Greater Manchester Skills for Employment Pilot Programme

Employment support services for the unemployed in Greater Manchester.

United Kingdom-Coventry: Adult and other education services

2015/S 144-266423

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Skills Funding Agency
Cheylesmore House, Quinton Road
CV1 2WT Coventry
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: procurementhelp@sfa.bis.gov.uk

Internet address(es):

General address of the contracting authority: As above

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

I.3)Main activity

Education

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Greater Manchester Skills for Employment Pilot Programme.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
Service category No 24: Education and vocational education services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Greater Manchester, England.

NUTS code UKD3

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves a public contract

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The Greater Manchester Skills for Employment Pilot Programme (the Programme) is intended to provide unemployed adults aged 19+ (or 18+ if in receipt of out of work benefits) who face multiple barriers to entering the labour market with the right level of skills, employability and wrap around support that they need to improve their chances of gaining sustainable employment including apprenticeships.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

80400000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

In order to ensure a consistent delivery model across the area and to allow the impact of the pilot to be tested, the SFA intends to award a single contract for delivery of this pilot.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 5 750 000 and 23 000 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

II.2.3)Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Duration in months: 46 (from the award of the contract)

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

The Skills Funding Agency’s main terms and conditions will apply regarding finance and payment arrangements.

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Organisations must be a legal entity in order to be awarded a contract.

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: yes
Description of particular conditions: Contractual performance will be reviewed by the SFA in October 2016 to determine whether ESF funding will be made available to continue the service. This is also subject to the agreement of the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership.

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: This procurement is open only to Suppliers who have submitted a successful application to the Register of Training Organisations refresh in July 2015 and indicated in their application that they wish to deliver skills for the unemployed related provision in the Greater Manchester area.
Instructions:
How to access this Tender:
— Login to the portal with the username/password,
— Click on the relevant ITT to access the content,
— Click the ‘Express Interest’ button at the top of the page,
— This will move the ITT into your ‘My PQQs/ My ITTs’ page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only),
— You can now access any attachments by clicking ‘Buyer Attachments’ in the ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’ box,
Responding to the tender:
— Click ‘My Response’ under ‘PQQ/ ITT Details’, you can choose to ‘Create Response’ or to ‘Decline to Respond’ (please give a reason if declining),
— You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification,
— Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the ITT,
— There may be a mixture of online and offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available).
You must then submit your reply using the ‘Submit Response’ button at the top of the page. If you require any further assistance please consult the online help or contact the e-tendering help desk.

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: The Skills Funding Agency’s financial health assessment process will be followed. Information can be found on: SFA financial health assessment — http://publications.gov.uk

III.2.3)Technical capacity

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Restricted

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Organisations must have made a successful application to the register of training organisations refresh which closed on 3.7.2015 and indicated in their application to the register that they want to deliver skills provision to unemployed individuals.

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

11.9.2015 – 17:00

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: yes
Reference to project(s) and/or programme(s): ESF, the SFA will carry out a review of the Contractor’s performance in October 2016 to determine whether ESF Funding will be made available to pay for the Services. The Contractor will be required to have delivered 80 % of its Delivery Profile for starts, progression and outcomes. The SFA may at its discretion reduce the percentage of delivery required.

VI.3)Additional information

The maximum duration of this contract is 46 months, dependent on contract performance as described in Section VI.2) above.
The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-tendering system in this procurement exercise.

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

23.7.2015