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ClosedStage · contract

The Growth Company

The Growth Company Expression of Interest (GMCA) for Employer Engagement and Essential Work Skills

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Value£0
Deadline7 Aug 2024
Published26 Jul 2024
RegionNorth West
Timeline
Published 26 Jul 2024ClosedCloses 7 Aug 2024
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£0total contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£2.4m

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The brief

The Growth Company (GC) intends to bid as a Prime contractor for the Employer Engagement and Essential Work Skills for Employed GM Residents (Test and Learn) opportunity.

We are inviting expressions of interests (EOI) from organisations who wish to be part of our delivery partner network, delivering learning from October 2024 - March 2026 (possible extension of + 1 + 1).

GC is seeking EOIs from experienced providers with a track record of delivering Essential Work Skills provision (English, ESOL, Digital and Maths) in Greater Manchester (GM).

GC is keen to engage with local high-quality providers.

We anticipate working with multiple providers able to deliver tailored and contextualised learning interventions for Employed GM Residents.

Where employed is defined as: • Residents in employment (including apprentices) • Self-employed residents • Volunteers and Unpaid Workers GMCA is looking to procure a workforce development package of support and access to Essential Skills for Work, delivered through a 5-step process.

This EOI relates to the delivery of Step 4: Essential Work Skills Delivery only.

Further details are found in the attached Provider Guidance.

To apply for this Invitation to Tender opportunity, please register as a supplier on the Panacea Supplier Platform at the following web address: https://app.panacea-software.com/growth Once you have accessed the site, to view the opportunity you need to navigate to 'Register Interest', click the 'Participate' Button, then navigate to 'My Questionnaires' where you will be able to download the documents.

Your ITT submission must be made on the Panacea Portal.

Please ensure ALL sections of the Questionnaire are answered, this will then allow you to 'Submit' your bid.

Any missing sections will remain 'In Progress' or 'Not Started' and not allow the bid to be submitted until they are completed.

The tender documents contain instructions and information for your tender, including specification of requirements, and the key assessment and evaluation criteria that will be used to assess offers.

In addition, the contract conditions are enclosed.

The deadline for submission of the required documents is 17:00pm on Wednesday 7th August 2024.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

We anticipate working with multiple providers able

We anticipate working with multiple providers able to deliver tailored and contextualised learning interventions for Employed GM Residents.

02

GMCA is looking to procure a workforce

GMCA is looking to procure a workforce development package of support and access to Essential Skills for Work, delivered through a 5-step process.

03

Once you have accessed the site,

Once you have accessed the site, to view the opportunity you need to navigate to 'Register Interest', click the 'Participate' Button, then navigate to 'My Questionnaires' where you will be able to download the documents.

04

Your ITT submission must be made on

Your ITT submission must be made on the Panacea Portal.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Stage
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Source
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