Official UK procurement notice
ELECTRONIC MARKET PLACE FOR THE PROVISION OF ADULT EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND LIFELONG LEARNING
Authority: Kirklees Council (Local council)·Consortium: 4 public authorities
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionKirklees Council intends to establish an Electronic Marketplace (EMP) with Delivery Partners with relevant experience and ability to provide Adult Education, Training, Employment & Lifelong Learning on a non-exclusive basis.
This EMP will allow applicants to become eligible to bid to provide the individual Service
CPV: Education and training services
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · 3 with a published value (£3,750,000 together)Lot #1Potential EntrepreneursPublished value£1,750,000
The Council of the Borough of Kirklees (the "Council") wishes to establish a programme of services with a maximum of ten (10) suitable Delivery Partners for Adult Learning in Kirklees.
Adult Learning is designed to help adults of different ages and backgrounds and will continue to focus on turning around the lives of local people and maximising the effect this funding has on the social and economic well-being of individuals, families and communities. As such, provision should focus on key groups of residents in the most deprived wards of Kirklees, particularly those residents facing barriers to learning and in need of support to improve their lives, their families and their communities. This includes those residents below level 2 in English and maths, low waged and unemployed and learners with health and social issues, including psychical and mental health challenges.
We are seeking to support projects and ways of working that can complement our long-term ambition for the district and will increase and diversify the number and type of adult learners in Kirklees, identifying and engaging underrepresented groups and providing them with their 'first-step' into learning.
Community-based learning should take place in non-pressurised learning contexts where people understand learners' needs and treat learners equally, thereby increasing their confidence and self-esteem.
Lot #2Digital support for the Neurodiverse - Employees and EmployersPublished value£1,250,000
The vision for the Digital Employment Kirklees (Neurodiverse - Employees and Employers) programme is to offer a holistic support programme that utilises digital and assistive technology, creating digital resources that can be shared to explore neurodiversity, how to support & manage neurodivergent colleagues, and how to create an inclusive work environment. The creation of a bank of digital resources, this could include use of wider digital media including websites, posts that can be shared via social media and podcast activity.
Employees:-
a) How technology can remove barriers to work for neurodivergent people by increasing the accessibility of their working environments and its tools helping them to moderate the pace and structure of activities.
b) Identification of digital tools and resources designed to support neurodiverse individuals enabling better job security/sustainability
c) Develop resources on digital applications that support a new way of engaging and supporting individuals with Neurodiverse conditions.
Employers:-
d) supporting employers to be inclusive, including understanding neurodiversity from the perspective of the employer
e) how to support with reasonable adjustment
f) support for Line Mangers/Supervisors on manging people with Neurodiverse conditions.
g) Focus on retaining neurodivergent employees by providing ongoing support, mentorship, and career development opportunities.
Lot #3Volunteering OpportunitiesPublished value£750,000
Through UKSPF PACE, we will be seeking to provide new opportunities for our residents aged 16+ to access the arts and creative economy. Utilising the community strand, we want to engage all age groups or expand this sector to as many people as possible. We want to:-
- Raise awareness, by generating interest in a sector that participants might not have previously considered.
- Enable a`ccess to provision to develop sector specific skills and experience that could lead to work , volunteering or further learning opportunities. E.g., This could be in the form of workshops or a short course-based activity.
- Provide access to information advice and guidance on self-employment, setting up their own business.
We especially want to see participation from our poorest areas (as defined by the Index of Multiple deprivation (IMD)) and with communities were unequal access to the creative arts sector remains a barrier. Moving the creative arts from the margins into the mainstream.
Lot #4Digital support for participants who are Inactive in North KirkleesLot estimate not published
The vision for the Digital Employment Kirklees programme is to offer a holistic approach to people who are Inactive, supporting the development of their Digital Skills and how this may sustain a journey to work or consideration of alternative work options. Participants will receive up to 40 hours of guided support to develop digital skills required for life and work with support offered participants to consider work roles available as a result of increased digital skills.
a) All participants will be assessed to determine their digital ability level.
b) Content will cover work related digital skills basics such as using email word, excel, skype, teams.
c) Digital privacy - staying safe online.
d) Milestones of an email address, my Kirklees account, Linked in profile.
e) Look at digital careers, including hybrid/work from home roles.
f) Support participants to be digitally included at the end of the programme.
Lot #5Digital support for participants who are Inactive in South KirkleesLot estimate not published
The vision for the Digital Employment Kirklees programme is to offer a holistic approach to people who are Inactive, supporting the development of their Digital Skills and how this may sustain a journey to work or consideration of alternative work options. Participants will receive up to 40 hours of guided support to develop digital skills required for life and work with support offered participants to consider work roles available as a result of increased digital skills.
a) All participants will be assessed to determine their digital ability level.
b) Content will cover work related digital skills basics such as using email word, excel, skype, teams.
c) Digital privacy - staying safe online.
d) Milestones of an email address, my Kirklees account, Linked in profile.
e) Look at digital careers, including hybrid/work from home roles.
f) Support participants to be digitally included at the end of the programme.
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).
- Shortlisting
- The economic operators' Request to Participate on this EMP will be assessed against their responses to the minimum selection criteria within the selection questionnaire ('SQ') in the Request to Participate Submission Document (i.e. Schedule 1), which is available to download at: https://yortender.eu-supply.com as set out in Sections I.1) and I.3) of this Notice above. The Applicant must supply any one of the documents listed in section 4.1 (a) to (c) with its completed RTP in order to demonstrate financial standing as required under this section 4. Failure to supply any one of the documents listed in section 4.1 (a) to (d) may result in your RTP on to the EMP being rejected. With regards to section 4.2, potential suppliers will Pass or Fail on the basis of being financially viable for the Services tendered for. HOWEVER, all Applicants must acknowledge and accept that at the point of their admission on to the EMP they will be assigned an upper financial limit at 0.666 times their annual turnover. This limit will be communicated to the Applicant at the point of their admission onto the EMP. This limit will be re-calculated on an annual basis thereafter, therefore Members must submit their financial information annually. All further competitions will be made available to all members on the relevant EMP Category. Members can apply for any amount of work specified under each General Further competition. However, prior to any Contract award the authority will consider existing Contracts and their collective values and check these against the submitted turnover information for that year. If the Member is successful under a Further Competition, the value of the award(s) will be deducted from their upper financial limit and the Contract will be duly awarded. Should any potential awards result in the Member's upper financial limit being exceeded, this may result in the award value being reduced or non-award of the Contract. In addition, any answers to section 4 which leads the authority, acting reasonably, to conclude (considering the risk that the relevant answer suggests about your ability to properly perform the Services under the EMP) that it would be inappropriate to select the Applicant organisation on this occasion, may result in your exclusion from the remainder of the procurement process. PASS - The Applicant has provided EITHER: 1. at least one example of a previous contract that meets the minimum requirements set out in Section 6, and demonstrates to the reasonable satisfaction of the Council that the Applicant possesses the relevant general technical expertise and professional experience to be entrusted with the Council's Contract; OR 2. a satisfactory reason as to why the applicant is unable to provide any examples of previous contracts that are relevant to the Contract's requirements under this procurement that meets the minimum requirements set out in Question 6.3. 3. Please use a minimum of 200 words to describe your experience for each contract. HOWEVER, Applicants are asked to note that: (i) If it needs to use more than one example to demonstrate that it possesses the relevant general technical expertise and professional experience, it may do so up to a maximum of three (3) examples. (ii) The Council reserves the right to confirm the accuracy of any information provided in response to Section 6 with any named customer contact(s). (iii) Any replies from any named customer contact(s) which lead the Council, acting reasonably, to doubt any significant representations made in its responses to Section 6 may result in exclusion. FAIL - The Applicant: 1. has failed to provide any examples of any previous contracts in response to Section 6, AND has failed to provide a satisfactory reason as to why they were unable to provide any examples; OR 2. the examples given in response to Section 6 do NOT demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Council that the applicant possesses the relevant general technical expertise and professional experience to be entrusted with the Councils Contract. Where 6.3 has been completed, the Council may choose to undertake site visits to determine suitability and will look at relevant documents including policies and procedures, support plans and risk assessments to confirm whether the Applicant has the necessary processes and procedures in place to undertake a contract under this EMP. Insurance - See Section 8 of the SQ Economic operators are asked to self-certify whether they already have, or can commit to obtaining, prior to the commencement date of the Contract, the levels of insurance cover indicated below: a) Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance £10,000,000 (in relation to any one claim or series of claims); b) Public Liability Insurance, including Product Liability Insurance £10,000,000 (in relation to any one claim or series of claims); and c) Professional Indemnity Insurance £250,000 (in relation to any one claim or series of claims). Failure to indicate 'Yes' will result in the rejection of this RTP.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- 29 Mar 2022, 14:42 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Feb 2025, 14:58 GMT
- Authority reference
KMCAS-164- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-005414- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032781Find a Tender
- Review procedure
Economic operators who are unsuccessful at the SQ stage shall be informed by the contracting authority as soon as possible after the decision is made as to the reasons why the application to join the EMP was unsuccessful. If an economic operator requires any additional information following this initial de-briefing,this should be requested from the address at Section I.1 of this Notice. If an appeal regarding the decision to award a position the EMP has not been successfully resolved, then the Public Contracts Regulations 2015(SI 2015/102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be started within thirty (30) days beginning with the date when the aggrieved party first knew or sought to have grounds for starting the proceedings had risen. The Court may extend the time limited for starting proceedings where the Court considers that there is a good reason for doing so, but not so as to permit proceedings to be started more than three (3) months after that date. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order for any document to be amended and may award damages, make a declaration of ineffectiveness, order for a fine to be paid, and/or order the duration of the contract to be shortened. If however the contract has been concluded, the Court may only award damages or, where the contract award procedures have not been followed correctly, declare the contract to be ineffective.
Publisher note: The Council of the Borough of Kirklees (the "Council") is conducting this procurement exercise, in accordance with the Light Touch Regime of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102), and intends to establish an Electronic Market Place ("EMP") The EMP is anticipated to commence on 1 June 2022 for a period of five (5) years up to 31 May 2027. The time limit for receipt of Requests to Participate is 28 February 2027. HOWEVER, in order to be considered for the first call-off contracts placed under the EMP, the initial deadline for the receipt of Requests to Participation is Monday 16 May 2022 at 13:00 GMT and MUST include ALL supporting documents as required by the Request to Participate Documents. The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. The economic operator can submit a request to participate as a single legal entity. Alternatively, you can work together with other legal entities to form a Group of Economic Operators. If you do, we ask the group of economic operators to choose a lead member who will submit the bid on behalf of the Group of Economic Operators and you will have to identify what each of the parties is contributing to the bid. Economic operators will be assessed on the minimum selection and criteria information provided in response to their request to Participate for a place on the EMP. The EMP will be hosted on the contracting authority's electronic tendering system "YORtender". The contracting authority will post all of the necessary documentation on YORtender which shall from the date of publication of this Notice until the expiry of the EMP Period. Any values provided in this Notice or any of the other procurement documents are estimates only. The contracting authority cannot guarantee to economic operators any business through the EMP.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 May 2022, 13:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
16 May 2022 → 17 Feb 2025 · 2 dates- Submission deadline16 May 2022, 13:00 BST
- Notice published17 Feb 2025, 14:58 GMT
Notice history
8 events · 12 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 Aug 2022- Status changed to complete31 Aug 2022, 15:57 BST
- Procurement method changed31 Aug 2022, 15:57 BST
- Buyer details updated31 Aug 2022, 15:57 BST
- Buyer details updated31 Aug 2022, 15:58 BST
- Buyer details updated20 Dec 2022, 12:09 GMT
- Buyer details updated27 Jul 2023, 11:35 BST
- Buyer details updated18 Sept 2023, 17:04 BST
- Buyer details updated17 Feb 2025, 14:58 GMT
Published amendments (2)
Please note the total value of this procurement has increased to £408,805 as the extensions set out in the further competition documents, have been taken. The awards of the extensions are as follows; AALFY £25,000 Ravensthorpe Community Centre £25,480 Crosland Moor Community Centre £59,770 Proper Job Theatre Company £92,415 These contracts will run to 31st July 2024. There are no further extensi…
Variation and Extension to the Electronic Market Place for the Provision of Adult Education, Training, Employment and Lifelong Learning KMCAS-164 (the "EMP"). Pursuant to the Procurement Act 2023 Transitional Guidance the length of the EMP will be extended beyond 31st May 2027 for a further nineteen months (19) months from 1st June 2027 to 23rd February 2029. The value of the EMP will be increas…
Routine re-releases (12)
- 2024-04: 1 release · 19 Apr 2024
- 2023-11: 1 release · 13 Nov 2023
- 2023-09: 1 release · 18 Sept 2023
- 2023-07: 1 release · 27 Jul 2023
- 2023-03: 1 release · 14 Mar 2023
- 2022-12: 1 release · 20 Dec 2022
- 2022-08: 2 releases · 31 Aug 2022, 31 Aug 2022
- 2022-03: 1 release · 29 Mar 2022
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 · Potential Entrepreneurs7 awards | |||
| Paddock Community TrustEmployment Kirklees 2023 | £98,579 † | — | Awarded |
| RAVENSTHORPE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED | £16,800 † | — | Awarded |
| Paddock Community Trust | £16,300 † | — | Awarded |
| AALFY LTDSME | £17,200 † | — | Awarded |
| RAVENSTHORPE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED | £17,400 † | — | Awarded |
| S & H Training and Development (UK) Ltd | — | — | Awarded |
| Crosland Moor Computer Centre | — | — | Awarded |
| Lot 2 · Digital support for the Neurodiverse - Employees and Employers1 award | |||
| Qualia Aesthetics | £40,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 4 · Digital support for participants who are Inactive in North Kirklees1 award | |||
| Paddock Community Trust | £30,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 5 · Digital support for participants who are Inactive in South Kirklees1 award | |||
| Crosland Moor Computer Centre | £30,000 † | — | Awarded |
17 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracts
Contract 027462-2024-2
- Signed
- 27 Aug 2024
- Value
- £161,520
- Status
- active
Contract 027462-2024-3
- Signed
- 27 Aug 2024
- Value
- £199,070
- Status
- active
Contract 027462-2024-4
- Signed
- 27 Aug 2024
- Value
- £50,080
- Status
- active
Contract 027462-2024-5
- Signed
- 27 Aug 2024
- Value
- £67,850
- Status
- active
Contract 027462-2024-6
- Signed
- 27 Aug 2024
- Value
- £91,500
- Status
- active
Contract 026856-2024-1
- Signed
- 8 Jul 2024
- Value
- £136,000
- Status
- active
Digital support for participants who are Inactive in North Kirklees · Paddock Community Trust
- Signed
- 27 Mar 2024
- Value
- £30,000
- Status
- active
Digital support for participants who are Inactive in South Kirklees · Crosland Moor Computer Centre
- Signed
- 27 Mar 2024
- Value
- £30,000
- Status
- active
Digital support for the Neurodiverse - Employees and Employers · Qualia Aesthetics
- Signed
- 27 Mar 2024
- Value
- £40,000
- Status
- active
Contract 033523-2023-1
- Signed
- 9 Nov 2023
- Value
- £349,000
- Status
- active
Contract 033523-2023-2
- Signed
- 9 Nov 2023
- Value
- £83,200
- Status
- active
Contract 027538-2023-1
- Signed
- 13 Sept 2023
- Value
- £46,286
- Status
- active
Contract 027538-2023-2
- Signed
- 13 Sept 2023
- Value
- £30,643
- Status
- active
Contract 027538-2023-3
- Signed
- 13 Sept 2023
- Value
- £53,786
- Status
- active
Employment Kirklees 2023 · Paddock Community Trust
- Signed
- 14 Mar 2023
- Value
- £98,579
- Status
- active
Contract 024339-2022-1 · AALFY LTDSME
- Signed
- 31 Aug 2022
- Value
- £17,200
- Status
- active
Contract 024339-2022-5
- Signed
- 31 Aug 2022
- Value
- £88,960
- Status
- active
Contract 024338-2022-1 · RAVENSTHORPE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED
- Signed
- 30 Aug 2022
- Value
- £16,800
- Status
- active
Contract 024338-2022-2 · Paddock Community Trust
- Signed
- 30 Aug 2022
- Value
- £16,300
- Status
- active
Contract 024339-2022-2 · RAVENSTHORPE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITED
- Signed
- 9 Aug 2022
- Value
- £17,400
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Potential Entrepreneurs | 9bids · 9 electronic | 9 | — | — |
| 2 · Digital support for the Neurodiverse - Employees and Employers | 4bids · 4 electronic | 4 | — | — |
| 3 · Volunteering Opportunities | 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
| 4 · Digital support for participants who are Inactive in North Kirklees | 4bids · 4 electronic | 4 | — | — |
| 5 · Digital support for participants who are Inactive in South Kirklees | 4bids · 4 electronic | 4 | — | — |
| Whole notice | 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
16 commercial parties on the notice- AALFY LTDAwarded supplier
- Crosland Moor Community Learning CentreAwarded supplier
- Crosland Moor Computer CentreAwarded supplier
- Croslandmoor Community Learning CentreAwarded supplier
- Education PlanetAwarded supplier
- Kirklees CollegeAwarded supplier
- PROPER JOB THEATRE COMPANYAwarded supplier
- Paddock Community TrustAwarded supplier
- Proper JobAwarded supplier
- Qualia AestheticsAwarded supplier
Show 6 more suppliers
- RAVENSTHORPE COMMUNITY CENTRE LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- Ravensthorpe Community CentreAwarded supplier
- S & H Training and Development (UK) LtdAwarded supplier
- Skills-UK, Education & Training LimitedAwarded supplier
- Third Sector Leaders KirkleesAwarded supplier
- Third Sector Leaders KirkleesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.