CONTRACT NOTICE – OFFICIAL JOURNAL

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1)

Name, Address and Contact Point(s)

I.2)

Type of contracting Authority and Main Activity or Activities

Other (Please specify) Local Enterprise Partnership

General public services Defence Public order and safety Environment Economic and financial affairs Health Housing and community amenities Social protection Recreation, culture and religion Education

Section II: Object of the Contract

II.1)

Description

II.1.1)

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority

II.1.2(a))

Type of works contract

II.1.2(b))

Type of supplies contract

II.1.2(c))

Type of service contract

II.1.2)

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or performance

II.1.3)

This notice involves

A public contract
The setting up of a Dynamic Purchasing System
The establishment of a framework agreement

II.1.4)

Information on framework agreement (if applicable)

Framework agreement with a single operators
Framework agreement with several operators

Number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged

Duration of the framework agreement

Justification for a framework agreement the duration of which exceeds four years

Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement

Frequency and value of the contracts to be awarded

II.1.5)

Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

The Enterprise adviser network and Careers Hub are intended to inspire and motivate young people and support them to make informed choices about their future. This is achieved by working with senior leaders in education to develop effective careers strategies. The funding is for activities related to this partnership working and is not to be substituted into existing or planned activities.

The role of the Enterprise coordinator is to work with local businesses to secure volunteer Enterprise advisers to each work with a local secondary school or college. The Enterprise adviser Network and Careers Hub will enable high calibre volunteers to work directly with the senior leadership team in secondary schools and colleges to support more effective connection to the world of work and develop, shape or add value to the school or college’s careers, enterprise and employer engagement strategy.

There are already 100+ schools signed up to the City Region’s Enterprise adviser network. Enterprise coordinators will be required to maintain and further develop these relationships, specifically working with between 10-22 schools as indicated. They will also be required to support the growth of the Network, increasing the total number of schools actively engaged with a target of all City Region schools having access to an Enterprise Adviser by 2020.

Through the Enterprise adviser Network, Careers Hub and existing relationships with employers, it is intended that the offer from employers to schools will increase so that in time every young person should be able to access work related interventions at multiple points as they progress through their schooling. Enterprise coordinators are expected to have knowledge and understanding of the range of programmes and activities available to schools.

Please note that we expect delivery partners to have regard to the general requirements for DBS checks and other appropriate controls for staff working in schools or with pupils. We expect all Enterprise coordinators and Enterprise advisers to have such checks.

II.1.6)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

II.1.7)

Contract covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

II.1.8)

Division into lots

one lot only

one or more lots

all lots

II.1.9)

Will variants be accepted

II.2)

Quantity or Scope of the Contract

II.2.1)

Total quantity or scope

II.2.2)

Options

Provisional timetable for recourse to these options

Number of possible renewals

In the case of renewable supplies or service contracts, estimated time frame for subsequent contracts

II.3)

Duration of the contract or limit for completion

Section III: Legal, Economic, Financial and Technical Information

III.1)

Conditions Relating to the Contract

III.1.1)

Deposits and guarantees required

Supplier must contribute 50 % match

III.1.2)

Main Terms of financing and payment and/or reference to the relevant provisions

Supplier must contribute 50 % match

III.1.3)

Legal form to be taken by the grouping of suppliers, contractors or service providers to whom the contract is to be awarded

III.1.4)

Other particular conditions to which the performance of the contract is subject

Supplier must contribute 50 % match

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Type of Procedure

Open		Restricted
Accelerated restricted		Negotiated
Accelerated negotiated		Competitive dialogue

Justification for the choice of accelerated procedure

IV.1.1)

Have candidates already been selected?

IV.1.2)

Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates

IV.1.3)

Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

IV.2)

Award Criteria

IV.2.2)

An electronic auction will be used

IV.3 Administrative Information

IV.3.1)

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

CEC003

IV.3.2)

Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

Prior Information Notice
Notice on a Buyer Profile

Other previous publications

IV.3.3)

Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents

IV.3.4)

Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

IV.3.5)

Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)

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

IV.3.7)

Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender 

IV.3.8)

Conditions for opening tenders

Section VI: Other Information

VI.1)

Indicate whether this procurement is a recurrent one and the Estimated timing for further notices to be published

VI.2)

Does the contract relate to a Project/Programme financed by Community Funds?

VI.3)

Additional Information

VI.4)

Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)

Body responsible for appeal procedures

Body responsible for mediation procedures

VI.4.2)

Lodging of appeals
Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals:

VI.4.3)

Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

VI.5)

Dispatch date of this Notice

ANNEX A

Additional Addresses and Contact Points

I)

Address and contact points from which further information can be obtained

II)

Address and contact points from which specifications and additional documentation may be obtained

III)

Address and contact points to which Tenders/Requests to Participate must be sent

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

The Enterprise adviser network and Careers Hub are intended to inspire and motivate young people and support them to make informed choices about their future. This is achieved by working with senior leaders in education to develop effective careers strategies. The funding is for activities related to this partnership working and is not to be substituted into existing or planned activities.

The role of the Enterprise coordinator is to work with local businesses to secure volunteer Enterprise advisers to each work with a local secondary school or college. The Enterprise adviser network and Careers Hub will enable high calibre volunteers to work directly with the senior leadership team in secondary schools and colleges to support more effective connection to the world of work and develop, shape or add value to the school or college’s careers, enterprise and employer engagement strategy.

There are already 100+ schools signed up to the City Region’s Enterprise adviser network. Enterprise coordinators will be required to maintain and further develop these relationships, specifically working with between 10-22 schools as indicated. They will also be required to support the growth of the Network, increasing the total number of schools actively engaged with a target of all City Region schools having access to an Enterprise adviser by 2020.

Through the Enterprise adviser network, Careers Hub and existing relationships with employers, it is intended that the offer from employers to schools will increase so that in time every young person should be able to access work related interventions at multiple points as they progress through their schooling. Enterprise coordinators are expected to have knowledge and understanding of the range of programmes and activities available to schools.

Please note that we expect delivery partners to have regard to the general requirements for DBS checks and other appropriate controls for staff working in schools or with pupils. We expect all Enterprise coordinators and Enterprise advisers to have such checks.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Together with the Government backed Careers and enterprise company (CEC), the Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) understands the benefit of increasing the number of opportunities for young people to get to know the world of work, understand what work is, explore their options, provide inspiration and build real confidence about their future. To achieve this, it is our ambition for stronger links between business and education to be developed and that business and enterprise programmes are embedded into schools.

To take forward this strategic priority, Liverpool City Region LEP has secured an offer of grant funding from The Careers and enterprise company to continue the successful delivery of an Enterprise adviser network into the academic years 2018/19 and 2019/20. The contract will run from 11.9.2018 to 31.8.2020.

The City Region’s Enterprise adviser network (EAN), part of the national Network, connects schools and colleges with employers and careers programme providers and supports them to work together to provide effective experiences for young people. Matched to a local school or college by a trained Enterprise coordinator (EC), volunteer Enterprise advisers (EAs) from the world of work use their knowledge of the local business landscape to support the headteacher or careers team to develop an effective careers plan that addresses the Gatsby Good Career Guidance Benchmarks and to create opportunities with business contacts in the area for their school or college’s students. The EAN focuses on school’s achievement of 2 of the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks.

In addition to the EAN the Liverpool City Region will also be a pilot area for a Careers Hub which will be delivered alongside the Enterprise adviser network.

The Careers Hub will focus on specific schools and work with them strategically to achieve all 8 Gatsby Benchmarks. Working with Universities, other education and training providers, employers and career professionals to ensure the Gatsby Benchmarks are delivered in each school and college and that careers outcomes are improved for all young people, it will be led by a Careers Hub Lead at the LEP.

To this end the LEP is looking to procure 6 Enterprise coordinators:

— 1 x EAN Senior Enterprise coordinator – to work with 10 Schools,

— 3 x EAN Enterprise coordinators – to work with 22 Schools each,

— 2 x Careers Hub Enterprise coordinators – to work with 15 Schools each.

The funding available can cover 50 % of the costs of Enterprise coordinators in the City Region. The LEP is seeking to secure, through an application process, delivery partners who demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of how best to engage and link business and education; who display a commitment to this agenda; and whom can provide match funding to match with this grant to deliver this exciting initiative.

The LEP requires delivery partners to coordinate and collaborate on this programme to maximise the benefit across Liverpool City Region schools. The Enterprise adviser network and Careers Hub complement the core values of the City Region’s Local Growth Hub https://localgrowthhub.com/about The Local Growth Hub provides a single access point for businesses to discover the advice and support they need to flourish. Organisations delivering services to support business growth as part of the Local Growth Hub are encouraged to coordinate and collaborate on the support delivered.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots

ANNEX B

Information About Lots

1)

Short Description

The Enterprise adviser network and Careers Hub are intended to inspire and motivate young people and support them to make informed choices about their future. This is achieved by working with senior leaders in education to develop effective careers strategies. The funding is for activities related to this partnership working and is not to be substituted into existing or planned activities.

The role of the Enterprise coordinator is to work with local businesses to secure volunteer Enterprise advisers to each work with a local secondary school or college. The Enterprise adviser network and Careers Hub will enable high calibre volunteers to work directly with the senior leadership team in secondary schools and colleges to support more effective connection to the world of work and develop, shape or add value to the school or college’s careers, enterprise and employer engagement strategy.

There are already 100+ schools signed up to the City Region’s Enterprise adviser network. Enterprise coordinators will be required to maintain and further develop these relationships, specifically working with between 10-22 schools as indicated. They will also be required to support the growth of the Network, increasing the total number of schools actively engaged with a target of all City Region schools having access to an Enterprise Adviser by 2020.

Through the Enterprise adviser network, Careers Hub and existing relationships with employers, it is intended that the offer from employers to schools will increase so that in time every young person should be able to access work related interventions at multiple points as they progress through their schooling. Enterprise coordinators are expected to have knowledge and understanding of the range of programmes and activities available to schools.

Please note that we expect delivery partners to have regard to the general requirements for DBS checks and other appropriate controls for staff working in schools or with pupils. We expect all Enterprise coordinators and Enterprise advisers to have such checks.

2)

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

3)

Quantity or scope

Together with the Government backed Careers and enterprise company (CEC), the Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) understands the benefit of increasing the number of opportunities for young people to get to know the world of work, understand what work is, explore their options, provide inspiration and build real confidence about their future. To achieve this, it is our ambition for stronger links between business and education to be developed and that business and enterprise programmes are embedded into schools.

To take forward this strategic priority, Liverpool City Region LEP has secured an offer of grant funding from The Careers and enterprise company to continue the successful delivery of an Enterprise adviser network into the academic years 2018/19 and 2019/20. The contract will run from 11.9.2018 to 31.8.2020.

The City Region’s Enterprise adviser network (EAN), part of the national Network, connects schools and colleges with employers and careers programme providers and supports them to work together to provide effective experiences for young people. Matched to a local school or college by a trained Enterprise coordinator (EC), volunteer Enterprise advisers (EAs) from the world of work use their knowledge of the local business landscape to support the headteacher or careers team to develop an effective careers plan that addresses the Gatsby Good Career Guidance Benchmarks and to create opportunities with business contacts in the area for their school or college’s students. The EAN focuses on school’s achievement of 2 of the 8 Gatsby Benchmarks.

In addition to the EAN the Liverpool City Region will also be a pilot area for a Careers Hub which will be delivered alongside the Enterprise adviser network.

The Careers Hub will focus on specific schools and work with them strategically to achieve all 8 Gatsby Benchmarks. Working with Universities, other education and training providers, employers and career professionals to ensure the Gatsby Benchmarks are delivered in each school and college and that careers outcomes are improved for all young people, it will be led by a Careers Hub Lead at the LEP.

To this end the LEP is looking to procure 6 Enterprise coordinators:

— 1 x EAN Senior Enterprise coordinator – to work with 10 Schools,

— 3 x EAN Enterprise coordinators – to work with 22 Schools each,

— 2 x Careers Hub Enterprise coordinators – to work with 15 Schools each.

The funding available can cover 50 % of the costs of Enterprise coordinators in the City Region. The LEP is seeking to secure, through an application process, delivery partners who demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of how best to engage and link business and education; who display a commitment to this agenda; and whom can provide match funding to match with this grant to deliver this exciting initiative.

The LEP requires delivery partners to coordinate and collaborate on this programme to maximise the benefit across Liverpool City Region schools. The Enterprise adviser network and Careers Hub complement the core values of the City Region’s Local Growth Hub https://localgrowthhub.com/about The Local Growth Hub provides a single access point for businesses to discover the advice and support they need to flourish. Organisations delivering services to support business growth as part of the Local Growth Hub are encouraged to coordinate and collaborate on the support delivered.

4)

Indication about different contract dates

5)

Additional Information about lots