Tender

Pathways to Work - Targeted Employment Support for Ethnic Minority Groups in Sheffield

  • Sheffield City Council

F21: Social and other specific services – public contracts (contract notice)

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-004637

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04ddec

Published 11 February 2025, 6:16pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Sheffield City Council

Town Hall, Pinstone Street,

Sheffield

S1 2HH

Email

procurement@sheffield.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1142057397

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

National registration number

(GB) 173 5488 38

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://sheffield.gov.uk

Buyer's address

https://yortender.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/104130

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=90263&B=UK

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=90263&B=UK

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Pathways to Work - Targeted Employment Support for Ethnic Minority Groups in Sheffield

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 79611000 - Job search services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Opportunity Sheffield seeks proposals which can address the particular engagement, employability, and progression to work challenges faced by residents within Sheffield’s ethnic minority communities, with sharp focus on those who are economically inactive. Providers will need to offer specialist interventions to help participants overcome personal and/or circumstantial barriers to the labour market. These interventions will be tailored to target participants. This project will be seeking to award four contracts with a max. budget of £85,000 each. Successful providers will be able access a pooled budget of estimated £30-85,000 for the evidenced delivery of outcomes above the contracted target (this budget is not included in the estimated total value in this advertisement and subject to availability). This project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Economic Inactivity Trailblazer funds.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £340,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 85322000 - Community action programme

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKE32 - Sheffield

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Opportunity Sheffield seeks proposals which can address the particular engagement, employability, and progression to work challenges faced by residents within Sheffield’s ethnic minority communities, with sharp focus on those who are economically inactive. Providers will need to offer specialist interventions to help participants overcome personal and/or circumstantial barriers to the labour market. These interventions will be tailored to target participants. This project will be seeking to award four contracts with a max. budget of £85,000 each. This project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Economic Inactivity Trailblazer funds.

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £340,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract or the framework agreement

Duration in months

12

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Form of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.11) Main features of the award procedure

It is anticipated that four contracts will be awarded to four individual bidders based on score (most economically advantageous tender).

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

4 March 2025

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English


Section six. Complementary information

six.2) Information about electronic workflows

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Sheffield City Council

Sheffield Town Hall, Pinstone Street,

Sheffield

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.sheffield.gov.uk

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

Sheffield City Council

Sheffield Town Hall, Pinstone Street,

Sheffield

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.sheffield.gov.uk

six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Sheffield City Council

Sheffield Town Hall, Pinstone Street,

Sheffield

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://www.sheffield.gov.uk