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# Tender for the Provision of Services to Encourage, Enable & Assist Young People to Participate in Education & Training

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-the-provision-of-services-to-encourage-enable-assist-young-people-to-participat-ocds-h6vhtk-02f3b0). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Halton Borough Council: "Tender for the Provision of Services to Encourage, Enable & Assist Young People to Participate in Education & Training". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 1 Dec 2021, 14:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.the-chest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Halton Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/halton-borough-council-ons-e06000006)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 1 December 2021 at 14:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD7
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £3,264,871 (exc. VAT, 3 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02f3b0`

## Before you bid
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- **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/tender-for-the-provision-of-services-to-encourage-enable-assist-young-people-to-participat-ocds-h6vhtk-02f3b0#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [the-chest.org.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-chest.org.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-the-provision-of-services-to-encourage-enable-assist-young-people-to-participat-ocds-h6vhtk-02f3b0#participate

## Description
Local authorities have a statutory duty to encourage, enable and assist young people to participate in education and training, with a particular focus on young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) and vulnerable young people.
Halton Borough Council, on behalf of Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council and Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council seeks to commission a supplier, or suppliers to deliver the following Schedules in all of the council areas, these Schedules form part of the range of support services that will enable the Authorities to carry out their statutory duties with regard to young people.
Schedule 1: Engagement Work
Schedule 2: Careers Information Advice and Guidance
Schedule 3: Careers Coaches

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Engagement Work
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** The Supplier will support the Authorities’ duties and address the specialist requirements at an authority level for young people who are NEET and whose activity is not known.
The Supplier’s staff as directed by the local authority will as a minimum:
...

### Lot 2: Careers Information Advice and Guidance
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** The Supplier will offer appropriate in depth careers information, advice and guidance (IAG) which supports the Authorities’ duties and addresses the specialist requirements at an authority level for young people from vulnerable groups.
The Supplier’s...

### Lot 3: Careers Coaches
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** The Supplier will support the Authorities’ duties and address the specialist requirements at an authority level for young people from vulnerable groups.
The Supplier’s staff will, as a minimum:
-Deliver a service across the participating authorities ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (3)
- **Award:** Engagement Work (active)
  - Award id: `011284-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Career Connect**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-133515`
  - Value: £740,382 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Careers Information Advice and Guidance (active)
  - Award id: `011284-2022-2`
  - Supplier(s): **Career Connect**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-133515`
  - Value: £976,387 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Careers Coaches (active)
  - Award id: `011284-2022-3`
  - Supplier(s): **Career Connect**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-133515`
  - Value: £1,548,102 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (3)
- **Contract:** Engagement Work (active)
  - Signed Value: £740,382
  - Signed Date: 21/03/2022

- **Contract:** Careers Information Advice and Guidance (active)
  - Signed Value: £976,387
  - Signed Date: 21/03/2022

- **Contract:** Careers Coaches (active)
  - Signed Value: £1,548,102
  - Signed Date: 21/03/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011284-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-05-02T07:54:18.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T12:02:30.098Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02f3b0