Education and training services

Tender description

The Wirral Ways to Work Programme is part of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Ways to Work programme. The programme is designed to engage eligible workless young people and adults and support their progression into education, employment and training. Wirral Council is seeking to procure 3 separate services providing targeted careers and employment advice/training services to individuals predominantly within the Council's catchment area. The Council sought a supplier to deliver the Worklessness Support Service as part of its Wirral Ways to Work Programme. This service will engage and support eligible participants as part of a wider programme delivered across Wirral and the Liverpool City Region. The supplier will provide 20 Workclubs each week and Job Coaches who will work with participants and provide a personalised package of support into sustainable employment (including self-employment). The supplier will be expected to achieve a range of outputs and results. The Service will support eligible participants aged 30 years and over, however the Council may at any stage decide in its absolute discretion to allow the Service to include eligible participants aged between 16 and 29 years. The programme will be subject to independent audit and/or evaluation. The contract value includes ring-fenced funding for travel provision from a pre-assigned travel provider delivery partner and a participant Employability Fund. The Council sought a supplier to deliver the Youth Employment Gateway Service in Wirral as part of its Wirral Ways to Work Programme. The service will engage and support eligible young people as part of a wider programme delivered across Wirral and the Liverpool City Region. The successful supplier will be expected to locate delivery at suitable, accessible premises in Wirral and provide Job Coaches who will work with young people on a 1-to-1 basis and provide a personalised package of support into sustainable employment (including self-employment). The Service will be limited to eligible participants aged between 16 and 29 years. The supplier will be expected to achieve a range of outputs and results. The programme will be subject to independent audit and/or evaluation. The contract value includes ring-fenced non-European Union sourced funding to provide participants with services and necessary equipment to remove their personal barriers to sustained employment. The Council sought a supplier to deliver an intensive careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) service for eligible young people not in employment, education and/or training in order to raise their aspirations and move them into employment or learning. The Service will be available primarily to eligible young people who are not in employment, education and/or training and are between the age of 16 and 19 as well as those aged 19 to 25 with a learning difficulty or Education and Health Care Plan. It is expected that the successful supplier will provide a range of CEIAG delivery which will include but not be limited to ‘face to face’ as well as telephone and on-line access to services. The successful supplier will be expected to achieve a range of outputs and results. The programme will be subject to independent audit and/or evaluation.