CO0299 Multiply

A Tender Notice
by ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Dps (Services)
Duration
23.5 month
Value
£9M
Sector
PROFESSIONAL
Published
08 Jun 2023
Delivery
To 29 Jun 2025 (est.)
Deadline
10 Jul 2023 16:00

Concepts

Location

Essex:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

1 buyer

Description

Multiply is the Government’s new programme with the aim to increase numeracy skills for adults aged 19 and over. The programme is delivered as part of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and is managed by the Department for Education (DfE). Multiply in Essex will provide funding to develop new bespoke courses that support key aspects of Multiply delivery that will be rolled out through local skills training providers and into the community, involving local schools, businesses and voluntary and community organisations in the delivery of new pathways into learning. These programmes will lead to attainment of a qualification, but non-qualification provision will also be offered where this is more appropriate to help address the needs of residents of Essex, and in alignment with the national aims for Multiply. The purpose of this tender is to create a supply chain of organisations to deliver adult numeracy education/training programme across the whole of Essex. ECC is looking to award funding to organisations that can demonstrate the most effective way in which the money will be used and has the greatest impact on learners.

Lot Division

1 Businesses and supporting people into work
  • Value: £2M

We welcome bids under this theme that enable people in employment and job seekers to improve their numeracy skills for work. These could be delivered together with employers, designed to cover specific numeracy skills required in the workplace. We are also interested in courses aimed at people who can’t apply for certain jobs because of lack of numeracy skills and/ or to encourage people to upskill in numeracy in order to access a certain job/ career. Under this theme, we are also interested in additional relevant maths modules embedded into other vocational courses.
2 Family Learning, supporting parents with children’s schoolwork
  • Value: £2M

We welcome bids that deliver courses for parents wanting to increase their numeracy skills in order to help their children with schoolwork, and also help with their own progression. Working in schools, nurseries and community settings, we would like to enhance and scale up the family learning offer in Essex, whilst providing opportunities for parents to learn some valuable skills for life too.
3 Helping people to manage their money and build confidence with maths
  • Value: £2M

We welcome bids under this theme that help people to manage their money and build confidence with numbers. These could be stand-alone modules or bolted on to existing (vocational) courses or support. We would also be interested in opportunities that are developed in partnership with community organisations and other partners, and aimed at engaging hardest to reach, e.g. unemployed or economically inactive people, people on low incomes, care leavers, people who are in or have recently been released from prison.
4 Full qualifications
  • Value: £2M

We welcome bids that will deliver new intensive and flexible numeracy courses targeted at people without Level 2 maths, leading to a Functional Skills Qualification.

Renewal Options

There are options to extend for a total period of up to 36 months.

Award Criteria

Quality 100
price 0

CPV Codes

  • 80000000 - Education and training services

Indicators

  • An E-Catalogue is required.
  • This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
  • Renewals are available.

Other Information

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