Skills Bootcamps

A Contract Award Notice
by CORNWALL COUNCIL

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Contract ()
Duration: not specified
Value: £1M

Sector: MISCELLANEOUS
Published: 17 Jun 2025
Delivery: not specified
Deadline: n/a

Concepts

Location

Geochart for 1 buyers and 8 suppliers

1 buyer

Cornwall Council Truro

8 suppliers

Blue Screen IT Truro
Cornwall College St Austell
Digital Peninsula Network Cornwall
I&F Preston
Plymouth City Council Plymouth
Shoots Training Southbourne
Truro & Penwith College Truro
Ytko Goffs Oak

Description

Skills Bootcamps provide bespoke training to bridge existing skills gaps within high demand industry sectors, to support rapid training into higher-paid and sustainable job roles for sectors with evidenced vacancies From April 2025, Cornwall Council will act as the accountable body for the delivery of Skills Bootcamps under a grant agreement funded by the Department for Education as part of the National Skills Fund. This notice relates to the direct award of a four-month contract (April to July 2025) for the continued delivery of Skills Bootcamps by existing training providers who were previously contracted under a Devon County Council-led programme (in which Cornwall Council was a collaborator). These providers have since been re-contracted by Devon County Council and will now deliver under Cornwall Council's contract.

Award Detail

1	Blue Screen IT (Truro) Skills Bootcamps Reference: 1 Value: £1,070,254 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers.
2	Cornwall College (St Austell) Skills Bootcamps Reference: 1 Value: £1,070,254 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers.
3	Digital Peninsula Network (Cornwall) Skills Bootcamps Reference: 1 Value: £1,070,254 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers.
4	I&F (Preston) Skills Bootcamps Reference: 1 Value: £1,070,254 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers.
5	Plymouth City Council (Plymouth) Skills Bootcamps Reference: 1 Value: £1,070,254 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers.
6	Shoots Training (Southbourne) Skills Bootcamps Reference: 1 Value: £1,070,254 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers.
7	Truro & Penwith College (Truro) Skills Bootcamps Reference: 1 Value: £1,070,254 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers.
8	Ytko (Goffs Oak) Skills Bootcamps Reference: 1 Value: £1,070,254 [share] Awarded to group of suppliers.

CPV Codes

None found

Indicators

Legal Justification

Direct awards justified pursuant to Schedule 5 paragraph 13 on the basis that the services to be supplied are necessary for reasons of unavoidable urgency as confirmation of the Skills Bootcamps grant award was only received by the Cornwall Council on 20th February 2025 which meant that the contracts to commence in April 2025 could not be awarded on the basis of a competitive tendering procedure.