Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
WYCC
WYCC c/o Leeds City College Technology Campus Cookridge Street
Leeds
UK
Contact person: Georgia Williams
E-mail: procurement@westyorkshirecolleges.ac.uk
NUTS: UKE4
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/wycc/aspx/Home
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/wycc/aspx/Home
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
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Higher Performing Workplaces – Skills
Reference number: WYCC_HPWS_34
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80500000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges (WYCC), is inviting applications from providers to deliver training programmes for SME employers and their employees in the Leeds City Region. HPW aims to:
— improve staff motivation, leadership, communication and teamwork,
— increase staff retention,
— enhance employee involvement and commitment,
— ensure higher levels of financial performance WYCC is seeking providers across the following lots:
1) Interventions for export and innovation to enable SMEs to access new markets;
2) Innovative working and employment practices;
3) Leadership skills with specific interventions to support female employees to narrow the gender gap in leadership positions;
4) Development of effective HR practices.
Training will be 40 % part funded by the European Social Fund (ESF), enabling employers to access quality training at a reduced cost. Applicants will be appraised and evaluated based on the technical submission (70 %) and value (30 %).
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKE4
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges (WYCC), through their Higher Performing Workplaces (HPW) project, is inviting applications from providers to deliver training programmes for SME employers and their employees in the Leeds City Region. HPW aims to:
— improve staff motivation, leadership, communication and teamwork,
— increase staff retention,
— enhance employee involvement and commitment,
— ensure higher levels of financial performance
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
06/12/2019
End:
30/09/2021
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.1.8) 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:
08/11/2019
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:
08/11/2019
Local time: 17:30
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
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
17/10/2019