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Published 13 Jul 2022, 12:55 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Skills Bootcamps (Wave 3): Manufacturing

Official notice

Authority: Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£1,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 11 Aug 2022awarded 18 Oct 2022
Awarded to 3D 360 Limited +2 more3 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

As part of the “Plan for Jobs” the Department for Education (DfE) are providing £2.5bn for the National Skills Fund (NSF) to help adults build skills for the economy of the future; complementing provision available through Adult Education Budget (AEB). NSF comprises of Skills Bootcamps and the Level 3 Free Courses for Jobs Offer. Skills Bootcamps offer free flexible courses of up to 16 weeks giving people the opportunity to build up sector specific skills and fast track to an interview with a local employer. The key objectives of skills bootcamps are to:

  • Address the needs of employers to fill skills shortage vacancies requiring specialist skills and improve business productivity.
  • Address the needs of adults to retrain and upskill whatever their starting point. Providing clear line of sight to a new role / opportunity / contract.
  • Diversifying the talent pipeline by targeting groups underrepresented in key sectors.

Skills Bootcamps are targeted at all adults aged 19+ who are in-work, self-employed, unemployed, returning to work after a career break and prisoners on temporary release or due to be released within six months. With a focus on specific priority groups.

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1As part of the “Plan for Jobs” the Department for Education (DfE) are providing £2.5bn forAwardedPublished value£1,000,000

As part of the “Plan for Jobs” the Department for Education (DfE) are providing £2.5bn for

the National Skills Fund (NSF) to help adults build skills for the economy of the future;

complementing provision available through Adult Education Budget (AEB). NSF comprises

of Skills Bootcamps and the Level 3 Free Courses for Jobs Offer. Skills Bootcamps offer free

flexible courses of up to 16 weeks giving people the opportunity to build up sector specific

skills and fast track to an interview with a local employer.

The key objectives of skills bootcamps are to:

  • Address the needs of employers to fill skills shortage vacancies requiring specialist skills

and improve business productivity.

  • Address the needs of adults to retrain and upskill whatever their starting point. Providing

clear line of sight to a new role / opportunity / contract.

  • Diversifying the talent pipeline by targeting groups underrepresented in key sectors.

Skills Bootcamps are targeted at all adults aged 19+ who are in-work, self-employed,

unemployed, returning to work after a career break and prisoners on temporary release or

due to be released within six months. With a focus on specific priority groups.

Delivery: UK
Variant bids: allowed

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
Quality: 90%Price: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 90
  • Price: 10
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
13 Jul 2022, 12:55 BST
Last source update
28 Nov 2022, 16:55 GMT
Award evaluation window
11 Aug 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN622010
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-033706
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03517c Find a Tender

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
11 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
11 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index ↗

Timeline

11 Aug 2022 → 28 Nov 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    11 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    11 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    28 Nov 2022, 16:55 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Oct 2022
  1. Status changed to complete
    19 Oct 2022, 09:24 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    28 Nov 2022, 16:55 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextValue · V.2.4A) Salford City College - Industrial textiles- contract value was £149,752 amended to £150,480 B) 3D 360 Ltd contract awarded £237,295 amended to £288,000 C) Rochdale Training awarded £110,183 amended to £110,000—

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 3
Awarded value £497,2303 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 3latest 18 Oct 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
3D 360 Limited£237,295 †—Awarded
Rochdale TrainingSME£110,183 †—Awarded
Salford City College£149,752 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 029391-2022-GMCA 538-1 · 3D 360 Limited

    Signed
    18 Oct 2022
    Value
    £237,295
    Status
    active

  • Contract 029391-2022-GMCA 538.2-2 · Rochdale TrainingSME

    Signed
    18 Oct 2022
    Value
    £110,183
    Status
    active

  • Contract 029391-2022-GMCA 538.3-3 · Salford City College

    Signed
    18 Oct 2022
    Value
    £149,752
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services GMCA Offices, 1st Floor, Churchgate House, 56 Oxford Street, Manchester, UK, M1 6EUContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland )Review body London
  • The High Court LondonReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

3 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.