# Level 2 Digital Skills Training Provision

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [City of London Corporation](/buyers/city-of-london-corporation/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £100,000
- Published: 19 April 2022
- Planned start: 2 May 2022
- Planned end: 31 March 2024
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: c9277872-0245-4321-9a61-18c84686dbee-529803
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-bdcd4fe0-6cdd-4651-8836-acc42e136785

## Description

The City Corporation is seeking to appoint a training provider for the delivery of the following two programmes: 1\. 6- weeks programme, with an embedded work placement to improve digital skills, aimed at getting people aged 16-plus work-ready and support them to find suitable employment\. 2\. 16 weeks programme, with an embedded work placement aimed at getting people aged 16\+ work-ready, secure employment or progress onto an Apprenticeship\. The two programmes will cover as a minimum: - digital skills, - employability, - work related activities, - Functional Skills, and - a high-quality work experience placement There is a requirement that a minimum of 80% of learners will come from groups currently underrepresented within the digital sector\. This includes: - Members of Black and Minority Ethnic Groups - particularly young black men, black men aged 50\+, Bangladeshi and Pakistani women - older people \(aged50\+\), - people employed below the London Living Wage, - Women - Young people aged 18-24 - Members of the deaf community - People living with disabilities The value of this contract is £100,000 and providers are asked to provide information about their expected delivery pipeline\. This Request for Quotation \(RFQ\) invites Training Organisations able to deliver demonstrably high-quality, highly successful, digital skills training at Level 2\. The winning provider must have: - experience of delivering GLA, ESFA and DWP employment provision and Traineeships - the ability to deliver in-person and online - an existing database of potential participants - fixed premises in at least one Central London borough - willingness to deliver from City of London premises in the City of London and neighbouring boroughs - clear working relationships and agreements in place with digital and tech sector employers - experience delivering AEB funded digital training programmes - a track of record of supporting underrepresented groups \(women, BAME and people with disabilities\) into digital employment - demonstrable links with specific housing estates, local authorities, community groups, employers and Jobcentre Plus This requirement will be on a subcontracting basis\. A subcontractor as defined by the by the Education and Skills Funding Agency \(ESFA\) is an organisation that is engaged in a contractual and legally binding arrangement with one or more main providers, to deliver education and training provision that the ESFA funds\. The City Corporation is the Main Provider \(UKPRN: 10008915\) The City Corporation invites quotations from training providers that satisfy the criteria in the ESFA Funding rules: https://www\.gov\.uk/government/publications/adult-education-budget-funding-rules-2021-to-2022 19 The selected Training Organisation must not agree to use any further delivery subcontracting for training and/or on-programme assessment to a second level\. Additional information: To bid for this opportunity, suppliers must be registered on the Capital E Sourcing tendering portal\. The project code and ITT codes for this tender are prj\_COL\_20380 / itt\_COL\_15766\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c9277872-0245-4321-9a61-18c84686dbee-529803)