CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

2 Contract Details

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Title

Economic Growth Strategy and Action Plan

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Description of the contract

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council has appointed a contractor to provide the following services

There will be four components of work that will need to be undertaken as part of the commission:

1. Amalgamate the findings identified within the Skills Review into the current draft Economic Growth Strategy Document (action plan)

2. Identify the indicators on a two tier level – firstly, the high level indicators higher strategic population levels that have been identified within the current draft Economic Growth Strategy and secondly, the programme level / local level indicators that the local authority have achieved / aspire to achieve. For the local indicators, benchmarking against other local authority areas will be important therefore indicators need to reflect what other areas are recording – particularly in relation to ESF Programmes / Work Programmes including Work Programme outputs and DWP Work Choice programmes and all Enterprise/Business support programmes, national and locally

3. Identify what programmes are currently being implemented (particularly the ESF funded programmes) and what the current gaps in delivery are. Based on these findings outline a new programme / policy in future, potentially through new opportunities such as the City Deal.

4. Develop a scheme of a local operating model to underpin the delivery of the Economic Growth Strategy identifying its key components, delivery work strands and any gaps and requisite remedial action to address these including proposed new project/programme development. It is anticipated there would be a need to link work strands directly to the strategic cornerstones identified in the skills needs action plan and identify how these specifically support the delivery of the Economic Growth Strategy. It is expected that this will include coverage of issues related to Economic Development, Inward Investment, Skills, Education and Training, Education 14+ plus links to the local Poverty strategy.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Estimated Total Value

3 Procedure

3.1

Type of Procedure

4 Award of Contract

4.1

Successful Bidders

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Name and Address of successful supplier, contractor or service provider

5 Other Information

5.1

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

MTCBC/EGP/AP 2016

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Date of Contract Award

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Number of tenders received

4

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Other Information

(WA Ref:54473)

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice: