Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c2d-82ae-710e-96b0-7e2cb192a5c5/vocational-skills-routeways-into-employment closed GB open procedure Suitable for SMEs # Vocational skills routeways into employment [Business 2 Business](https://tendernation.io/buyers/business-2-business) Estimated value £101,000 to £150,000 Published 14 Aug 2018 Deadline Closed 31 Aug 2018 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. - Buyer says suitable for VCSEs The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice. - Open procedure Anyone can submit a full tender; there is no shortlisting stage. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender Through a 'sector-based work academy' format including work familiarisation, pre-employment training and a guaranteed job interview, vocational skills routeways will secure multiple positive outcomes for participants in Leicester and Leicestershire taking part in our National Lottery and ESF funded Brighter Futures project. If you are interested in supplying vocational skills routeway provision, please complete the attached specification and questionnaire document which is also available on the Business2Business website and return to Rob Gray at by the submission deadline at 5pm on Friday 31st August . Responses will be scored against fixed selection criteria, these being Capacity to deliver to the required scale 12.5%; Experience of delivering pre-employment vocational skills provision 12.5%; Experience of meeting the requirements of publicly funded provision 12.5%; Capacity to deliver regulated and non-regulated provision 12.5%; Employer engagement 12.5%; Participant engagement 12.5%; Professional capacity 12.5%; Delivery premises capacity 6.25%; Outreach delivery capacity 6.25%. The highest scoring tender will be the winning tender. Only information supplied by tenderers in response to these questions will be taken into account during the scoring process. Please note that additional information may be requested as part of our due diligence procedures. For clarifications, please send written queries to Rob Gray at . A response will be given within 24 hours of the query being raised. The questions and answers document available on the Business2buisness website will be updated within 48 hours of the query being made. The deadline for queries relating to this specification is 5pm on 28th August 2018. The winning tenderer will be notified by email on 7th September after which there will be a standstill period. An award notice will be also be published on 7th September. Brighter Futures is a community-based project, which provides a wide range of learning and employment support interventions to support holistic social inclusion within Leicester and Leicestershire. Delivered through a partnership of local organisations, the project is funded by the European Social Fund and the National Lottery, through the Big Lottery Fund. A Community Provision Fund has been established within the project to enable the procurement of supplementary support to meet participants' additional needs. Business 2Business Ltd. in its role as the lead partner would like to commission supplementary vocational routeway provision through the Community Provision Fund to complement other forms of employment support already available through the project. Read full description ## CPV classification Education and training services Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/c633c534-30dc-4172-a01e-3201edf7f637) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. 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