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Published 30 Jan 2024, 16:15 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

UKSPF People & Skills: Construction and Green Energy Sector Skills Programme

Official notice

Authority: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (Local council)

2 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£800,000total for 2 lots
Submissions closed 29 Feb 2024awarded 3 May 2024
Awarded to Sysco Business Skills Academy, The Learning Foundry2 awards

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) is looking to procure a programme of activity to provide upskilling and/or reskilling opportunities to residents of Liverpool City Region that could not be delivered through mainstream learning funding such as the devolved Adult Education Budget, Level 3 Free Courses for Jobs or Skills Bootcamps.

We are seeking 2 sectoral areas of delivery:

Lot 1: Construction Technical including Greener Low Carbon Construction Skills with CSCS cards and/or other licences to practice with a minimum of 85 starts and completions with all learners to complete vocationally related training, a licence to practice and progress to further learning, progression in or into employment or skills.

Lot 2: Green Energy Skills with licences to practice and vocational skills delivery with a minimum of 85 starts and completions with all learners to complete vocationally related training, a licence to practice and progress to further learning, progression in or into employment or skills.

CONTRACT PERIOD: 1 APRIL 2024 TO 31 MARCH 2025 with the potential for extension of contracts on an initial term +1+1 basis up to the end of March 2027

CPV: Adult and other education services · Education and training services

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Construction Technical SkillsAwarded
Lot #2Green Energy SkillsAwarded

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 90%Price: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 90
  • Price: 10
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    See procurement documents for details.

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. 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
Open 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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
30 Jan 2024, 16:15 GMT
Last source update
24 May 2024, 10:48 BST
Award evaluation window
29 Feb 2024 – …
Authority reference
DN705972
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-016415
Classification (CPV)
Adult and other education servicesEducation and training services
Delivery area
North West (UKD7)
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
29 Feb 2024, 11:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
29 Feb 2024, 11:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

29 Feb 2024 → 24 May 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    29 Feb 2024, 11:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    29 Feb 2024, 11:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    24 May 2024, 10:48 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    24 May 2024, 10:48 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £400,0002 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 99 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 3 May 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lot 1 · Construction Technical Skills1 award
Sysco Business Skills AcademySME£200,000 †—Awarded
Lot 2 · Green Energy Skills1 award
The Learning FoundrySME£200,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Lot 2: Green Energy Skills · The Learning FoundrySME

    Signed
    3 May 2024
    Value
    £200,000
    Status
    active
  • UKSPF People & Skills: Construction and Green Energy Sector Skills Programme · Sysco Business Skills AcademySME

    Signed
    29 Apr 2024
    Value
    £200,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Construction Technical Skills5bids · 5 electronic5——
2 · Green Energy Skills4bids · 4 electronic4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 1 Mann Island, Liverpool, North West, L3 1BPContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria