Awarded contract

WMCA Adult Education Skills Programmes Procurement

Details

Value
£1,000,000,000
Duration
10 years
Published
6 July 2022

Tender description

Additional skills funding has been delegated from the Department of Education (DfE) to the WMCA. The aim is to secure packages of service provision. To deliver this service provision, the WMCA is proposing to launch a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for a duration of up to 10 years with a value of approximately £200million, but the range may be subject to change during the course of the DPS. The DPS will also be utilised to procure service providers for non-funded/ funded (devolved funding or other funding streams) Adult Skills Programmes.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published6 July 2022
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date31 October 2022
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 October 2032in 6 years

About the buyer

West Midlands Combined Authority runs regional transport, growth and skills programmes for seven West Midlands councils, and buys as a local authority with its own procurement team. Transport for West Midlands, the authority's transport arm, procures local transport policy and delivery on its behalf. The Mayor and the leaders of the seven constituent councils sign off major contracts through the authority's board.

A rolling pipeline lists larger opportunities expected over the next eighteen months.

Over the past 5 years, most of the West Midlands Combined Authority's contract awards have been in architectural and engineering services, business services and IT services.

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