Provision of Wave 6 and Wave 7 Skills Bootcamps

Concepts

• carlisle
• training services
• skills bootcamps
• wave
• wave 6 skills bootcamps
• bootcamps
• furness council
• cumberland council
• cumbria
• current expenditure

Location

Cumbria:

Description

Enterprising Cumbria is the newly established body working to boost economic development across the county of Cumbria, supported by our two local authorities Cumberland Council and Westmorland & Furness Council. We are investing over 60 million in the Cumbrian economy by tackling barriers against sustainable growth and supporting job creation for the future prosperity of communities across Cumbria. Enterprising Cumbria will be at the forefront of activities to drive forward our regional economy, working to support the objectives of our local authorities, businesses and local people, to make sure that Cumbria is seen as a great place to live and work. Our pipeline of projects and significant investment packages are creating and safeguarding thousands of jobs, providing modern new business space and levering in millions of pounds of additional private sector investment. Description of the Project Enterprising Cumbria has been appointed by the DFE to manage the delivery of the local elements of Wave 6 Skills Bootcamps in Cumbria. Enterprising Cumbria is now seeking to appoint organisations to deliver the training for these Skills Bootcamps, within Cumbria, for the financial year of 2025/26. Subject to funding, this will also include appointing organisations to deliver training for the financial year 2026/27 – Wave 7. The estimated value for this 2 year Framework is £4,850,000 Details of current expenditure are indicative only and the Council does not guarantee any spend against this Framework. The Services have been divided into the following work packages (Lots): Lot 1 - LOGISTICS HGV Lot 2 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT Lot 3 - SALES, MARKETING AND PROCUREMENT Lot 4 - CONSTRUCTION Lot 5 - DIGITAL Lot 6 - ENGNEERING & MANUFACTURING Lot 7 OTHER

Lot Division

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 80500000 - Training services

Indicators

• Restrictions apply to the lot award allocation.
• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

This contract will be tendered in 7 lots. Suppliers will be able to tender for one, more than one, or all Lots. Please see the Tender Documents for further information available via The Chest. https://www.the-chest.org.uk. Reference is DN759842. For support using the Chest, please contact Proactis, using the Supplier Support area. For clarifications, please ensure all correspondence is via The Chest using the messages area. The contract term is a maximum of 2 years ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Suppliers wishing to express an interest and obtain access to the tender documents should go to www.the-chest.org.uk and click on current opportunities from the navigation area on the left of the screen. On the next screen enter the contract Reference (DN759842) in the box labelled 'contains' then click search. Click on the Blue link for the contract title to view the opportunity. To express an interest you will need to login. If you are not already registered on the www.the-chest.org.uk you will need to return to the home page and click on Register. Register FREE link in the navigation area on the left of the screen. Registration is free of charge and your username and password will be emailed to you. Cumberland Council is fully supportive of all aspects of diversity including ethnicity, race, religion, age, disability and sexual orientation. In this respect Cumberland Council welcomes expressions of interest from ethnic minority, disabled and other diverse business communities and the voluntary sector. Economic operators are therefore required to fully comply with all statutory obligations/applicable legislation and there will be a requirement to participate in the Authority's supplier audits on all aspects of diversity. The Contracting Authority expressly reserves the right: (i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and (ii) to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition; and in no circumstances will the Contracting Authority be liable for any costs incurred by the candidates. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of potential suppliers. The contracting authority reserve the right to use any electronic portal during the life of the agreement.