# Greater Manchester Skills Bootcamps Specification W4: Residential Childcare

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Greater Manchester Combined Authority \(GMCA\).

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Greater Manchester Combined Authority \(GMCA\)](/buyers/greater-manchester-combined-authority-gmca/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [ACORN TRAINING LTD](/suppliers/acorn-training/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £999,940
- Tender value: £999,940
- Award date: 30 October 2023
- Published: 13 November 2023
- Contract start: 20 November 2023
- Contract end: 31 March 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 59fbbd64-7990-4e08-b975-b4b39868dcbc-697509
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d1e5bac8-19e3-4cb9-88f6-2261d184281a

## Description

Greater Manchester Combined Authority \(GMCA\) looked to procure Skills Bootcamps delivery for October 2023 - End of March 2025 in the Residential Childcare sector\. The key objectives of Skills Bootcamps in GM are to: - Address the needs of employers to fill skills shortage vacancies requiring specialist/technical skills and improve business productivity\. - Address the needs of adults to retrain and upskill whatever their starting point\. Providing clear line of sight to a new role / opportunity / contract\. - Diversifying the talent pipeline by targeting groups facing disadvantage in the labour market and underrepresented in key sectors\. This opportunity was commissioned as a further competition/call off from the education, work and skills flexible procurement system\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/59fbbd64-7990-4e08-b975-b4b39868dcbc-697509)