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title: "Advice Skills Academy Consultant Tender"
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# Advice Skills Academy Consultant Tender

Buyer: THE WOMEN'S ORGANISATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ec73d0fd-c46e-419d-b59d-35e6e3db574f

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## Summary

The Advice Skills Academy Consultant Tender, initiated by The Women's Organisation, aims to procure strategic consultancy services for the Advice Skills Academy Programme within the Liverpool City Region. This project, funded by the European Social Fund (ESF), has a total contract value of £12,000 and is intended to enhance skills and employment opportunities in specialist advice services from January 7, 2019, to September 30, 2019. The tender was published on December 3, 2018, and closed on December 21, 2018, with an open procurement method employed for this acquisition.

This tender presents significant opportunities for consultancy businesses focused on management and equal opportunities services, especially those with a commitment to workforce development within the voluntary and private sectors. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations are particularly well-suited to compete, as they can leverage their expertise to deliver tailored training and support aimed at addressing skills shortages, empowering disadvantaged groups, and promoting equality within the workforce.

## Notice

We are seeking to procure a suitable provider of strategic direction and specialist advice and support on all aspects of the Advice Skills Academy Programme across the Liverpool City Region up to the total value of PS12,000. The Advice Skills Academy is a 3 year ESF funded project running from October 2016 to September 2019; to be delivered across the Liverpool City Region by a consortium of local Citizens Advice Services, managed by the Women's Organisation. The project will develop and deliver an integrated curriculum of accredited and non-accredited training to expand and develop the workforce for specialist advice services within the voluntary and private sectors. It will deliver interventions that: Address higher level skills shortages in specialist advice services. Provide training and support for people within the workforce to improve skills, progression, knowledge and productivity. Provide training and a support routeway for disadvantaged groups seeking to access further job opportunities in the sector. Improve management, leadership and progression capacity. Promote equality by improving the progression prospects of women within the workforce. Create a positive, innovative and sustainable culture of learning and development in local Citizens Advice Services across the Liverpool City Region.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0adb643b-1a9a-4a25-870e-70a0a701113b |
| 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 | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Jun 2019 |
| Submission deadline | 21 Dec 2018 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 24 Dec 2018 |
| Contract period | 10 Jan 2019 - 30 Sep 2019 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £12,000 |
| 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 | THE WOMEN'S ORGANISATION |
| Locality | LIVERPOOL |
| Post town | Liverpool |
| Postcode | L1 0AB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside |
| ITL 3 | TLD72 Liverpool |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Electoral ward | City Centre South |
| Westminster constituency | Liverpool Riverside |
| Delivery location | TLC North East (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | HELEN SIMPSON |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
- 79420000 - Management-related services
- 98200000 - Equal opportunities consultancy services

## Release History

- 28 Jun 2019 at 13:57 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0adb643b-1a9a-4a25-870e-70a0a701113b
- 3 Dec 2018 at 12:27 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/57f097f9-2345-4409-b0a3-b386181c3182

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0adb643b-1a9a-4a25-870e-70a0a701113b
  28th June 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/57f097f9-2345-4409-b0a3-b386181c3182
  3rd December 2018 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/c3fd7622-85c3-491a-9898-04a082e9cac8
  ASA Consultant Tender Brief and Response Document

## Notice URLs

- http://www.thewomensorganisation.org.uk

## Provenance

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