Purpose

West Sussex County Council is an Apprenticeship Levy paying
organisation.  Work undertaken by the
Human Resources & Organisational Development Task & Finish
Group (TFG), chaired by Gavin Wright, Executive Director, Human
Resources (HR), Organisational Development (OD) and Communications
to reset its approach to employment and skills, identified
opportunities to:

Maximise the Apprenticeship Levy by encouraging the recruitment
of more apprentices.
Develop a longer-term approach to recruitment and retention
through strategic workforce planning.

The procurement of a training
provider to deliver this apprenticeship, will aid the achievement
of these objectives. There is an existing contract in situ, but
increased demands mean the provisions of that contract will soon be
exhausted.

Decision

The Cabinet
Member for Support Services and Local Government Reorganisation has
approved:

1)  
The commencement of a procurement exercise, to procure a training
provider(s) to deliver the level 4 data analyst apprenticeship via
the Learning and Development Dynamic Purchasing System (L&D
DPS), the approved procurement route for learning and development
contracts and in accordance with the County Council’s
Standing Orders.
2)  
The delegation of authority to the Executive Director of Human
Resources, Organisational Development and Communications to award
the contract(s) to the bidder(s) submitting the most economically
advantageous tender in terms of technical and commercial ability
for or a period of 4 years with the potential to extend for a
further 1 year.