CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

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Title

192 - Coleg Gwent Skills Partnership Contract and Quality Framework Expression of Interest 2022/23

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Description of the goods or services required

Coleg Gwent is seeking expressions of interest from private training providers (including those that are self-employed), and employer training academies or learning and development teams, for delivery and partnering opportunities that would add further capacity to our training offer and increase the range of support the College can provide through fully and part-funded training programmes.

2 lots are available.

NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=130877

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

The tender is in 2 lots, you can can bid for either / or both if you so wish.

Lot 1 -NVQs / Competence-based Qualifications in the Workplace

Coleg Gwent is seeking expressions of interest from private training providers (including those that are self-employed), and employer training academies or learning and development teams, for delivery and partnering opportunities that would add further capacity to our training offer and increase the range of support the College can provide through fully and part-funded training programmes.

The College is particularly interested in expressions of interest from providers delivering NVQs, or that are able to deliver NVQs, to employers in any sector primarily within the Gwent area (Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen) in the workplace.

It may suit: providers already delivering NVQ-only to employers in our region that would benefit from part-funding to enable their clients to do more; providers already delivering apprenticeship frameworks to employers in our region where that employer would benefit from NVQ-only delivery to some of its workforce; employers delivering NVQs to their workforce or using specialist providers to deliver those services where collaboration could be explored.

By working together, we can open up learning opportunities for employers and their workforce, as well as harness opportunities for the ambitious young people progressing through our college

Lot 2 -Vocational Training for Employed Learners

Coleg Gwent is seeking expressions of interest from private training providers, including those that are self-employed, for delivery and partnering opportunities that add further capacity to our training offer and increases the range of support the College can provide through funded training programmes.

The College is particularly interested in expressions of interest from providers that are able to deliver accredited vocational or industry recognised training to employed people in our geographical area at their training centre or online.

The College is looking to help employed people to upskill and reskill in priority sectors such as: Advanced Materials and Manufacturing (including technical engineering); Digital and Enabling Technologies; Education; Health and Social Care; Hospitality (including catering, retail, travel and tourism); Net-Zero and Green Construction (including retrofit, wind, tidal and solar power); Power Electronics (including compound semi-conductors); Sector Wide skills (including finance, legal, management and professional services).

By working together, we can open up learning opportunities for employed people to enable them to change career or progress in their current job, as well as harness opportunities for the ambitious young people progressing through our college.

3 Conditions for Participation

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Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

192

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Time Limits

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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:130877)

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice