GB-Thurrock: On Track Thurrock

On Track Programme will provide bespoke course(s) for young people aged between 15-29 years, addressing unemployment in Thurrock and reducing the number of young people not in employment, education or training (NEET). There are 20 lots under this procurement: 1Personal Development 2Basic Skills 3Word Readiness Sector Specific Practical Training 4aLogistic 4bCustomer Service 4cCreative and Cultural 4dICT and Technical 4eConstruction and Engineering 4fEnterprise, Entrepreneurship & Business Administration 4gHealth and Social 4hLand Based Sector Specific Formal Training 5aLogistic 5bCustomer Service 5cCreative and Cultural 5dICT and Technical 5eConstruction and Engineering 5fEnterprise, Entrepreneurship & Business Administration 5gHealth and Social 5hLand Based 6Ad-Hoc Support/Training Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs).

However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. The Council is operating this procurement under the Light Touch Regime for Social and Other Specific Services, as set out in the Procurement Contract Regulations 2015, at Section 7 (Regulations 74 to 77) and Schedule 3.

Under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 the contracting authority must consider: (a) how what is proposed to be procured might improve the economic, social and environmental well-being of the area where it exercises its functions, and (b) how, in conducting the process of procurement, it might act with a view to securing that improvement. Accordingly, the subject matter of the contract has been scoped to take into account the priorities of the contracting authority relating to economic, social and environmental well-being. These priorities are described in the Invitation To Tender and are reflected in environmental and social characteristics in the evaluation criteria for the award of the contract.