Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Department for Education
Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
Jack.MILLWARD@education.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Emerging Skills Project in Electrification
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 80000000 - Education and training services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
‘Emerging Skills’ are defined as those related to ‘Emerging Technologies’ and
necessary to exploit their application in industry as they become widespread. The
technologies themselves may have existed for some time or be cutting-edge, but
their diffusion into industry is at an early stage, with low take-up ahead of widescale adoption. Examples include industrial digitalisation technologies such as
additive manufacturing, robotics, AI, electrification and advanced materials.
Following January’s Skills for Jobs White Paper, we launched the first Emerging
Skills Project in partnership with the High Value Manufacturing Catapult and the
Institutes of Technology. This project uses the Skills Value Chain approach to
stimulate the adoption of cutting-edge skills in a given sector. The Skills Value
Chain is made up of three core activities, delivered collaboratively in succession:
• Foresighting, an activity that forecasts emerging skills in a sector and identifies
the gap in current provision and future need.
• Development of open license training content to meet the gaps identified in
foresighting.
• Skills Diffusion, which consists of:
o ‘Train the trainer’ days.
o Provision of no-charge trainee days to upskill employees in the new emerging
skills training content.
In addition to announcing the first Emerging Skills Project, the White Paper also
explored whether this Skills Value Chain approach can be used in other emerging
skills areas and to support Government priorities such as net zero. The focus for
this second, net-zero project, is electrification. This project will provide some of
the skills needed to deliver Point 4 of the Government’s ten-point plan for a Green
Industrial Revolution – accelerating the shift to zero emission vehicles
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £1,300,404
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This procurement exercise is to put in place a contract to deliver the second two activities of the Skills Value Chain.
The first activity, foresighting, will be delivered under a separate agreement.
The services required are:
1. Development of short courses to meet emerging skills needs in electrification using the outputs from foresighting conducted in the Summer 2021.
2. Training and other necessary support of teaching staff in chosen providers to teach the courses developed at (1) through ‘train the trainer’ training days.
3. Delivery of courses developed at (1) to learner through the upskilling days for employees in the sector.
As the Skills Value Chain requires collaboration between organisations, we would expect bids to demonstration collaborative working.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
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) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2021/S 000-014893
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23 July 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The High Value Manufacturing Catapult
The Regus Building, Blythe Valley Business Park, Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands, B90 8AG
Solihull
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £1,300,404
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Department for Education
London
Country
United Kingdom