Welcome

2. ITT Clarification Event - Competitiveness 12th February 2009 Welcome

3. Agenda • ESF Overview • Invitation to Tender • Application Process – Do’s and Don’ts • ITT Forms • Q & A session

4. ESF Overview 01

5. South West Region • Competitivenessand Employment – • South West region excluding Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly • Convergence – • Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly

6. Other Considerations • Linkages • ERDF / RDPE • Mainstream • Sectors • Basic Skills • Train to Gain • Sub-contracting Arrangements • Evaluation

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8. Invitation to Tender 02

9. Invitation to Tender SW Regional ITTs 02

10. Specification Titles • Competitiveness and Employment – Youth – Enhanced support, vocational learning opportunities and personal development to 16/18 year old - Swindon • Competitiveness and Employment – Youth – Personal Development Programme – Personal Best

11. Specification Titles • Competitiveness and Employment – Adult – Integrated Employment and Skills - West of England • Competitiveness and Employment – Employer – Developing the role of Trade Unions in the provision of IAG and learning/skills Apprenticeships

12. Youth/Adult • Priority 1 target group – • Young people not in education, employment or training (NEET), including young people at risk of becoming NEET. • Workless adults (unemployment and inactive)

13. Enhanced support, vocational learning opportunities and personaldevelopment to 16/18 year olds- Swindon • Funding available – £146,000 • Geographical location – Swindon, with particular emphasis on Neighbourhood Renewals Areas (NRAs) • 100 Participants • End date – July 2011

14. Enhanced support, vocational learning opportunities and personaldevelopment to 16/18 year olds- Swindon • Results – • Participants aged 16-19 in education, employment or training on leaving 45% • Supporting other mainstream programmes and ESF investment leading to a reduction on the NEET group within Swindon

15. Integrated Employment and Skills West of England • Funding available – £300,000 • Geographical location – West of England (i.e Bristol, North Somerset, Bath, and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire) • Outputs – The primary output of the contract specified here is the development of the capacity to deliver integrated employment and skills. • End date – July 2011

16. Developing the role of Trade Unions in the provision of IAG and learning/skills Apprenticeships • Funding available – £300,000 • Geographical location – South West Region • Outputs – 260 Participants • End date – July 2011

17. Personal Development Programme – Personal Best • Funding available – £100,000 in each area • Geographical location – Proposals should cover either or both of the following areas: • Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole • The West of England area centred around Bristol • Outputs – 140 Participants • End date – July 2011

18. Personal Development Programme – Personal Best • Results – • To ensure that all participants graduating from the Programme achieve a positive outcome, which can be a mixture of employment, volunteering and further education/progression according to their needs, preferences and prevailing economic condition

19. EmployerResponsive • Priority 2 target group – • Employed young people and adults aged 16 years and over who require relevant qualifications at an appropriate level to support their current and continuing and future employment needs

20. Developing the role of Trade Unions in the provision of IAG and learning/skills Apprenticeships • Results – • Participants supported 260 including 200 ULR’S • 208 participants achieving a positive outcome including units and modules of qualifications • 208 participants securing progression to core LSC provision including Train 2 Gain

21. Integrated Employment and Skills West of England • Results – • Establishment of a sub regional delivery service for integrated employment and skills. • 33% progression rate from initial engagement to further support and from this a 60% progression rate to employability/training provision and a 40% progression rate to an employment outcome.

22. ITT Process • ITT evaluation commences in March 2009 • Using fair, transparent and robust scoring framework • Contract Award panels will agree each contract offer against the original tender specification • Local partnership team carry out “contract clarification” with relevant providers • Contracts expected to start from April 2009

23. Invitation to Tender National ITTs 02

24. Purpose and content • Purpose of this presentation is to set out key information for providers wishing to tender for the Response to Redundancy package • Presentation sets out background, key instructions and timelines

25. Background • Response to the changing economic landscape – agreed by DIUS and DWP Secretaries of State • Utilising £50m ESF and £50m Train to Gain funds • One national specification questionnaire with a regional element – providers need only submit one response • Open to providers who are pre-qualified on the Qualified Provider Framework (QPF) to deliver Employer Responsive provision • Contracts to be in place by April 2009

26. Aim • To fill gaps in current LSC funding to enable providers to respond to redundancy – responsively and flexibly • Crucial that providers who respond can evidence good working links with Jobcentre Plus to integrate their offer into a seamless package of transition between JCP and LSC Employer Responsive programmes • Pull through into accredited learning is key • Consistent approach is needed to joint meet Ministerial objectives

27. Service Requirement • Three target groups • Individuals who are under notice of redundancy and their employer organisations; • Individuals who are newly redundant; • Individuals who are unemployed but would be ready for employment after receiving this package of skills development support. • Understanding of other agencies and services that can be appropriately signposted to support and enhance the offer being described

28. ServiceRequirement (cont.) • Individual Offer • Individuals in the eligible target groups should be offered a range of solutions to equip them with the skills to be employed in line with emerging skills shortages and emerging job opportunities – either in the same company or with a new employer

29. ServiceRequirement (cont.) • The Employer Offer • Work with employers keen to support employee activities within the period of redundancy to access skills development and re-enter employment quickly

30. Regional element • One national specification questionnaire – no matter how many regions a provider wishes to be considered for only one application is required • Responses will be considered for sub-regions, regions, multi-regional and national coverage • Question 6 requires a response for each region in which the provider wishes to be considered • Scoring weighting on this element of tender • 9 regions have individual requirements set out in a ‘Regional Requirements’ document and a spreadsheet

31. Funding model • UP TO maximum of £1,500 per learner • Based on guided learning hours + successful job start outcome AND progression to Apprenticeship or Train to Gain • Triggered via Individual Learning Record

32. Tender response • Read questions and specification carefully as scores based on understanding the specification and evidence of that the specification requirements will be met • Read the ‘Regional Requirements’ document and look at the regional requirements spreadsheet • Question 6 will be looking for the linkages between the generic question responses and how this will be applied to each region’s requirements

33. Tender response • In order for a complete tender response, the following needs to be completed and uploaded on the LSC’s e-tendering system: • Completed specification questionnaire – with a response for each sub-region/region(s) in which you want to be considered • Completed regional requirements spreadsheet – setting out indicative volumes for each area in which you want to be considered • Read and accept the terms and conditions appropriate for your provider type • Complete the technical questionnaire (checklist of declarations)

34. Remember • Read and use ‘Instructions document’ – most mistakes are made when this is not duly noted • All correspondence should be through the ITT portal message board • ITT closes 2nd March at 5pm

35. Contracts • Contract start date will be from April 2009 • Contract activity (learner engagement) will end in December 2010 • Contract will include requirement for monitoring through until June 2011 • Where the LSC has referred to a ‘Prime Contractor’ either within the specification or within the question tips, the successful provider must deliver more than 51% of activity themselves.  No more than 49% of the activities can be carried out by organisations operating as subcontractors to the organisation submitting the application. 

36. Application Process - Do’s and Don’ts 03

37. DO • Read the “Read me first” document FIRST • Start early • Save regularly • Publish your response well before closing date – we cannot accept any tenders that are received passed the closing date and time. • Only use the message facility on Bravo for queries • Check that the ITT is complete before submitting • Attachments must be attached • All asterisked sections MUST be completed • If you need guidance try the “supplier help guide” on the e-tendering portal or email help@bravosolution.co.uk

38. DO NOT • Alter the documentation • Try to upload documents other than Word or Excel • Omit Attachments • if they are missing when we are evaluate then you will not be successful • Leave it until the last minute to submit / publish your tender • Leave your LSC e-tendering session running with no activity - if you do your session will time-out after 15 minutes and you will lose all unsaved work

39. Read the READ ME FIRST First! Thoroughly Refer Back Opening the ITT BRAVO ENVELOPE READ ME FIRST How What When

40. The detail of the Provision for which you are tendering Opening the ITT • COMMERCIAL PARAMETERS • Geography • Demographics • Volumes

41. Attachments Word Excel ONLY! Opening the ITT SPECIFICATIONS Questionnaire Spreadsheet Terms & Conditions

42. PLEASE NOTESW Regional ITTs • Late Tenders will not be considered • 12 noon on the 16th March 2009 is the deadline for SW Regional ITTs • Only exceptions to this may be audited LSC technical problems

43. PLEASE NOTENational ITTs • Late Tenders will not be considered • 5pm on the 2nd March 2009 is the deadline for National ITTs • Only exceptions to this may be audited LSC technical problems

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45. E tendering methodology ITT Forms

46. ITT Forms Questionnaire Example

47. Costing spreadsheet ITT Forms

48. Terms and conditions of contract ITT Forms • These are the terms and conditions of contract • under which contracts will be let

49. Technical and commercial responses ITT Forms • The technical instructions on how to complete the ITT response • The commercial response is the demographic information for each specification, that providers wish to offer • Eg: this many males/ females where and what their characteristics

50. ITT Forms If you DO enter values in the “Number of Learners” and “Price Per Learner” fields for a line Item, then you MUST enter values in all the additional columns for that Item.