Health and social work services

Tender description

Kirklees Council have been successful in obtaining European Social Fund (ESF) funding, to support residents to tackle their barriers to unemployment, resulting in them securing and sustaining work. Following a tender exercise for suitable Delivery Partners, 2 contracts have been awarded to economic operators, with the relevant experience and ability, to work with us, at risk, to co-design, develop and deliver the enhanced local flexibility for the unemployed programme for provision in the Kirklees district (the ‘Service’). Enhanced local flexibility for the unemployed programme for provision in the Kirklees will be developed via collaboration with economic operators who submitted an EOI. The 2 successful delivery partners will work with the contracting authority, at risk, to co-design and develop the intervention and support service, to improve access to employment opportunities for vulnerable people which will then lead to them securing and sustaining work. Delivery partners will offer specific and tailored services to tackle barriers impacting on participants’ ability to find and sustain employment in line with the call specification. A delivery partner is an organisation with responsibility for delivering elements of the project’s activity for a share of the project’s outputs and results. They will provide match funding but they cannot make a profit from the European Structural and Investment Funds they receive. They will also follow all European Structural and Investment Funds audit and compliance requirements which the lead partner will verify; this includes checking invoices, timesheets, outputs and results evidence. The delivery partners are to provide match funding at between 30 % and 50 %. The contracting authority will be using the 40 % simplified cost methodology. Therefore all match funding must be met through staff costs only. Please see section 17.8 of the England European Social Fund Operational Programme 2014-20 Programme Guidance for further information on match funding. The total estimated payments of the contract (s) are up to a maximum of 3 500 000 GBP over the life of the contract. The project will be part funded through European Social Funding. There is a requirement that the terms and conditions of the European Social Fund award are met. Payment for delivery partners will be paid based on actual defrayed expenditure using the ESF 40 % simplified cost methodology. The duration of the contract will be up to 36 months with all payments being drawn down 3 years and 6 months after the start date. The contract will commence on 1.10.2019 and expire at the end of 30.9.2023.