Purpose

To seek cabinet approval to:

Run a competitive procurement process using a bespoke 2-year
framework, for the provision of adult learning services and then to
award call off contract(s) of varying lengths up to a maximum of 12
months, depending on the type of courses or piece of work, for the
2024 - 2025 academic year.

Enter into the funding agreement with the Education and Skills
Funding Agency (ESFA) for the purpose of funding the delivery of
Community Learning and the Adult Skills Programme during the 2024
-2025 academic year.

Decision

Cllr Philip Robinson sought Cabinet
approval to:
 
1.
Run a competitive procurement process using a bespoke 2-year
framework for the provision of adult learning services and then to
award call off contract(s) of varying lengths up to a maximum of 12
months, depending on the type of courses or piece of work, for the
2024 – 2025 academic year.

2.
Enter into the funding agreement with the Education and Skills
Funding Agency (ESFA) for the purpose of funding the delivery of
Community Learning and the Adult Skills Programme during the 2024
-2025 academic year.
 
Having considered all of the
information, Cabinet noted the report and
 
 
RESOLVED to:
 
Delegates authority to the Executive Director of
Economy, Environment, and Infrastructure, in consultation with
the
Cabinet Member for Education, Skills
and Bus Transport to:

1.
Enter into a funding agreement with the Education and Skills
Funding Agency (ESFA) under which the council has received ESFA
funding for the purpose of delivering Community Learning and Adult
Skills Programmes during the 2024 – 2025 academic year
(1st August 2024 to 31st July
2025).

2.
Conduct a mini-competition process, under each of the following
Lots of the council’s bespoke Community and Adult Skills
Framework Agreement, in respect of 5 call-off contracts for the
supply of adult learning:

·      
First Steps

·      
Employability

·      
Adults with Learning Disabilities and/or
Difficulties (ALDD)

·      
Steps into Work (Supported Internships)
·      
Local Flex (Responding to identified/emerging local
need)
 
Each call-off contract shall continue for a period of 12 months
or less, according to the type of courses or pieces of work
required in the 2024 – 2025 academic year.

3. Award each Call-Off Contract
to the preferred tenderer.