DN310329 - Employment and Skills Dynamic Purchasing System DN310329

DN310329 E&S DPS categories are: • CATEGORY 1 Apprenticeships End-Point Assessment • CATEGORY 2 Unregulated skills training • CATEGORY 3 Ofsted regulated Adult Education • CATEGORY 4 Supply & Maintenance of MIS • CATEGORY 5 Professional Services & Support • CATEGORY 6 Employability Schemes & Specialist Support • CATEGORY 7 Business Engagement Services • CATEGORY 8 Sector Research & Consultation • CATEGORY 9 Promotional & Events Services • CATEGORY 10 Apprenticeships Training

Category 1 concerns levels 2 through level 7 apprenticeship end-point assessment in the following Council apprenticeship training programmes: • EPA-Lot 1 Business administration. • EPA-Lot 2 Construction. • EPA-Lot 3 Customer Service. • EPA-Lot 4 Health and Social Care. • EPA-Lot 5 ICT. • EPA-Lot 6 Legal. • EPA-Lot 7 Sport and leisure. • EPA-Lot 8 Professional support services. • EPA-Lot 9 Leadership and management. • EPA-Lot 10 Facilities and services. • EPA-Lot 11 Schools.

This Category applies sector specific skills or development training and/or specialist guidance in Council employability and skills programmes that is not regulated by Ofsted, but may or may not involve accredited awards by another regulatory, standards or professional body.

All provision delivered under this category is subject to Ofsted inspection and applies to specific regulated and non-regulated qualifications currently funded via the Adult Education Budget (AEB).

This category applies to the supply, support, maintenance, and future development of Employments and Skills Service’ existing and future Management Information Systems. This will include: • Job Seekers Records Management (Currently Yeti). • Business Records Management (Currently Evolutive) • Adult Learners Records Management (Currently Maytas and E-track) • Leeds Adult Learning Virtual Learning Environment VLE • Integrated reporting systems and management information dashboards

This category applies to employment and skills professional services and support and future development of Council Employment and Skill activities, for example (but not exclusively): • Supply of suitably qualified expert tutors and/or verifiers; • In-work progression and Continuous Professional Development; • Staff quality and standards development, observations and verification; • Supply of specialist employment and/or skills staff;

This Category applies to employability and skills support provision which will be delivered locally with a strong emphasis on job outcome and sustained employment. The Council is seeking: • Established organisations with local connections and substantial experience of working on similar programmes, including third sector partners. • Contractors to deliver specialist support services aimed at specifically addressing barriers to work.

This category applies to Business Engagement Services of the Council Employment & Skills service activities, for example (but not exclusively): • Services to engage with businesses in support of a particular strategy or programme delivery, including for example activity relating to learner placements or learner support. This may include direct engagement such as telemarketing services to promote apprenticeships

This category applies to Sector Research and Consultation Services of the Council Employment & Skills service activities, for example (but not exclusively): • The delivery of sector/industry/occupational research and analysis to inform the design of strategy or programme delivery • The delivery of feasibility/business case development/business planning for projects

This category applies to Promotional and Events Services of the Council Employment & Skills service activities, for example (but not exclusively): • The planning, preparations and management of events • The promotion of events/projects/delivery to various stakeholders, including businesses, communities and residents • The development and production of marketing materials

Category 1 concerns levels 2 through level 7 apprenticeship training in the following Council apprenticeship training programmes: • ATP-Lot 1 Business administration. • ATP-Lot 2 Construction. • ATP-Lot 3 Customer Service. • ATP-Lot 4 Health and Social Care. • ATP-Lot 5 ICT. • ATP-Lot 6 Legal. • ATP-Lot 7 Sport and leisure. • ATP-Lot 8 Professional support services. • ATP-Lot 9 Leadership and management. • ATP-Lot 10 Facilities and services. • ATP-Lot 11 Schools.

This package is specifically to on board ongoing Digital Skills contracts.

This All Skills Category is a DPS container for the Council to hold DPS mini-competitions across all pre-approved suppliers of skills provision or services that are already pre-approved in one or more of DPS Categories 2,3,6 and 10. The DPS container is a commissioning method for skills provision and services that may or may not be regulated by Ofsted, but may or may not involve accredited awards by another regulatory, standards or professional body.

This category applies to strengthening social fabric and fostering a sense of local pride and belonging. It also applies to building resilient, healthy and safe neighbourhoods. Examples include, but not limited to: • Delivering community led projects • Improving community infrastructure • Improving local green space • Enhancing physical, cultural and social ties • Delivering activities for crime prevention • Improving the built and natural environment

This category applies to creating jobs, boosting community cohesion, promote networking and collaboration, increase private sector investment in growth activities. Examples include, but not limited to: • Start up business support • Improve local retail, hospitality and leisure sector • Bring businesses together within & across sectors to share knowledge, expertise & resources • Stimulate innovation & growth • SME support • Productivity, energy efficient and low carbon technologies