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St.Helens Council

ST HELENS COUNCIL EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT PROGRAMME

Business ServicesCPV 79600000
Value£1.5m
Deadline9 May 2016
Published11 Apr 2016
RegionUK-wide
Timeline
Published 11 Apr 2016ClosedCloses 9 May 2016
Contract value in context
£1.5mtotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.7m

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The brief

ST HELENS COUNCIL EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT PROGRAMME (PART OF ESF WAYS TO WORK PROGRAMME St Helens Council is seeking a supplier to provide a comprehensive employment support and skills development programme for Adults and Young People who reside in St Helens (the ?Programme?), which includes delivery of Phase 2(b) of the Youth Employment Gateway (YEG) Programme in St Helens.

The Programme forms part of the wider ?St Helens Ways to Work Programme?, which is funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) and Youth Employment Initiative (YEI).

The Programme intends to work with Adults (ESF Strand 1.1), Young People (ESF Strand 1.3) and those eligible for support through the YEG Delivery (Phase 2(b) YEG Programme) to improve personal resilience, assist participants into employment and sustain this employment.

The Programme will involve working with three distinct cohorts of eligible participants, these being ?ESF Participants?, ?YEG Participants? and ?YEI Participants?, who will each have their own eligibility criteria for support.

The opportunity has been advertised as a combined service in order to avoid potential conflicts of interest which would be detrimental to the performance of the contract.

The contract is for a maximum period of 31 months June 2016 to Dec 2018 St Helens is located in North West England between the major conurbations of Liverpool (19 km to the west) and Manchester (36 km to the east).

It has a population of over 176,000 people (ONS Mid-year Population Estimates, 2012) and covers a total of 135 km², of which approximately half is urban and half is rural.

Further information about St Helens is available on our website (www.sthelens.gov.uk

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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ST HELENS COUNCIL EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT PROGRAMME (PART

ST HELENS COUNCIL EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT PROGRAMME (PART OF ESF WAYS TO WORK PROGRAMME.

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St Helens Council is seeking a supplier

St Helens Council is seeking a supplier to provide a comprehensive employment support and skills development programme for Adults and Young People who reside in St Helens (the ?Programme?), which includes delivery of Phase 2(b) of the Youth Employment Gateway (YEG) Programme in St Helens.

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The Programme intends to work with Adults

The Programme intends to work with Adults (ESF Strand 1.1), Young People (ESF Strand 1.3) and those eligible for support through the YEG Delivery (Phase 2(b) YEG Programme) to improve personal resilience, assist participants into employment and sustain this employment.

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The Programme will involve working with three

The Programme will involve working with three distinct cohorts of eligible participants, these being ?ESF Participants?, ?YEG Participants? and ?YEI Participants?, who will each have their own eligibility criteria for support.

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Stage
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