Skills Bootcamps - Wave 5

A Contract Award Notice
by CAMBRIDGESHIRE & PETERBOROUGH COMBINED AUTHORITY

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
not specified
Value
£29K-£531K
Sector
PROFESSIONAL
Published
29 Jan 2025
Delivery
not specified
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

Peterborough:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 12 suppliers

Description

The Combined Authority awarded service contract/s to multiple suppliers with a principal purpose of engaging adults aged 19 and above to provide them with the required knowledge and skills that will enable them to enter, and/or gain employment; apprenticeship/traineeship; or progress their employment with their existing employer; or progress their self-employment through the provision of Skills Bootcamps in accordance with the following requirements. Provision of high-quality and in-demand Level 3-5 (or equivalent and unless otherwise stated in the specification) training across the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Area. Skills Bootcamps aim to secure benefits for adults 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: o to deliver flexible training programmes lasting up to 16 weeks, based on local 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 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. o 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. o to address the needs of local employers and the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough 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. o 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 Lots 1d, 3a, 3b and 3c were not awarded

Total Quantity or Scope

The Combined Authority awarded service contract/s to multiple suppliers with a principal purpose of delivering Wave Five Skills Bootcamp provision by engaging adults aged 19 and above to provide them with the required knowledge and skills that will enable them to enter, and/or gain employment; apprenticeship/traineeship; or progress their employment with their existing employer; or progress their self-employment through the provision of Skills Bootcamps. The Authority used the Open Procedure for this project in accordance with the requirements of Regulation 27, PCRs2015. This is a single-stage process which addresses the mandatory and discretionary exclusions (through the completion of the part 1 & 2 SSQ) and quality assessments as a single stage. The Process was managed on the Due North/Pro-Contract Portal, hosted by Bid-Eastern.

Award Detail

1 Cogrammar (London)
  • Reference: 002903-2025-lots 1a, 1b, 1c, 7a, 8a, 8b and 8c-3
  • Value: £531,250
2 College of West Anglia (Norfolk)
  • Reference: 002903-2025-lots 2a, 3f, 4a and 6b-4
  • Value: £139,000
3 Duplex Business Services (Nottingham)
  • Reference: 002903-2025-lots 6a, 6b, 6c and 6d-5
  • Value: £304,000
4 Pect (Peterborough)
  • Reference: 002903-2025-6
  • Value: £52,500
5 Retrofit Academy CIC (Stafford)
  • Reference: 002903-2025-7
  • Value: £29,450
6 3Counties Accounts Training Service (Grantham)
  • Reference: 002903-2025-8
  • Value: £108,000
7 Construction Skills People (Chesterfield)
  • Reference: 002903-2025-9
  • Value: £140,000
8 Unique Training Solutions (Hertfordshire)
  • Reference: 002903-2025-lots 9a and 9b-10
  • Value: £196,000
9 Oxford Energy Academy (Witney)
  • Reference: 002903-2025-11
  • Value: £45,500
10 Equalengineers (London)
  • Reference: 002903-2025-12
  • Value: £45,000
11 Ytko (Enfield)
  • Reference: 002903-2025-13
  • Value: £107,849
12 Think Employment (Lincolnshire)
  • Reference: 002903-2025-14
  • Value: £99,572

Award Criteria

Quality 70
price 30

CPV Codes

  • 80000000 - Education and training services
  • 80500000 - Training services

Other Information

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Reference

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