Dorset - Local Enterprise Partnership Area

Tender description

The Provider is expected to deliver the Provision across the entire Dorset LEP area. Priority areas within the Dorset LEP area expected to have a higher level of eligible Participants are: • Boscombe West (Bournemouth) • East Cliff and Springbourne (Bournemouth) • Boscombe East (Bournemouth) • Kinson South (Bournemouth) • Melcombe Regis (Weymouth & Portland) • Central (Bournemouth) • Newtown (Poole) • Alderney (Poole) • Queen’s Park (Bournemouth) • Westbourne and Westcliffe (Bournemouth). Service delivery under this contract is expected to commence in October 2016 and continue until September 2019. There will be a further 64 week payment tail. The contract value is £3,373,650 and there is a requirement for a minimum of 1440 Participants to start on this provision. This Provision is voluntary and will aim to target specialist support at Dorset’s Employment and Support Allowance claimants who have mental and/or physical barriers preventing them from securing sustainable employment. Delivery is expected to be individually tailored to meet the needs of the Participant to engage, address barriers to work, and improve their chances of securing and sustaining employment at the earliest opportunity. The Provider must meet ESF specific requirements set by the European Commission and failure to comply can result in a high financial risk for both the Provider and DWP, as funds used inappropriately or for ineligible Participants or purposes and/or where the ESF requirements have not been met are recoverable from Providers. The Provider will use the Provider Referral and Payment (PRaP) system to receive their referrals and to record claimant activity. The Provider will therefore need to have met relevant security requirements when contracts go live. This contract will be for the use of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), its Executive Agencies and those Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs) sponsored by DWP. Further information including a list of such Agencies and Public Bodies can be viewed by selecting ‘Ministerial Departments’ on the Departmental website.