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Cllr Philip Robinson sought Cabinet approval to :

1. Run a competitive procurement process to set up a framework agreement, valid for 4 years, for the provision of adult learning services and then to award call off contract(s) of varying lengths up to a maximum of 12 months, depending on the type of courses or piece of work, for the 2022 – 2023 academic year

2. Enter into the funding agreement with the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) for the purpose of funding the delivery of Community Learning and the Adult Skills Programme during the 2022 – 2023 academic year.

Having considered all of the information, cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED that:

The Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Bus Transport delegate authority to the Executive Director of Economy, Environment and Infrastructure, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Bus Transport to:

1. Enter into a funding agreement with the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) under which the council shall receive ESFA funding for the purpose of delivering Community Learning and Adult Skills Programmes for 2022 – 2023 academic year.

2. Conduct a competitive procurement process in respect of a four-year Framework Agreement for the supply of adult learning programmes through the following five lots:

Employability

First Steps

Adults with Learning Disabilities and/or Difficulties (ALDD)

Supported Internships

Local Flex (Responding to identified/emerging local need)

3. Award such Framework Agreement to the preferred tenderer(s) for each lot set out in Recommendation 2 (up to a maximum of six suppliers per lot)

4. Procure and award Call-Off Contracts for the supply of adult learning programmes under such Framework Agreement whose combined aggregate value shall not exceed £499,999.99.

Cllr Philip Robinson sought Cabinet approval to:

1. Run a competitive procurement process to set up a framework agreement, valid for 4 years, for the provision of adult learning services and then to award call off contract(s) of varying lengths up to a maximum of 12 months, depending on the type of courses or piece of work, for the 2022 – 2023 academic year

2. Enter into the funding agreement with the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) for the purpose of funding the delivery of Community Learning and the Adult Skills Programme during the 2022 – 2023 academic year.

Without the Education and Skills Funding Agency funding the Adult Learning Direct Delivery Service (Adult Education in Gloucestershire) would not be able to continue to deliver Adult Education in Gloucestershire in the 2022 – 2023 academic year or to procure the delivery of such services from the third-party providers. This funding would support around 4,000 adult learners.

The framework agreement governed the relationship between Council’s Adult Education staff and the Subcontractor in respect of the provision of services by the Subcontractor to the Council’s Adult Education staff.  The costs of the Adult Education contracts would be met from the ESFA grant, totalling £2,645,980.00 for the 2022 – 2023 academic year.  The cost of the framework contract would be contained within the resource available from the grant. The report included the recommendation to conduct a competitive procurement process in respect of a four year framework agreement.

Having considered all of the information, cabinet noted the report and

RESOLVED to:

delegate authority to the Executive Director of Economy, Environment and Infrastructure, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Education, Skills and Bus Transport to:

1. Enter into a funding agreement with the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) under which the council shall receive ESFA funding for the purpose of delivering Community Learning and Adult Skills Programmes for 2022 – 2023 academic year.

2. Conduct a competitive procurement process in respect of a four-year Framework Agreement for the supply of adult learning programmes through the following five lots:

• Employability
• First Steps
• Adults with Learning Disabilities and/or Difficulties (ALDD)
• Supported Internships
• Local Flex (Responding to identified/emerging local need)
  
  

3. Award such Framework Agreement to the preferred tenderer(s) for each lot set out in Recommendation 2 (up to a maximum of six suppliers per lot)

4. Procure and award Call-Off Contracts for the supply of adult learning programmes under such Framework Agreement whose combined aggregate value shall not exceed £499,999.99.