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title: "Retrofit Skills Mini-Competition under the GMCA Education Work and Skills FPS"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-034882"
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# Retrofit Skills Mini-Competition under the GMCA Education Work and Skills FPS

Buyer: TRAFFORD COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-034882

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## Summary

The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), represented by Trafford Council, is conducting a tender for the "Retrofit Skills Mini-Competition under the GMCA Education Work and Skills FPS". This procurement falls under the education and training services industry, aiming to create a Retrofit Skills Hub as part of a wider initiative to upskill individuals necessary for achieving carbon neutral targets through building retrofitting. The procurement is currently in the Award stage, having been initiated with a budget of up to £1.1 million, and is intended to train a minimum of 1,140 individuals across three different training strands. Key dates relevant to this process are somewhat unspecified as it centres around the completion of tendering activities.

This tender presents substantial growth opportunities for businesses in the education and training sector, particularly those focused on construction skills and sustainability initiatives. Organisations specialising in developing training programmes, offering construction support, or imparting continuous professional development related to retrofit competencies would be particularly well-suited to participate. The growing demand for skilled personnel to meet the needs of the retrofit market indicates a promising landscape for bidders aiming to align with the GMCA’s objectives and partake in the burgeoning green economy.

## Notice

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) looked to procure a lead organisation to deliver the reskilling/upskilling element of a Retrofit Skills Hub which forms part of the commissioned provision element of the wider Skills for Growth programme.A key aspect of reaching Greater Manchester (GM)'s carbon neutral targets is the retrofitting of buildings. It has been estimated that for GM to reach targets, 60,000 homes need to be retrofitted annually. The market for retrofit homes is growing from both private and public funding and this brings with it a need for new skills within our construction industry. This specification is part of a longer-term plan to develop skills to deliver retrofit as the market increases, background slides which show the need to deliver skills for our green Economy in GM can be found in Annex 7. Therefore, this specification aims to pilot retrofit training models which, if successful, we would look to upscale to deliver at a larger scale. This specification will not be the totality of provision procured in this sector, it instead focus' on specific skills needs that have been identified at present. As this specification set out, we are commissioning up to PS1.1m to create a Retrofit Skills Hub. This will deliver 3 training strands to upskill a minimum of 1140 individuals with new retrofit competencies and roles. There will be 3 training strands: * Training Strand 1: Pathway to Retrofit - Upskilling of occupations * Training Strand 2: Retrofit support for business owners * Training strand 3: Retrofit CPD to support construction skills providers This opportunity was commissioned as a further competition/call off from the education, work and skills flexible procurement system.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) looked to procure a lead organisation to deliver the reskilling/upskilling element of a Retrofit Skills Hub which forms part of the commissioned provision element of the wider Skills for Growth programme.A key aspect of reaching Greater Manchester (GM)'s carbon neutral targets is the retrofitting of buildings. It has been estimated that for GM to reach targets, 60,000 homes need to be retrofitted annually. The market for retrofit homes is growing from both private and public funding and this brings with it a need for new skills within our construction industry. This specification is part of a longer-term plan to develop skills to deliver retrofit as the market increases, background slides which show the need to deliver skills for our green Economy in GM can be found in Annex 7. Therefore, this specification aims to pilot retrofit training models which, if successful, we would look to upscale to deliver at a larger scale. This specification will not be the totality of provision procured in this sector, it instead focus' on specific skills needs that have been identified at present. As this specification set out, we are commissioning up to PS1.1m to create a Retrofit Skills Hub. This will deliver 3 training strands to upskill a minimum of 1140 individuals with new retrofit competencies and roles. There will be 3 training strands: * Training Strand 1: Pathway to Retrofit - Upskilling of occupations * Training Strand 2: Retrofit support for business owners * Training strand 3: Retrofit CPD to support construction skills providers This opportunity was commissioned as a further competition/call off from the education, work and skills flexible procurement system.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016862-2022 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Jun 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 29 Sep 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £1,000,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | TRAFFORD COUNCIL |
| Additional buyers | EUROPEAN UNION |
| Locality | MANCHESTER |
| Post town | Manchester |
| Postcode | M1 6EU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester |
| ITL 3 | TLD33 Manchester |
| Local authority | Manchester |
| Electoral ward | Deansgate |
| Westminster constituency | Manchester Central |
| Delivery location | TLD3 Greater Manchester |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NORTH WEST SKILLS ACADEMY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 20 Jun 2022 at 15:37 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016862-2022
- 20 Jun 2022 at 15:33 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016861-2022

## Notice URLs

- http://www.trafford.gov.uk/
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:423970-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML

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