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Hertfordshire County Council - Adult Care Services

HCC Sept 2024 - Framework Agreement for the Provision of Adult and Tailored Learning Services (Step2Skills) - AWARD

EducationCPV 80000000
Value£7.0m
Awarded28 Oct 2024
Published11 Feb 2025
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£7.0mtotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£7.6m

This is a large award for Education & Training — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 23,516 valued Education & Training tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Hertfordshire County Council (hereinafter referred to as the Council), are out to procurement for a Framework Agreement for the Provision of Adult and Tailored Learning Services.

As part of Hertfordshire County Council, Step2Skills is the Adult and Tailored Learning service and provides opportunities for adults in Hertfordshire to get involved in learning within the community.

They aim to collaborate with people who face barriers to education and employment such as low skills, learning or physical disabilities, and mental health conditions.

Step2Skills is looking to establish a Framework Agreement with a number of Subcontractors to provide a range of adult and tailored learning opportunities to target groups within the population of Hertfordshire.

This procurement is for the Framework Agreement only, year 1 Call Off will be issued early in 2025 to Subcontractors that are awarded onto the Framework Agreement.

Tenderers must be included in the UK Register of Learning Providers (UKLRP) and have a valid UK Provider Reference Number (UKPRN).

Organisations wishing to take part in this project are invited to "express interest" which will give access to the full procurement documents in the e-tendering system.

The Framework Agreement will be awarded for an initial term of two years, with the option to extend the Framework Agreement up to two further years on an annual basis.

Please note that the contract requirements will be subject to available financial resources, supplier performance and flexibility to meet changing demands.

Organisations should be aware that due to the nature of the Services provided, any Framework Agreement formed as a result of this procurement process shall be executed as a deed.

Organisations should seek independent legal advice on the implications of this prior to submitting their bid, where appropriate.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Tenderers must be included in the UK

Tenderers must be included in the UK Register of Learning Providers (UKLRP) and have a valid UK Provider Reference Number (UKPRN).

02

Organisations should be aware that due

Organisations should be aware that due to the nature of the Services provided, any Framework Agreement formed as a result of this procurement process shall be executed as a deed.

03

Organisations should seek independent legal advice on

Organisations should seek independent legal advice on the implications of this prior to submitting their bid, where appropriate.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named in obligation language, 0 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Framework agreement (any)says mustFrameworks & routes to market
Organisations should be aware that due to the nature of the Services provided, any Framework Agreement formed as a result of this procurement process shall be executed as a deed.

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Stage
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IT-285-8755-HCC2415960 - AWARD
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