# WMCA Employment Support Pilot

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [West Midlands Combined Authority](/buyers/west-midlands-combined-authority/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Remploy Limited
- Award value: £1,053,174
- Tender value: £4,000,000
- Award date: 15 June 2018
- Published: 6 July 2018
- Contract start: 29 June 2018
- Contract end: 28 June 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: dc08dcf8-d944-415a-850e-6e32dec5443a-218996
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-92ed48cc-8976-471e-89dc-2920883964c0

## Description

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\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dc08dcf8-d944-415a-850e-6e32dec5443a-218996)