NAC-5154 - School Work Experience & Employer Engagement

Concepts

• irvine
• secondary education
• north ayrshire council
• nac-5154 - school work experience
• existing database of employers
• employer engagement programme
• work experience programme
• schools
• delivery of workplace experience placements
• behalf schools’ access

Location

Description

North Ayrshire Council is seeking to procure a single supplier to provide a schoolwork experience & employer engagement programme. The current contract ended on 30/06/2023. The new contract is anticipated to start on 01/10/2023 for a period of one year with up to thirty-six month extension available until 30/09/2027. Tenderers must agree to accept NAC Terms and Conditions 2 (NAC TC2) Conditions of Contract for the Purchase of Services, NAC-5154 Exit terms and conditions an NAC-5154 Special Terms and Conditions and the contract will be let on these terms.

Total Quantity or Scope

North Ayrshire Council require a supplier to administer the Work Experience programme for all schools in North Ayrshire. This includes identifying placements, employer engagement to support placements and liaising with schools to support pupils. The contract is required to support the delivery of workplace experience placements to young people in line with the Careers Education Standard. There is an existing database of employers on an operational database (WorkIT) which NAC own, but the prospective supplier will maintain on our behalf schools’ access to source & book placements. The database requires constant refresh and evaluation. This will require the supplier to work with employers to widen the range of business sectors offering placements to ensure that young people who have a clear set of career aspirations are able to have meaningful exposure to the demands of their chosen field. Local and national labour market intelligence will help to inform this.

Renewal Options

contract will be for a period of 1 years commencing 01/10/2023 until 30/09/2024 with the option to extend for up to a further 36 month extension period until 30/09/2027.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 80210000 - Technical and vocational secondary education services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are available.
• Financial restrictions apply.
• Technical restrictions apply.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Lots are not being used for this tender for the reason(s) stated below: Nature of the contract not suitable for lots. Requires additional contract management resource which is not available. Quality Management Procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent) or a documented policy regarding quality management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.1. Health and Safety Procedures 1. The bidder must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third-party certificate of compliance in accordance with ISO 45001 (or equivalent) or have, within the last 12 months, successfully met the assessment requirements of a construction-related scheme in registered membership of the Safety Schemes in Procurement (SSIP) forum or the bidder must have a regularly reviewed and documented policy for Health and Safety management, see attachment at SPD question 4D.1. Bidders may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 8 and 9 of the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-pr... A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Community benefits will be required on a voluntary basis for: - Employment - Employability & Skills - SMEs - TSOs - Education - Community Wish List (http://northayrshire.community/community-benefits-wishlist- application-form/) (SC Ref:740271)