5%; Capacity to deliver regulated and non-regulated provision 12.5%; Employer engagement 12.5%; Participant engagement 12.5%; Professional capacity 12.5%; Delivery premises capacity 6.25%; Outreach delivery capacity 6.25%. The highest scoring tender will be the winning tender. Only information supplied by tenderers in response to these 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. For clarifications, please send written queries to Rob Gray at rob@business2businesslimited.com. A response will be given within 24 hours of the query being raised. The questions and answers document available on the Business2buisness website will be updated within 48 hours of the query being made. The deadline for queries relating to this specification is 5pm on 28th August 2018. The winning tenderer will be notified by email on 7th September after which there will be a standstill period. An award notice will be also be published on 7th September. 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. 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. A Community Provision Fund has been established within the project to enable the procurement of supplementary support to meet participants' additional needs. Business 2Business Ltd. in its role as the lead partner would like to commission supplementary vocational routeway provision through the Community Provision Fund to complement other forms of employment support already available through the project. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/904ec26b-b396-49f9-8adb-50eab2d45c20 | | 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 | 14 Aug 2018 | | Submission deadline | 31 Aug 2018 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 20 Sep 2018 - 21 Mar 2020 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £150,000 | | 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 | | 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 | TLF East Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services ## Release History - 14 Aug 2018 at 06:45 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/904ec26b-b396-49f9-8adb-50eab2d45c20 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/904ec26b-b396-49f9-8adb-50eab2d45c20 14th August 2018 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.competefor.com/business/viewOpportunityDetailsSupplier.html?id=40713807 Please follow this link to view the notice. ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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