Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-05-25
Buyer: Dorset County Council
Country: UK
Region: Dorset and Somerset
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 80100000 | 80200000 | 80300000 | 80500000 | 85000000
Estimated value: 6000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-07-11
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Dorset County Council has a statutory duty to make support available to young people below the age of 19 that will encourage, enable or assist them to participate in education or training and to secure sufficient suitable education and training provision for all young people aged 16-18 (inclusive). In order to fulfil this duty, the local authority is expected to track the participation of young people in education and training, and ensure that young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) are supported to participate.
The key aim of the Information, advice, guidance and tracking (IAGT) service is to enable all young people to participate effectively in appropriate learning — whether in school, Further Education college, training provider, employment (where appropriate) or other community setting and by raising their aspirations so that they reach their full potential. The IAGT service has a central role in helping to deal with problems experienced by young people; it acts as an early intervention service by removing any wider barriers to effective engagement in learning that young people are suffering. It also brokers access for young people to a range of more specialist services.
— We identify vulnerable young people early, share this information appropriately and intervene in order to reduce the likelihood of becoming NEET;
Dorset County Council has a statutory duty to make support available to young people below the age of 19 that will encourage, enable or assist them to participate in education or training and to secure sufficient suitable education and training provision for all young people aged 16-18 (inclusive). In order to fulfil this duty, the local authority is expected to track the participation of young people in education and training, and ensure that young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) are supported to participate.
The key aim of the Information, advice, guidance and tracking (IAGT) service is to enable all young people to participate effectively in appropriate learning — whether in school, Further Education college, training provider, employment (where appropriate) or other community setting and by raising their aspirations so that they reach their full potential. The IAGT service has a central role in helping to deal with problems experienced by young people; it acts as an early intervention service by removing any wider barriers to effective engagement in learning that young people are suffering. It also brokers access for young people to a range of more specialist services.
— We identify vulnerable young people early, share this information appropriately and intervene in order to reduce the likelihood of becoming NEET;
The contract will commence 1.11.2016 and will run for a period of 36 months until 31.10.2019, with the possibility of a further 2 x 12 month extensions.
The contract value is the maximum of 1 200 000 GBP per annum and Total Contract Value therefore equating to the maximum of 6 000 000 GBP over the 5 year period.

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