Works Better For All (KMCAS-160)

Concepts

• education and training
• west yorkshire
• european social fund
• council of the borough of kirklees
• better
• kmcas-160
• health and social work
• department for work and pensions
• kirklees council
• suitable delivery partners

Location

Borough of Kirklees

Description

The Council of the Borough of Kirklees (the ‘Council’) is seeking to work with a maximum of three (3) suitable Delivery Partners for a delivery period of twenty seven (27) months to work with us, at risk, to co-design, develop and deliver the Kirklees Council response to the European Social Fund, Enhanced Local Flexibility for the Unemployed Call which if successful would be part funded through European Social Fund (‘ESF’). If successful this funding would enable the Council to further develop an integrated employment and skills offer, and would inform a future devolved employment and skills service. This could bring together information, advice and guidance alongside the delivery of employment, skills, apprenticeships and wider support for individuals and employers. Further detail is provided in the specification document.

Total Quantity or Scope

The Council of the Borough of Kirklees (the ‘Council’) is seeking to work with a maximum of three (3) suitable delivery partners for a delivery period of twenty seven (27) months to work with us, at risk, to co-design, develop and deliver the Kirklees Council response to the European Social Fund, enhanced local flexibility for the unemployed call which if successful would be part funded through European Social Fund (‘ESF’). If successful this funding would enable the Council to further develop an integrated employment and skills offer, and would inform a future devolved employment and skills service. This could bring together information, advice and guidance alongside the delivery of employment, skills, apprenticeships and wider support for individuals and employers. Further detail is provided in the Specification document. Works Better For All provision is estimated to start in September 2021 subject to approval by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the Managing Authority for the European Social Fund Programme 2014-2020. The anticipated commencement date for the contract(s) is 1 September 2021 and the programme will run until 30 November 2023. The estimated value of the services to be awarded is approximately GBP 770 000 for the entire twenty seven (27)-month duration of the programme. Delivery Partners are required to provide 50 % match funding (or between 25 % to 50 % for VCS Organisations).

CPV Codes

• 80000000 - Education and training services
• 80300000 - Higher education services
• 80400000 - Adult and other education services
• 80500000 - Training services
• 85000000 - Health and social work services

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Performance considerations apply.

Other Information

This exercise is an open procedure in accordance with the requirements under Regulation 27 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) for the purpose of procuring the service described in the 'Service Specification'. This specification is part of the procurement documentation that has been published in relation to this notice and can be found at www.yortender.co.uk. Provided that the tender is submitted fully in accordance with the requirements set out within the 'Service Specification' and the remaining sections of the tender documents, the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender based on 20 % price and 80 % quality. The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises ('SMEs'). However, any selection of economic operators will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement, and the contract will be awarded to the most economically advantageous tenderer. Further specifics on the above award criteria can be found in the tender documentation published with this notice. The tender documents are available to download at www.yortender.co.uk