13-067 Adult Community Learning.
Contract award notice
Services
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Rotherham MBC
Central Procurement Team, Resources, Riverside House, Main Street
For the attention of: Lizzy Grayson
S60 1AE Rotherham
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1709255307
E-mail:
Fax: +44 1709376285
I.2)Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.3)Main activity
General public services
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1)Description
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract
13-067 Adult Community Learning.
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Rotherham.
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Rotherham.
NUTS code UKE31
II.1.3)Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (RMBC) is commissioned by the Skills Funding Agency through the allocation of the Community Learning grant to provide a range of programmes within the community for adult learners from 19+ onwards. In response to that commission Community Learning provision, RMBC will adhere to the following principles:
a) Improve the skills, motivation, well-being and aspirations of Rotherham's most disadvantaged people who are least likely to participate, including, those on a low income and with low skills and attainment levels (especially in literacy and numeracy).
b) Support people to make progress into further learning, training and/or employment.
c) Provide inspirational and high quality teaching and learning.
d) Build capacity within communities to increase access and opportunities for Rotherham's most disadvantaged people and those who cannot afford to pay for learning.
e) Commission and fund opportunities based upon fairness and transparency and the delivery of quantifiable outcomes against contractual targets.
f) Create a stable Community Learning provider base to best serve Rotherham's most vulnerable people.
Delivery should be designed to meet these needs and to be delivered within the local community in liaison with local learning partnerships.
Expressions of interest are invited from suitably experienced organisations wishing to tender to act as providers within the commissioning framework
This tender exercise will establish which organisations have the capability and capacity to act as providers under the 19+ Adult Safeguarding themes. There will be strict criteria for judging tenders against financial stability, quality record, staff establishment, ability to keep data records.
RMBC plans to commit GBP 200 000 of its Skills Funding Agency Community Learning Grant from 1.9.2013 to 31.7.2014 by commissioning a range of organisations that can meet at least one of the following objectives:
- Engage with adult learners who may have few or no qualifications, be unemployed or economically inactive or who wish to update their skills to improve their employment prospects, enhance their cultural lives, or contribute to their community.
- Target excluded and under-represented groups and/or communities.
- Engage ‘New Arrivals' and/or those with English as a second language and are in need.
- Improve people's access to learning materials to develop relevant study skills, including the use of information technology.
- Improve health and well-being to enable people to access learning, training, employment and/or to sustain independent living.
- Encourage family learning and support the development of parenting skills.
- Raise learners basic skills/ language skills
- Offer nationally recognised qualifications
- Promote progression to other training programmes, further education, employment or volunteering.
a) Improve the skills, motivation, well-being and aspirations of Rotherham's most disadvantaged people who are least likely to participate, including, those on a low income and with low skills and attainment levels (especially in literacy and numeracy).
b) Support people to make progress into further learning, training and/or employment.
c) Provide inspirational and high quality teaching and learning.
d) Build capacity within communities to increase access and opportunities for Rotherham's most disadvantaged people and those who cannot afford to pay for learning.
e) Commission and fund opportunities based upon fairness and transparency and the delivery of quantifiable outcomes against contractual targets.
f) Create a stable Community Learning provider base to best serve Rotherham's most vulnerable people.
Delivery should be designed to meet these needs and to be delivered within the local community in liaison with local learning partnerships.
Expressions of interest are invited from suitably experienced organisations wishing to tender to act as providers within the commissioning framework
This tender exercise will establish which organisations have the capability and capacity to act as providers under the 19+ Adult Safeguarding themes. There will be strict criteria for judging tenders against financial stability, quality record, staff establishment, ability to keep data records.
RMBC plans to commit GBP 200 000 of its Skills Funding Agency Community Learning Grant from 1.9.2013 to 31.7.2014 by commissioning a range of organisations that can meet at least one of the following objectives:
- Engage with adult learners who may have few or no qualifications, be unemployed or economically inactive or who wish to update their skills to improve their employment prospects, enhance their cultural lives, or contribute to their community.
- Target excluded and under-represented groups and/or communities.
- Engage ‘New Arrivals' and/or those with English as a second language and are in need.
- Improve people's access to learning materials to develop relevant study skills, including the use of information technology.
- Improve health and well-being to enable people to access learning, training, employment and/or to sustain independent living.
- Encourage family learning and support the development of parenting skills.
- Raise learners basic skills/ language skills
- Offer nationally recognised qualifications
- Promote progression to other training programmes, further education, employment or volunteering.
II.1.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
80400000, 98000000
II.1.6)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.2)Total final value of contract(s)
II.2.1)Total final value of contract(s)
Value: 200 000 GBP
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1)Type of procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
Restricted
IV.2)Award criteria
IV.2.1)Award criteria
The most economically advantageous tender in terms of
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: no
IV.3)Administrative information
IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority
13-067
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
no
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 13-067 Lot title: Adult Community Learning GrantV.1)Date of contract award decision:
6.12.2013
V.2)Information about offers
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
Brinsworth Academy of Engineering
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontracting
Contract No: 13-067 Lot title: Adult Community Learning Grant
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
6.12.2013
V.2)Information about offers
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
JMLB Genesis cic
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontracting
Contract No: 13-067 Lot title: Adult Community Learning Grant
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
6.12.2013
V.2)Information about offers
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
Kiveton Creative Ltd
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: 13-067 Lot title: Adult Community Learning Grant
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
6.12.2013
V.2)Information about offers
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
Northern College
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: 13-067 Lot title: Adult Community Learning Grant
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
6.12.2013
V.2)Information about offers
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
Rotherham College of Arts & Technology
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: 13-067 Lot title: Adult Community Learning Grant
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
6.12.2013
V.2)Information about offers
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
serenity( south yorkshire) cic
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: 13-067 Lot title: Adult Community Learning Grant
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
6.12.2013
V.2)Information about offers
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
Swinton Lock Activity Centre
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: 13-067 Lot title: Adult Community Learning Grant
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
6.12.2013
V.2)Information about offers
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
The Adsetts Partnership
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: 13-067 Lot title: Adult community Learning Grant
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
6.12.2013
V.2)Information about offers
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
The High Street Centre
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: 13-067 Lot title: Adult Community Learning Grant
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
6.12.2013
V.2)Information about offers
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
The Tassibee Centre
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: 13-067 Lot title: Adult Community Learning Grant
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
6.12.2013
V.2)Information about offers
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
United Multicultural Centre
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Contract No: 13-067 Lot title: Adult Community Learning Grant
V.1)Date of contract award decision:
6.12.2013
V.2)Information about offers
V.3)Name and address of economic operator in favour of whom the contract award decision has been taken
YMCA White Rose
V.4)Information on value of contract
V.5)Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be sub-contracted: no
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about European Union funds
VI.2)Additional information:
VI.3)Procedures for appeal
VI.3.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures
Simon Bradley
Riverside House
S60 1AE Rotherham
E-mail:
Body responsible for mediation procedures
Simon Bradley
Riverside House
S60 1AE Rotherham
E-mail:
VI.3.2)Lodging of appeals
VI.3.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained
Simon Bradley
Riverside House
S60 1AE Rotherham
E-mail:
VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:
27.1.2014