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# North of Tyne Combined Authority and North East LEP Wave 3 Skills Bootcamp

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/north-of-tyne-combined-authority-and-north-east-lep-wave-3-skills-bootcamp-ocds-h6vhtk-0333c9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** North Tyneside Council: "North of Tyne Combined Authority and North East LEP Wave 3 Skills Bootcamp". Published status: complete. Published Value: £29,400,000. 10 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 27 May 2022, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [North Tyneside Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/north-tyneside-council-ons-e08000022)
- **Published Value:** £29,400,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 May 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 10
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £7,400,000 (exc. VAT, 8 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0333c9`

## Before you bid
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## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/north-of-tyne-combined-authority-and-north-east-lep-wave-3-skills-bootcamp-ocds-h6vhtk-0333c9#participate

## Description
Skills bootcamps are one part of the National Skills Fund, a £2.5 billion initiative to help adults train and gain skills quickly to improve their job prospects.
The bootcamps offer free, flexible courses of up to 16 weeks for adults aged 19 or over who are either in work, self-employed, recently unemployed or returning to work after a break.
NTCA and the NELEP have secured a combined £7.4m directly from the Department for Education to support the delivery of Skills Bootcamps in the NTCA region and wider NELEP geography. This is a significant investment in our region and has the potential to deliver new opportunities to generations of adult who may have been previously left behind.
Skills Bootcamps aim to secure benefits for adults aged 19+ by giving them access to in-demand skills training and a guaranteed interview for a more sustainable, higher-skilled job and higher wages over time. The benefits for employers include helping them fill specific skills shortage vacancies, enabling them to become more productive, more quickly.
The overall aims of the Skills Bootcamps are:
- to deliver flexible training programmes lasting up to 16 weeks, based on employer / sector ‘in-demand’ skills needs which may be either regulated (i.e. qualification based) or non-regulated (e.g. based on alignment with industry standards) enabling adults (19+) to do training around work and other commitments, looking to gain work, additional responsibilities, or access new opportunities and will offer a guaranteed job interview (in the case of a new job) to individual participants on completion of the course;
- to address the needs of adults (19+) who are full-time and part-time employed, unemployed, returning to work after a break or self-employed, and provide individuals with wider access to opportunities to retrain, update or formalise their skills or acquire specialist skills;
- to address the needs of employers and the wider economy, to deliver targeted interventions to meet short-medium term demand to fill vacancies and drive productivity. They will help fill medium-higher level vacancies and bring individuals closer to better jobs, by linking them with line of sight to a job/ different role, additional responsibilities or new opportunities/contracts; and
- to help fill vacancies and bring individuals closer to better jobs (including those currently in employment), by linking them with line of sight to a job / different role, additional responsibilities, or new opportunities / contracts.
We are keen to see innovative proposals of realistic and sustainable options that demonstrate commitment from all sides to a successful outcome.
The initial estimated total value of this procurement (across Lots 1 to 10 inclusive) is £7.4 million. The total value of the procurement to include any future contract extensions or variations is £ 29.4 million this is based on the initial period plus 2 x 12 month extensions and a potential additional £2.4 million per annum for the NE LEP Lot...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/north-of-tyne-combined-authority-and-north-east-lep-wave-3-skills-bootcamp-ocds-h6vhtk-0333c9)

## Lots (10)
### Lot 1: Lot 1 Digital Core
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £1,500,000
- **Description:** Lot 1 Digital Core Category could include but are not limited to:
Computer Aided Design – 3D, Electrical, Diagnostics
Cyber – Security, Intrusion Analysis, Technology Readiness, Engineering
Data – Analytics, Engineering, Database, Design
DevOps
Digit...
- **Contract Period:** 03/07/2022 to 31/03/2023
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Lot 2 Digital Bespoke
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £250,000
- **Description:** Digital Skills Bootcamps not falling within the Lot 1 Digital Core subject sector areas. We wish to encourage innovation and diversity in proposals, and we do recognise that Skills Bootcamps may not always accord exactly with these divisions
- **Contract Period:** 03/07/2022 to 31/03/2023
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 3: Lot 3 Logistics
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £200,000
- **Description:** Skills Bootcamps that will provide regulated certification in skills for working in the Transport and Logistics Industries, non-regulated training in transport operations covering health & safety and logistics legislation.
HVC Driving:
A. Novice to C...
- **Contract Period:** 03/07/2022 to 31/03/2023
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 4: Lot 4 Technical Core
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £450,000
- **Description:** NTCA are seeking Skills Bootcamps that will develop the skills, knowledge and behaviours to work, progress in work, or gain an apprenticeship. Skills Bootcamps in Lot 4 Technical Core Category could include but are not limited to:
Engineering – Civil...
- **Contract Period:** 03/07/2022 to 31/03/2023
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 5: Lot 5 Technical Bespoke
- **Lot id:** `5`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £600,000
- **Description:** Skills Bootcamps not falling within the Lot 4 Technical Core subject sector areas but are responsive to employer skills demands in the NTCA region and support key growth sectors including the Offshore Wind Sector.
We wish to encourage innovation and ...
- **Contract Period:** 03/07/2022 to 31/03/2023
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 6: Lot 6 Construction
- **Lot id:** `6`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £1,000,000
- **Description:** In the NTCA region there are a number of high-profile construction projects due to commence which will require skilled workers Skills Bootcamps in this Lot must be designed to address skills shortages experienced by employers in the construction sect...
- **Contract Period:** 03/07/2022 to 31/03/2023
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 7: Lot 7 Pathway to accelerated apprenticeships
- **Lot id:** `7`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £250,000
- **Description:** NTCA are seeking proposals that relate to accelerated apprenticeship pathways in a range of roles which include the Industrial Coatings Apprenticeship Programme, Non-Destructive Testing Operative Apprenticeship Programme and other advanced and specia...
- **Contract Period:** 03/07/2022 to 31/03/2023
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 8: Lot 8 Green Skills
- **Lot id:** `8`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £500,000
- **Description:** The low carbon economy is predicted to grow four times faster than the rest of the economy over this decade and the transition to this green economy provides a real opportunity for driving the economic recovery in the NTCA region.
There is huge poten...
- **Contract Period:** 03/07/2022 to 31/03/2023
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 9: Lot 9 Other Culture and Events
- **Lot id:** `9`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £250,000
- **Description:** The reinvigoration of the events and cultural / creative offer is a priority for NTCA. Our environment and heritage are key economic key assets, and we recognise the role that the creative industries and the visitor economy play in driving economic g...
- **Contract Period:** 03/07/2022 to 31/03/2023
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 10: Lot 10 North East LEP Green Skills
- **Lot id:** `10`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £2,400,000
- **Description:** The low carbon economy is predicted to grow four times faster than the rest of the economy over this decade and the transition to this green economy provides a real opportunity for driving economic growth. The North East LEP is seeking to develop Ski...
- **Contract Period:** 03/07/2022 to 31/03/2023
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (8)
- **Award:** Lot 1 Digital Core (active)
  - Award id: `025204-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Capita Business Services Limited, Learning Curve Group, NE Bic (+1 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-02299747`, `GB-FTS-54243`, `GB-FTS-63177`, `GB-FTS-99785`
  - Value: £1,793,628 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Lot 3 Digital Bespoke (active)
  - Award id: `025204-2022-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Learning Curve Group, NE Bic, Primed Talent Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-54243`, `GB-FTS-63177`, `GB-FTS-149240`
  - Value: £328,414 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Lot 3 Logistics (active)
  - Award id: `025204-2022-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Back to Work Complete Training, Diamond People NE Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-123990`, `GB-FTS-171539`
  - Value: £242,946 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Lot 4 Technical Core (active)
  - Award id: `025204-2022-4`
  - Supplier(s): **New College Durham**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-107453`
  - Value: £247,250 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Lot 6 Construction (active)
  - Award id: `025204-2022-5`
  - Supplier(s): **Expedient Training Services, New College Durham, Optimum Skills (+1 more suppliers)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-63176`, `GB-FTS-107453`, `GB-FTS-107454`, `GB-FTS-104906`
  - Value: £1,512,067 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Lot 8 Green Skills (active)
  - Award id: `025204-2022-6`
  - Supplier(s): **Expedient Training Services, New College Durham**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-63176`, `GB-FTS-107453`
  - Value: £619,524 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Lot 9 Other Culture and Events (active)
  - Award id: `025204-2022-7`
  - Supplier(s): **Newcastle College, Susan French**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-63175`, `GB-FTS-63184`
  - Value: £256,171 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** NE LEP Green Skills (active)
  - Award id: `025204-2022-8`
  - Supplier(s): **Expedient Training Services, Gateshead College, New College Durham**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-63176`, `GB-FTS-107566`, `GB-FTS-107453`
  - Value: £2,400,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (8)
- **Contract:** Lot 1 Digital Core (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,793,628
  - Signed Date: 07/07/2022

- **Contract:** Lot 3 Digital Bespoke (active)
  - Signed Value: £328,414
  - Signed Date: 07/07/2022

- **Contract:** Lot 3 Logistics (active)
  - Signed Value: £242,946
  - Signed Date: 07/07/2022

- **Contract:** Lot 4 Technical Core (active)
  - Signed Value: £247,250
  - Signed Date: 07/07/2022

- **Contract:** Lot 6 Construction (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,512,067
  - Signed Date: 07/07/2022

- **Contract:** Lot 8 Green Skills (active)
  - Signed Value: £619,524
  - Signed Date: 07/07/2022

- **Contract:** Lot 9 Other Culture and Events (active)
  - Signed Value: £256,171
  - Signed Date: 07/07/2022

- **Contract:** NE LEP Green Skills (active)
  - Signed Value: £2,400,000
  - Signed Date: 07/07/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025204-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-09-08T09:50:10.000Z
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