Official UK procurement notice
Adult Skills Level 3 Targeted Offer (Additional)
Authority: Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGreater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) looked to procure adult skills Level 3 activity under the devolved Adult Education Budget (AEB) and the national Free Courses for Jobs Level 3 offer, using a 'single pot' approach for the remainder of the 2022/23 academic year through to the end of the 2023/24 academic year.
The intent of the GM's Adult Skills Level 3 targeted offer is to support:
The priorities of the Greater Manchester Strategy 2021 - 2031 good lives for all:
Greater Manchester is a great place to grow up, get on and grow old; a great place to invest, do business, visit and study to become:
A greener Greater Manchester: responding to the climate emergency.
A fairer Greater Manchester: addressing inequalities and improving wellbeing for all
A more prosperous Greater Manchester: driving local and UK growth.
To develop the occupational competences needed to progress further in learning, work or careers, on courses aligned to Greater Manchester's key growth and foundational occupational areas.
To improve the skills of residents and be more productive or retrain to find a better job supporting in-work progression for adults into higher level careers, adapting to changing employer needs.
Occupational skills gaps to support our business needs, providing employers with a locally skilled workforce.
This opportunity was commissioned as a further competition/call off from the education, work and skills flexible procurement system.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (7)
- Learning Delivery Approach: 20%
- Strategic Approach: 10%
- Track Record and Quality: 15%
- Engagement and Stakeholder Management: 10%
- Performance Management and Monitoring: 10%
- Financial Value for Money: 15%
- Social Value: 20%
Published award criteria (7)
- Learning Delivery Approach: 20%
- Strategic Approach: 10%
- Track Record and Quality: 15%
- Engagement and Stakeholder Management: 10%
- Performance Management and Monitoring: 10%
- Social Value: 20%
- Financial Value for Money: 15%
- Price carries 15 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Sept 2023, 13:43 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Sept 2023, 13:43 BST
- Authority reference
DN677532- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-028622- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04060dFind a Tender
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANTRA LEARNING LIMITEDSME | £612,738 † | — | Awarded |
| The Childcare Company Ltd | £1,071,358 † | — | Awarded |
| Netcom Training LtdSME | £869,610 † | — | Awarded |
| I.V.S. TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT LTD | £499,464 † | — | Awarded |
| BARFECTION LIMITEDSME | £217,425 † | — | Awarded |
| ALPHABET TRAINING GROUP LTD.SME | £315,785 † | — | Awarded |
| The Portland Training Company LimitedSME | £532,501 † | — | Awarded |
| PLATO TRAINING (UK) LTDSME | £471,345 † | — | Awarded |
| The Construction Skills People LtdSME | £305,961 † | — | Awarded |
| ROCHDALE TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITEDSME | £203,745 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 028622-2023-1 · MANTRA LEARNING LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 12 Sept 2023
- Value
- £612,738
- Status
- active
Contract 028622-2023-10 · The Childcare Company Ltd
- Signed
- 12 Sept 2023
- Value
- £1,071,358
- Status
- active
Contract 028622-2023-2 · Netcom Training LtdSME
- Signed
- 12 Sept 2023
- Value
- £869,610
- Status
- active
Contract 028622-2023-3 · I.V.S. TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT LTD
- Signed
- 12 Sept 2023
- Value
- £499,464
- Status
- active
Contract 028622-2023-4 · BARFECTION LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 12 Sept 2023
- Value
- £217,425
- Status
- active
Contract 028622-2023-5 · ALPHABET TRAINING GROUP LTD.SME
- Signed
- 12 Sept 2023
- Value
- £315,785
- Status
- active
Contract 028622-2023-6 · The Portland Training Company LimitedSME
- Signed
- 12 Sept 2023
- Value
- £532,501
- Status
- active
Contract 028622-2023-7 · PLATO TRAINING (UK) LTDSME
- Signed
- 12 Sept 2023
- Value
- £471,345
- Status
- active
Contract 028622-2023-8 · The Construction Skills People LtdSME
- Signed
- 12 Sept 2023
- Value
- £305,961
- Status
- active
Contract 028622-2023-9 · ROCHDALE TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 12 Sept 2023
- Value
- £203,745
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
10 commercial parties on the notice- BARFECTION LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- GET SET ACADEMY LTDAwarded supplier
- HE CHILD CARE COMPANY (OLD WINDSOR) LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- I.V.S. TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT LTDAwarded supplier
- MANTRA LEARNING LTDAwarded supplier
- NETCOM TRAINING LTDAwarded supplier
- PLATO TRAINING (UK) LTDAwarded supplier
- ROCHDALE TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- THE CONSTRUCTION SKILLS PEOPLE LTDAwarded supplier
- THE PORTLAND TRAINING COMPANY LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.