Expired contract

DurhamWorks (DurhamDirections) - Functional Skills Qualifications

Details

Value
£276,900
Duration
10 months
Topic
Education and training services
Published
15 December 2022

Tender description

This contract is for English, Maths and ICT functional skills qualifications to be delivered to 16-19 year olds. This project is to be funded through the European Structural & Investment Funds (ESIF) . The Council is looking to procure provision of Functional Skills Qualifications for DurhamWorks (DurhamDirections). The contract is to provide training and accreditation in the required functional skills with a view to progressing participants into employment, education or training. These programmes are for 16-24 NEET participants of County Durham. The Maximum Budget for this opportunity is £276,900. The unit rate per qualification is £1065. This opportunity is to cover 4 geographical areas as detailed in the tender documents. Only 20% of the qualifications for each area should be for ICT functional skills (13 per geographical area) DurhamWorks (DurhamDirections) is looking for one provider per geographical area who can deliver 65 functional skills qualifications (per geographical area) to 16-19 year old participants who are Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET)/unemployed. Bidders can bid for one or more geographical areas and are encouraged to do so. Tender Documents can be accessed free of charge at www.nepo.org utilising reference DN637295 Additional information: Tender Documents can be accessed free of charge at www.nepo.org utilising reference DN637295

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published15 December 2022
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date1 January 2023
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date31 October 2023

About the buyer

Durham County Council delivers local government services across County Durham, and buys as a local authority with its own corporate procurement team. Tenders and quotations are handled through the NEPO OPEN Portal, the council's online etendering system. Larger opportunities also appear on the government's Find a Tender Service under the Procurement Act 2023. Durham is one of twelve north-east councils sourcing goods and services through the North East Procurement Organisation. Specialist professional services can be sourced through the Bloom NEPRO framework across nineteen categories. The council also procures on behalf of additional public bodies beyond Durham itself.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Durham County Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, construction work and transport equipment.

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  • 80000000 · Education and training services

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