PQ0174R Birmingham & Solihull Youth Promise Plus Demand Led Solutions: Digital skills/technology support to NEETs

Tender description

PQ0174R Birmingham & Solihull Youth Promise Plus Demand Led Solutions: Digital skills/technology support to NEETs ***Please note this quotation opportunity is being re-advertised due to lack of market interest at the time of the original procurement.*** Youth Promise Plus is a Birmingham and Solihull Employment Pathway Project supported by the European Social Fund and Youth Employment Initiative. As part of the commissioning of Demand Led Solutions, in respect of the EU commission funded Birmingham & Solihull Youth Promise Plus (YPP) project, quotations are now invited for delivery of Demand Led Solutions: Digital skills/technology support to NEETs. Within this service area, providers are required to: - Create a bespoke training package for digital/technology skills designed for Youth Promise Plus project participants to facilitate their access to sustainable employment, further training and apprenticeship schemes (including tapering in-work support). - Deliver three tranches of training and placement activity comprising three weeks of digital skills/technology training plus a two week work placement with an employer in the sector, including a work place buddy service. - Generate suitable placement opportunities with employers that have vacancies in the digital/technology sector, and support employers to deliver the Work Buddy Service effectively. The deadline for returning submissions for this opportunity is Monday 11 December at 12 noon. The contract is scheduled to commence from mid-January 2018 and end in June 2018. Birmingham City Council will be using its e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. The web address is: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc Registration and use of in-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function. If you are unable to register with in-tend please either email us at cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call 0121 464 8000. If you are interested in submitting a quotation please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc and submit your details to register as a bidder. We will send you a log on and password so you can download the quotation pack. Bidders that responded to the previous opportunity (PQ0174) are welcome to respond to this re-advertised opportunity (PQ0174R). Please note that any submissions under the original procurement are now void. If you wish to take part in the new opportunity a quotation response must be submitted in response to the new opportunity.