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# Contract for a General and Life Skills Programme

Buyer: STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d3255bae-c7c1-4586-8bc0-d09037d274e2

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## Summary

The Staffordshire County Council has awarded a contract for a General and Life Skills Programme to Jobs 22 worth 200,000 GBP. The programme aims to improve residents' skills to help them enter the labour market, enhance their digital proficiency, and acquire new skills to succeed in high-quality jobs. The contract involves offering functional, life, and green skills courses personalised to individual needs. The tender period ended on March 7, 2024, with the contract duration set from April 15, 2024, to March 31, 2025, in the West Midlands, United Kingdom.

This tender presents a business opportunity for companies providing training services, especially those focused on upskilling individuals for employment and enhancing their digital and soft skills. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations might find this opportunity suitable for expanding their operations and contributing to the district's skill development initiatives. Staffordshire County Council, the buying organisation, has demonstrated a commitment to addressing current societal challenges through this procurement process.

## Notice

The programme's aim is to improve the statistics in, consisting of supporting residents complete functional skills courses which will allow them to take a step closer to the labour market, level up within the digital world, effectively communicate with others, and collaborate with new and emerging technologies in the workplace. The programme will also offer to people with existing skills, whether in employment or prior, to gain higher level digital and/ or green skills. The programme will provide a springboard and a key access point for residents to overcome challenges that they are facing through the current cost-of-living crisis, build resilience, improve confidence, and support them in developing the skills needed to move into high quality jobs and training opportunities within the district. The programme will be personalised and dealt with on a case-by-case basis (through one-to-one interventions and group workshops), but some supportive measures could revolve around: - Functional Skills English courses - Functional Skills Maths courses - ESOL provision - Soft skills provision including communication, motivation, problem solving, teamwork, and conflict resolution. - Life Skills courses such as cooking, travel training, creative arts, foreign languages, being energy efficient, mental health awareness, fitness, gardening, confidence building, baking, volunteering within the community, and work experience. - Understanding "green growth skills" (these are skills that align to net zero ambitions with low carbon growth, assist local low carbon requirements in the local supply chain and what is required to help the District enable the UK to meet its net zero priorities). - Practical digital skills which compliment those being delivered by the South Staffordshire College's Digital Skills Academy and is the next step from the Staffordshire Multiply programme.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/97f5eea7-3cf3-412e-8223-3e6e69879164 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Mar 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 7 Mar 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 27 Mar 2024 |
| Contract period | 14 Apr 2024 - 31 Mar 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £200,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £200,000 |
| 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 | STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | STAFFORD |
| Post town | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Postcode | ST16 2DH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLG24 Staffordshire CC |
| Local authority | Stafford |
| Electoral ward | Forebridge |
| Westminster constituency | Stafford |
| Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | JOBS 22 |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80500000 - Training services

## Release History

- 27 Mar 2024 at 08:41 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/97f5eea7-3cf3-412e-8223-3e6e69879164

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/97f5eea7-3cf3-412e-8223-3e6e69879164
  27th March 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login#
  Do Not Contact the Buyer Direct. Please download the documents directly from the eTendering Portal

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