Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
WYCC
WYCC c/o Leeds City College Technology Campus Cookridge Street
Leeds
LS2 1AA
UK
Contact person: Georgia Williams
E-mail: procurement@westyorkshirecolleges.ac.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.westyorkshirecolleges.co.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/wycc
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/wycc
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
The Skills Service Framework May 2019
Reference number: WYCCFP_SS_32
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Invitation The West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges (WYCC) is inviting applications from training providers to increase capacity of The Skills Service to meet the skills needs of SMEs in the Leeds City Region. Sectors Successful providers will enhance The Skills Service’s existing offer to businesses by providing in-demand training to employees within the following sectors:
— creative and digital,
— finance and business,
— hospitality and tourism,
— low carbon and construction,
— manufacturing and engineering,
— medical technology,
— transport and logistics.
This training will be part-funded by the European Social Fund (ESF). The Skills Catalogue Training provision procured through this process will be added to The Skills Service Catalogue and promoted to businesses. Evaluation Applicants will be appraised and evaluated based on the Technical Submission/Application Form (60 %) and Pricing Schedule (40 %).
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
300 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKE
Main site or place of performance:
Leeds City Region.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Invitation The West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges (WYCC) is inviting applications from training providers to increase capacity of The Skills Service to meet the skills needs of SMEs in the Leeds City Region. This training will be part-funded by the European Social Fund (ESF). Skills category WYCC is seeking providers to deliver training in the following skill categories: accounting and finance, business skills, catering and hospitality, computing and IT, construction, customer service, digital and creative, education and training, health and safety, human resources, leadership and management, manufacturing, procurement and logistics, quality and compliance, sales and marketing as well as technical training. The Skills Catalogue Training provision procured through this process will be added to The Skills Service Catalogue and promoted to businesses. Evaluation of applications Applicants will be appraised and evaluated based on the Technical Submission/Application Form (60 %) and Pricing Schedule (40 %).
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
3 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/07/2019
End:
31/03/2020
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
Yes
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with several operators.
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 50
Justification for any framework agreement duration exceeding 4 years: This Framework will run to 31/03/2020
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
03/06/2019
Local time: 17:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
03/06/2019
Local time: 17:01
Place:
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges (WYCC)
Leeds
LS2 1AA
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/04/2019