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Published 4 May 2022, 11:55 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Adult Education Budget Service Contract 1 - FTS Contract Award Notice

Official notice

Authority: West Midlands Combined Authority (Local council)

3 lotsServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG)
Awarded value£8,955,5933 contracts · exc. VAT
Awarded 17 May 2022no call for competition
Awarded to BCTG Limited +14 more6 awards

What is being bought3 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

From the 2019/20 academic year, the WMCA will take responsibility for the region's Adult Education Budget (AEB) and how it is delivered supporting eligible adult learners. The AEB is a key enabler of inclusive growth through the improvement of the qualification levels and skills of our adult residents. Our focus with the AEB is to address key issues including tackling unemployment amongst young people and creating more grass-roots provision to better engage hard to reach communities. We also want to ensure that AEB provision can be targeted to address the needs of key target groups such as care leavers and those over the age of 50. Finally, there are challenges for those residents in work and in low pay who struggle to re-train to access opportunities in our priority sectors including automotive/advanced manufacturing, business and professional services, construction and digital that we will use AEB to support. This service relates to the provision of adult education training services.

CPV: Education and training services

Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure

3 lots · no lot values published
Lot #1Support for the UnemployedAwarded

The provision of Adult Education Services - Lot 1 includes:

  • general AEB qualifications focussed on tackling unemployment especially but not exclusively amongst young people
  • Grass-roots delivery to better engage hard-to-reach communities and support priority groups (including care leavers and homeless)
  • Sector Based Work Academies including flexible funding models for work experience
  • Entitlement provision at all levels Additional information: Funding awarded through the AEB commissioning process is classified as being clean in terms of being able to be matched with EU structural investment funds (e.g. ESF). Organisations commissioned to deliver AEB-funded provision must not endeavour to independently match AEB funding to any other funding stream without the express and complicit consent of the WMCA.
Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: The initial contract period is for 6 months, with an option to extend for a further 6 months (12 months total).
80000000 Education and training services
Lot #2Support for those already in employmentAwarded

The provision of Adult Education Services - Lot 2 includes:

  • AEB qualifications delivered flexibly so those working can access them outside of work
  • Re-training to improve the skills of low-paid and low-skilled workforce
  • Increased delivery in key sectors - Level 3 qualifications in digital, engineering and construction offered in flexible ways with funding subsidies
  • Pre-apprenticeship provision that supports the uptake of Apprenticeships Additional information: Funding awarded through the AEB commissioning process is classified as being clean in terms of being able to be matched with EU structural investment funds (e.g. ESF). Organisations commissioned to deliver AEB-funded provision must not endeavour to independently match AEB funding to any other funding stream without the express and complicit consent of the WMCA.
Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: The initial contract period is for 6 months, with an option to extend for a further 6 months (12 months total).
80000000 Education and training services
Lot #3Innovative DeliveryAwarded

The provision of Adult Education Services - Lot 3 includes:

Innovative project and pilot-based approaches to respond to needs within the seven constituent local authority areas of the WMCA. Lot 3 provides greater flexibility but providers must ensure that the bid meets the overall ambitions of our adult offer and Regional Skills Plan (RSP). Additional information: Funding awarded through the AEB commissioning process is classified as being clean in terms of being able to be matched with EU structural investment funds (e.g. ESF). Organisations commissioned to deliver AEB-funded provision must not endeavour to independently match AEB funding to any other funding stream without the express and complicit consent of the WMCA.

Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: The initial contract period is for 6 months, with an option to extend for a further 6 months (12 months total).
80000000 Education and training services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
4 May 2022, 11:55 BST
Last source update
20 Jun 2022, 06:19 BST
Authority reference
01762-2018
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-016748
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03336b Find a Tender
Why no open competition

New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive

Published justification

The impact of the pandemic has been unprecedented and widespread across our residents communities, and businesses and we are currently experiencing a challenging economic picture. Employment is flat, while falling unemployment masks a continuing decline in the size of the labour force as economic inactivity rises. While short-term unemployment is at its lowest ever, long-term unemployment is significantly higher than pre-pandemic levels. Record vacancies signal that employers are finding it increasingly hard to fill posts. And while pay is increasing, soaring inflation means that it is declining in real terms. Taken together, this creates a toxic mix for living standards that will not resolve itself. The provision of training has a key role to play in moving people back into the labour force; improving workplace support; and helping people find good, well-paid employment and progress at work.

We want to align our skills funding to be able to deliver maximum impact so we intend to procure provision collectively - meaning we are aiming to run a single procurement opportunity for Adult Education Budget, National Skills Fund and Multiply.

The estimated length of time expected to be able to create the new offering is anticipated to be in the region of 6 to 12 months. We are therefore intending to let the contract for an initial period of 6 months with the option to extend for a further 6 month period.

To ensure service continuity, the West Midlands Combined Authority has taken the decision to award the contract to their current providers (please see list above), under Regulation 32 of the Procurement Regulations 2015 as the Services consist of a repetition of similar services entrusted to the current providers which are the same as or similar to the Services awarded under their original contracts.

Publisher note: As stated elsewhere in this notice, the initial contract period is for 6 months, with an option to extend for a further 6 months (12 months total). The current contracts end on the 31st July 2022, the new ones will commence from 1st August 2022. For the purposes of maximum transparency, this is the first of 2 Contract Award Notices published by the WMCA in respect of the provision of Adult Education Services. The title of the second notice is Adult Education Budget Service Contract 2.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 6
Awarded value £8,955,5933 contracts exc. VAT · 3 repeated publications of the same award counted once
Bids received 2423 from SMEs
Contracts signed 6latest 17 May 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 1 · Support for the Unemployed2 awards
BCTG LimitedSME, Back 2 Work Complete TrainingSME, Enterkey Training LimitedSME, Gecko Programmes LtdSME, JBC SKILLS TRAINING LIMITEDSME, SKILLS TRAINING UK LIMITED +1 morejoint awardAdult Education Budget Service Contract 1 - Support for the unemployedSubcontracting: declared£3,091,150 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded
BCTG LimitedSME, Back 2 Work Complete TrainingSME, Enterkey Training LimitedSME, Gecko Programmes LtdSME, JBC SKILLS TRAINING LIMITEDSME, SKILLS TRAINING UK LIMITED +1 morejoint awardAdult Education Budget Service Contract 1 - Support for the unemployed£3,091,150 †—Awarded
Lot 2 · Support for those already in employment2 awards
BCTG LimitedSME, Back 2 Work Complete TrainingSME, Enterkey Training LimitedSME, Gecko Programmes LtdSME, JBC SKILLS TRAINING LIMITEDSME, Phoenix Training Services (Midlands) LtdSME +3 morejoint awardAdult Education Budget Service Contract 1 - Support for those already in employmentSubcontracting: declared£2,826,940 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded
BCTG LimitedSME, Back 2 Work Complete TrainingSME, Enterkey Training LimitedSME, Gecko Programmes LtdSME, JBC SKILLS TRAINING LIMITEDSME, Phoenix Training Services (Midlands) LtdSME +3 morejoint awardAdult Education Budget Service Contract 1 - Support for those already in employment£2,826,940 †—Awarded
Lot 3 · Innovative Delivery2 awards
EAST BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY FORUM LTDSME, Enterkey Training LimitedSME, Netcom Training LtdSME, Pet-XiSME, Pilot IMS, Release Potential LtdSME +2 morejoint awardAdult Education Budget Service Contract 1 - Innovative DeliverySubcontracting: declared£3,037,503 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded
EAST BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY FORUM LTDSME, Enterkey Training LimitedSME, Netcom Training LtdSME, Pet-XiSME, Pilot IMS, Release Potential LtdSME +2 morejoint awardAdult Education Budget Service Contract 1 - Innovative Delivery£3,037,503 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Support for the Unemployed7bids7——
2 · Support for those already in employment9bids8——
3 · Innovative Delivery8bids8——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

West Midlands Combined Authority

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 16 Summer Lane, Birmingham, West Midlands, B19 3SDContact email, phone

Other public bodies

  • European UnionFunder

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • WMCAReview body BirminghamContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

17 commercial parties on the notice
  • BCTG LIMITEDAwarded supplier4323196 J W Hinks Chartered Accountants, 19 Highfield Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 3BH, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 3BH
  • BCTG LIMITEDAwarded supplier4323196 J W Hinks Chartered Accountants, 19 Highfield Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 3BH, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 3BH
  • Back 2 Work Complete Training LtdAwarded supplier7559200 Building 4, Universal Square, M12 6JH, Manchester, Manchester, North West, M12 6JH
  • EAST BIRMINGHAM COMMUNITY FORUM LTDAwarded supplier2766929 Jetshop, 73 Alum Rock Road, Birmingham, B8 1LY, Birmingham, West Midlands, B8 1LY
  • Enterkey Training LtdAwarded supplier5693159 337-339 Coventry Rd, Small Heath Birmingham B10 0SN, Birmingham, West Midlands, B10 0SN
  • Gecko Programmes LtdAwarded supplier6903147 Newhampton Arts Centre Dunkley Street, Room 113, Wolverhampton, England, WV1 4AN, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV1 4AN
  • JBC Skill Training LtdAwarded supplier5801956 Stoneleigh House, 66-70 Earlsdon Street Coventry CV5 6EJ, Coventry, West Midlands, CV5 6EJ
  • Netcom Training LtdAwarded supplier7678031 4 - 5 Holt Court Heneage Street Aston Science Park Birmingham B7 4AX, Birmingham, West Midlands, B7 4AX
  • PET-XI LIMITEDAwarded supplier8340686 Unit 4 Westwood House Westwood Way, Westwood Business Park, Coventry, West Midlands, England, CV4 8HS, Coventry, West Midlands, CV4 8HS
  • Phoenix Training Services (Midlands) LtdAwarded supplier13222441 Phoenix Wharf Bolton Street Bordesley Birmingham B9 4HH, Birmingham, West Midlands, B9 4HH
Show 7 more suppliers
  • Pilot IMS LtdAwarded supplier4200249 The Alcora Building Building 1, Suite 6 Mucklow Hill Halesowen B62 8DG, Halesowen, West Midlands, B62 8DG
  • Release Potential LtdAwarded supplier6768623 The Bridges, Lead Road, Stocksfield, Northumberland, NE43 7SF, Stocksfield, North East, NE43 7SF
  • SKILLS TRAINING UK LIMITEDAwarded supplier3713193 Hygeia House 3rd Floor, 66 College Road, Harrow, England, HA1 1BE, Harrow, London, HA1 1BE
  • Serco ltdAwarded supplier242246 Serco House, 16 Bartley Wood Business Park, Bartley Way, Hook, RG27 9UY, Hook, South East, RG27 9UY
  • System Group LimitedAwarded supplier315134 Ground Floor, Egerton House, 68 Baker Street, Weybridge, Surrey, United Kingdom, KT13 8AL, Weybridge, South East, KT13 8AL
  • Vocational Skills Solutions LimitedAwarded supplier07918836 VSS House, 60 Bury New Road, Heap Bridge, Bury,BL9 7HR, Bury, North West, BL9 7HR
  • WITTON LODGE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONAwarded supplier2903760 Perry Common Community Hall, 87 Witton Lodge Road, Perry Common, Birmingham, West Midlands, B23 5JD, Birmingham, West Midlands, B23 5JD

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.