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# Mayoral Graduate Pilot

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mayoral-graduate-pilot-ocds-h6vhtk-0470b4). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** West Yorkshire Combined Authority: "Mayoral Graduate Pilot". Published status: complete. Published Value: £400,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 17 Jul 2024, 14:00 BST. Published submission portal: uk.eu-supply.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [West Yorkshire Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/west-yorkshire-combined-authority-ons-e47000003)
- **Published Value:** £400,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 17 July 2024 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, Recruitment services
- **Delivery Location:** UKE4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £389,898 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mayoral-graduate-pilot-ocds-h6vhtk-0470b4#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0470b4`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mayoral-graduate-pilot-ocds-h6vhtk-0470b4#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [uk.eu-supply.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.eu-supply.com%2Fapp%2Frfq%2Frwlentrance_s.asp%3FPID%3D73723%26B%3DUK)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/mayoral-graduate-pilot-ocds-h6vhtk-0470b4#participate

## Description
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is seeking a supplier to oversee the onboarding process for a number of graduates into SMEs across West Yorkshire. Furthermore, the selected supplier will be tasked with establishing and managing a customised network designed to cultivate the soft skills of these graduates, thereby bolstering their workplace readiness. This pilot project should clearly set out to impact to the local economy and test innovative methods to enable SMEs to attract and retain graduate talent.
The pilot will have two main beneficiaries; employers and graduates and will work with recent graduates to develop innovative ways to encourage and support graduates to access placement and job opportunities within SMEs in West Yorkshire. The requirement is to create a pilot program that supports as many graduates as possible and tests innovative approaches to recruiting and retaining graduates into SMEs. This program will span a two-year period starting in August 2024.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Estimated Value:** £400,000
- **Description:** The objective of the pilot will be to test methods that help to bridge the gap between SME employer perspectives, to address expectations of graduates, and will support employers to access graduate talent. Attraction and retention of graduates in the...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Mayor of West Yorkshire’s Graduate Pilot (active)
  - Award id: `027220-2024-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Gradconsult Ltd.**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-122720`
  - Value: £389,898 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Mayor of West Yorkshire’s Graduate Pilot (active)
  - Signed Value: £389,898
  - Signed Date: 20/08/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F027220-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-08-27T08:49:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T21:06:22.661Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0470b4