CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

WDT 253 - More Than Just Words & the Active Offer

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

Blaenau Gwent & Caerphilly County Borough Councils provide a joint Workforce Development service for the whole Social Care Sector within Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly geographical boundaries. Learning and development opportunities are provided to all staff working within the Social Care Sector in Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly.

The Blaenau Gwent Caerphilly Workforce Development Team is seeking to enter into a contract for the training provision of More Than Just Words & the Active Offer

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=130880

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

The Blaenau Gwent Caerphilly Workforce Development Team is seeking to enter a contract for the training provision of More than Just Words & The Active Offer

The training requirement you are invited to tender for is aimed at all Social Care Staff

Project Specification

The training opportunity you are invited to tender aims to raise awareness of More Than Just Words including the importance of the Active Offer and how working bilingually can improve the experience of individuals and families supported.

Learning outcomes:

• Describe the history, policy, legislation, and frameworks of the Welsh language.

• Summarise the More than Just Words Strategic Framework & Active Offer

• Identify the roles and responsibilities of all workers within the organisation can play in making sure the Active Offer is Implemented

• Discuss the impact working bilingually using Welsh can make for individuals and families supported by care

• Demonstrate how introducing the Welsh language and culture can be introduced in everyday work when assessing or supporting people in the Social Care Sector

• Outline resources available to support people in learning Welsh.

DELIVERABLES

A minimum of four (4) sessions and a maximum of thirty (30) to be delivered between June 2023 and March 2026.

The course is no more than half day in duration although could be covered in less time.

Number of participants per course is up to 30 people.

This course can be delivered via the classroom or webinar on Microsoft Teams

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

This Procurement exercise is being run by the Authority's e-tendering portal Bravo Solutions https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk.

Tender documents are only available via the Bravo Solutions portal and by no other means. Companies must be registered on the Bravo Solutions portal to gain access to documents. Registration to this site is free of charge.

Tender documents are accessible up until the 10th May 2023 clarifications allowed until 17:00 on the 3rd May 2023

Deadlines for submissions being 12 noon on the 10th May 2023

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

itt_1012342

4.3

Time Limits

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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

Welsh

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:130880)

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice