Contract

GMCA 959 Adult Skills Level 3 Targeted Offer

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-026980

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-049350

Published 23 August 2024, 10:25am

Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

GMCA Offices, 1st Floor, Churchgate House, 56 Oxford Street

Manchester

M1 6EU

Contact

Ms Emily Taylor

Email

ewsframework@greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKD3 - Greater Manchester

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.manchesterfire.gov.uk/

Buyer's address

http://www.manchesterfire.gov.uk/

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

GMCA 959 Adult Skills Level 3 Targeted Offer

Reference number

DN719708

two.1.2) Main CPV code

80000000 - Education and training services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is looking to procure adult skills Level 3 activity under the devolved Adult Education Budget (AEB) and the national Free Courses for Jobs Level 3 offer, using its ‘single pot’ approach for the 2024/25 academic year with the option to extend for a further 12 months, subject to GMCA receiving and approving continued funding as it transitions to a Single Settlement for adult skills.

The intent of the GM’s Adult Skills Level 3 targeted offer is:

• To support the priorities of the Greater Manchester Strategy 2021 – 2031 good lives for all:

Greater Manchester is a great place to grow up, get on and grow old; a great place to invest, do business, visit and study to become:

• A greener Greater Manchester: responding to the climate emergency.

• A fairer Greater Manchester: addressing inequalities and improving wellbeing for all

• A more prosperous Greater Manchester: driving local and UK growth.

• To develop the occupational competences needed to progress further in learning, work or careers, on courses aligned to Greater Manchester’s key growth and foundational occupational areas and the sector skills shortages highlighted in the GM Local Skills Improvement Plan.

• To improve the skills of residents and be more productive or retrain to find a better job supporting in-work progression for adults into higher level careers, adapting to changing employer needs.

• Target occupational skills gaps to support our business needs, providing employers with a locally skilled workforce.

GM’s Adult Skills Level 3 Targeted Offer incorporates two funding streams under one single pot:

• An allocation of funding from GM’s core devolved Adult Education Budget for targeted Level 3 delivery, and

• GMs devolved ringfenced allocation from the national Free Courses for Jobs Level 3 offer.

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: £4,800,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes

UKD3 - Greater Manchester

two.2.4) Description of the procurement