WMCA Employment Support Pilot

The West Midlands Combined Authority are delighted to announce that the Employment Support Pilot funding opportunity is now live.The Employment Support Pilot is a 3 year programme scheduled to commence in June 2018 aimed at tackling unemployment and low pay within local communities.

The intention is to support individuals to engage with targeted employability support, to raise aspirations within the community, and support individuals to transition into sustainable employment.

Bidders can submit proposals for up to all 9 Lots, but the maximum number of contracts which will be awarded to any single organisation will be 3 Lots. This is to ensure that WMCA commissions a mix of providers and enables us to test the relative effectiveness of different customer journey solutions in different areas.

To access further information on this opportunity, please express an interest under Project_173 - Employment Support of the WMCA Bravo Solution Portal.

Bidder Response Template accessed via the Bravo Solutions Portal includes the following:

Mandatory Minimum Requirements Envelope  ITT: itt_521 - Project_173 MANDATORY/MIN REQUIREMENTS ITT

Lot Specific Technical Envelopes:  ITT: itt_522 - Project_173 Lot 1 Batchley and Brockhill (Redditch)  ITT: itt_523 - Project_173 Lot 2 Binley and Willenhall (Coventry)  ITT: itt_524 - Project_173 Lot 3 Birchills Leamore (Walsall)  ITT: itt_525 - Project_173 Lot 4 Camp Hill (Nuneaton and Bedworth)  ITT: itt_526 - Project_173 Lot 5 Cannock North (Cannock Chase)  ITT: itt_528 - Project_173 Lot 6 Chelmsley Wood (Solihull)  ITT: itt_529 - Project_173 Lot 7 Glascote (Tamworth)  ITT: itt_530 - Project_173 Lot 8 Shard End (Birmingham)  ITT: itt_531 - Project_173 Lot 9 Washwood Heath (Birmingham)

Please ensure that you read the Instructions to Bidders document (within the attachments area of Bravo) before submitting a response to this opportunity. PLEASE NOTE, details of Awareness Events for this opportunity are attached to this notice.

Additional information: In order to access further information and express an interest in this opportunity, please register on our e-tendering portal (Bravo Solution) and express an interest on project_173 - Employment Support Pilot.

Please submit any clarification questions via the message facility of the Bravo Solution Portal.

Awareness events will be taking place from week commencing 16th April. Please refer to the attached 'Awareness Event' document for further details.