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Prevista Provider Framework

Adult Education Budget

Non Devolved areas only

Expression of Interest

If you have any questions regarding this tender application, please contact the Business Development Team at business@prevista.co.uk

All data will be securely stored on Prevista’s partnership database.

Prevista Provider Framework

Prevista are seeking applications from the leading skills providers to join our Provider Framework for the delivery of AEB in the non-devolved regions of England. Our aim is to build a strong and diverse partnership with established providers who can robustly respond to the needs of employers and learners eligible under this funding stream. Providers must have experience of delivering skills support, with a strong focus on achieving skills and employment outcomes for individuals and employers.

We aim to support the economic recovery considering the pandemic by creating a high-quality partnership of likeminded organisations who will deliver:

• Qualifications that enable people to secure better jobs and improve their productivity.

• Support unemployed people to secure sustainable employment through the delivery of sector work-based academies and strong employer links on a local level.

• English and Maths up to and including Level 2 for people aged 19+ who do not already possess these qualifications.

• The first full level 2 qualification for adults aged 19-23 yrs

• ICT up to and including level 1 for adults aged 19+

• Support adults aged 19+ without a full level 3 qualification to achieve one.

• Provide high quality support to learners with additional support needs.

The contracting authority the ESFA intend to launch the invitation to tender early February 2021, awarding contracts in July 2021 for an intended delivery start of 1/8/2021.

In order to be considered you need to complete this EOI application which will be used as the basis for contract considerations and deciding on our shortlist of partners. This form evaluates each potential partner’s delivery experience, range of products/services, quality of service and financial standing.

Please ensure that you use Ariel font Size 11 for all narrative sections unless otherwise indicated.

Once completed please send to business@prevista.co.uk by 5pm 8/2/2021.

EOI completion Instructions:

The tender application contains 2 parts:

Part A - Generic Questions:

• Section 1 - Organisation Details

• Section 2 – Quality Assurance

• Section 3 – Declarations

• Section 4 – References

• Section 5 – Financial Standing

Part B - Specific Questions:

• Section 6 – Experience

• Section 7 - Geography

• Section 8 – Delivery

• Section 9 – Management

• Section 10 – Readiness

• Section 11 – COVID 19

All answers should not exceed the limits specifically stated.

Check Boxes: Prevista’s ITT uses check boxes in certain sections, which all need to be completed. To check these boxes, double click on the required box, which will then open the following dialogue box:

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Change the “Default value” from “Not Checked” to “Checked” and then OK.

PART A – Generic Questions

Section 1: Organisation Details

|1.1 |Name of Organisation | |

|1.2 |Main Contact Address, including postcode | |

|1.3 |Contact Name | |

|1.4 |Job Title | |

|1.5 |Telephone Number | |

|1.6 |Email Address | |

|1.7 |Secondary Contact Name | |

|1.8 |Secondary Contact Email | |

|1.9 |Secondary Contact Telephone | |

|1.10 |Company Website | |

|1.11 |Company/Charity Registration number? | |

|1.12 |Are you registered on the SFA ROTO |Yes |No |

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|1.13 |Please provide your 8 digit UKPRN number? | |

|1.14 |Please confirm the status of your organisation: |

|Private Limited Company | |Registered Charity | |

|Public Limited Company | |Public Sector | |

|Not for Profit | |Other | |

|If Other, please specify: |

|1.15 How many Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff do you employ? |

|1- 20 | |

|21-50 | |

|51 - 250 | |

|251 - 500 | |

|500+ | |

|1.16 Please give a brief overview of your organisation: (Max 200 words) |

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Section 2: Quality Assurance

|2.1 Please indicate which of the following quality standards your organisation currently holds. |

|Quality Standard |Yes |No |Working Towards |Expiry Date |

|2.1.1 Investors in People | | | | |

|2.1.2 Matrix | | | | |

|2.1.3 Customer First | | | | |

|2.1.4 ISO27001 | | | | |

|2.1.5 ISO9001 | | | | |

|2.1.6 Disability Confident | | | | |

|Other (Please specify below) | | | | |

|2.2 Please indicate the internal policies which your organisation currently holds. |

|*Please provide copies of these as supporting evidence |

|Policy |Held |Not Held |Date Last Updated |

|2.2.1 Fraud Prevention/Whistle Blowing | | | |

|2.2.2 Business Code of Ethics | | | |

|2.2.3 Health & Safety | | | |

|2.2.4 Environmental Sustainability | | | |

|2.2.5 Equal Opportunities & Diversity | | | |

|2.2.6 Disciplinary & Grievance | | | |

|2.2.7 Data Security | | | |

|2.2.8 Safeguarding | | | |

|2.2.9 Business Continuity | | | |

|2.2.10 ECRB/CRB | | |If so, what is the frequency? |

|2.3 Do you hold approved centre status from relevant awarding organisations to deliver education and training|Yes |No |

|services? If yes please list them below | | |

|Name of Awarding Body | |Centre No. | |

|Name of Awarding Body | |Centre No. | |

|Name of Awarding Body | |Centre No. | |

|Name of Awarding Body | |Centre No. | |

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**Please provide copies of centre approval certificates as supporting evidence

|2.4 Ofsted |

|2.4.1 Has your organisation undergone an Ofsted inspection as a lead? |Yes |No |

|If yes, please provide your unique reference number | |

|Web link to most recent Ofsted Report: | |

|Overall Grade |1 2 3 4 |

|2.4.2 Effectiveness of Provision |1 2 3 4 |

|2.4.3 Capacity to Improve |1 2 3 4 |

|2.4.4 Quality of Provision |1 2 3 4 |

|2.4.5 Leadership & Management |1 2 3 4 |

|2.4.6 Has your organisation undergone an Ofsted inspection as a sub-contractor? |Yes |No |

Section 3: Declarations

|3.1 Regulation 23 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 sets out a number of criteria for the rejection of organisations. Please state whether any of |

|the below criteria apply to your organisation or any of your directors or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control of the |

|bidding entity  |

|Any organisation must be excluded, if they or any of its directors or any other person who has powers of representation, |Yes |

|decision or control of the organisation has been convicted of any of the following: | |

|• conspiracy that relates to participation in a criminal organisation; |No |

|• corruption; | |

|• bribery; | |

|• fraud where the fraud affects the financial interests of the European Communities and falls within the meaning of any of | |

|the following: | |

|- the offence of cheating or defrauding Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs or its predecessor organisations; | |

|- the offence of conspiracy to defraud; | |

|- fraud or theft under the Theft Act 1968 and the Theft Act 1978; | |

|- fraudulent trading under the Companies Act 1985; | |

|- an offence in connection with taxation in the European Community; or | |

|- destroying, defacing or concealing documents or procuring the execution of a valuable security within the meaning of | |

|section 20 of the Theft Act 1968 | |

|• money laundering; | |

|• any other offence within the meaning of Article 45(1) of the Public Sector Directive (noting that the only offence | |

|referred to in Article 45(1) of the Public Sector Directive which does not appear to be covered in the list above is | |

|participation in a criminal organisation, rather than conspiracy which relates to participation in a criminal organisation | |

|as mentioned above) | |

|• if relevant, is not properly licensed to provide services in the State in which the bidder is established; | |

|• is not registered on the appropriate trade register in the Member State in which he is established (a UK or Irish bidder | |

|would be deemed to be registered on the professional or trade register if it is established in the UK and is certified | |

|If you have answered yes to any of the above statements please provide details below |

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|3.2 Please select all of the following criteria that apply to your organisation or any of its directors or any other person who has powers of |

|representation, decision or control of your organisation: |

|3.2.1 Previous activities have resulted in significant repayment of monies (£100,000 or more) under any commercial contract |No |Yes |

|3.2.2 Representation from awarding bodies identifying significant irregularities in the award of qualifications |No |Yes |

|3.2.3 Ongoing investigation relating to suspicion of fraud or irregularity under an existing delivery contract |No |Yes |

|3.2.4 Two or more instances within a two year period where a contracting body (private or public) have audited the provision of |No |Yes |

|your organisation and identified significant concerns resulting in a qualified opinion | | |

|3.2.5 Are any of the individual directors of your organisation or any other person who has powers of representation, decision or|No |Yes |

|control of the bidding entity in a state of un-discharged bankruptcy or composition with creditors or subject to such | | |

|proceedings?  | | |

|3.2.6 Have any of the individual directors of your organisation or any other person who has powers of representation, decision |No |Yes |

|or control of the bidding entity committed an act of grave misconduct in the course of business that resulted in either a | | |

|criminal or civil conviction or in their expulsion from a professional body?  | | |

|3.2.7 Has the organisation and its individual directors and any other person who has powers of representation, decision or |No |Yes |

|control of the bidding entity always fulfilled their obligations related to the payment of taxes?  | | |

|3.2.8 Has the organisation, its individual directors and any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control |No |Yes |

|of the bidding entity always fulfilled their obligations related to the payment of social security contributions?  | | |

|3.2.9 Has the organisation, its individual directors and any other person who has powers of representation, decision or control |No |Yes |

|of the bidding entity been reprimanded or convicted of serious misrepresentation in supplying information required by English | | |

|Law?  | | |

|3.2.10 Is your organisation (or any of the members of your consortium) in a state of insolvency, voluntary administration, |No |Yes |

|compulsory winding up, receivership, composition with creditors, company voluntary arrangements or subject to equivalent | | |

|proceedings?  | | |

|3.2.11 Do you agree, at your cost, to obtain the appropriate Criminal Records Bureau approval for all of your employees involved|No |Yes |

|in delivering Apprenticeships to 16 – 18 year olds and/or delivering Education and Vocational Training services to vulnerable | | |

|adults. | | |

|If you have answered yes to any of the above statements please provide details below |

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Section 4: References

|4.1 Please provide 2 references from relevant sources that can attest to your ability to deliver AEB: |

|4.1.1 Contractor – please provide details of an organisation that currently contracts you for the delivery of learning provision. |

|Organisation Name | |

|Contact Name | |

|Email Address | |

|Contact Telephone Number | |

|Relevant Contract Details | |

|4.1.2 Employer – please provide details of an organisation that currently contracts you for the delivery of learning provision. |

|Organisation Name | |

|Contact Name | |

|Email Address | |

|Contact Telephone Number | |

|Details of Learning Provision | |

Section 5: Financial Declaration

|5.1 Please provide some basic information about your organisation finances |

|Year |2017/18 |2018/19 |2019/20 |

|Turnover | | | |

|If requested can you provide three years accounts or prepared |No |Yes | |

|financial statement? | | | |

|If “No” please provide the reasons why | |

|5. 2 Please indicate which insurance policies your organisation holds and value of each policy |

|5.2.1 Employer Liability Insurance |No |Yes |Value: |

|5.2.2 Public Liability Insurance |No |Yes |Value: |

|5.2.3 Professional Indemnity Insurance |No |Yes |Value: |

PART B – Specific Tender Questions

Section 6: Experience

|6.1 Please describe your experience of successfully delivering AEB provision to employed people to suit employers needs (Max 500 words) |

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|6.2 Please describe your experience of successfully delivering sector work-based academies and/or ESOL provision to unemployed people and your success rate |

|in terms of placing people into work. (Max 500 words) |

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|6.3 Please provide your performance data for academic years 18/19 and 19/20 for the provision that you would like to be considered for in your application. |

|Please provide evidence to substantiate your answer (i.e. EV reports, SFA performance reports, funder/contractor audit reports, etc) |

|Accreditation Title/Type |Level |LARA Ref. no. |2018/19 |2019/20 |

| | | |Overall |Timely Success|Overall |Timely Success|

| | | |Success Rate|Rate % |Success Rate|Rate % |

| | | |% | |% | |

|Customer Service Award – Apprenticeship |2 |60008532 |100 |96 |96% |90% |

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|6.5 Please state all other contracts you currently hold for the delivery of learning provision i.e. Traineeships, 16-18 Apprenticeships, 19+ Apprenticeships, Work |

|Place Learning qualifications (QCF), Accredited Units to the Unemployed: |

|Contract Title |Contracting |Contract Start and|Brief Description of Services |Target Performance |Achieved |Total Contract |

| |Organisation |End dates |Delivered and Target Groups |(outputs, outcomes, |Performance (state |Value |

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|6.6 Please state the proportion of your annual income generated from the provision of education and vocational training services | |% |

Section 7: Geography

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|The areas above ARE DEVOLVED AND THEREFORE NOT part of this funding round. Please indicate “Yes” against the geographical areas of interest and provide |

|details of what and where you currently/previously have delivered AEB. |

.6 Community Integration – Please detail your experience of working with Local Authorities and LEPs (Local Enterprise Partnerships in the areas and membership to boards? |

|Non devolved areas |Currently deliver |Volume of starts you|List premises and infrastructure for delivery |

| |AEB |can support annually| |

|North West England | | | |

|North East England | | | |

|Central England | | | |

|Home Counties | | | |

|Southern England | | | |

Section 8: Delivery

|8.1 Please give an overview your delivery model and the type of provision you are offering (750 words) |

|Your response should include: |

|Who are your target employers and why? |

|Who are your target learners and why? |

|What are you intending to deliver (type, levels, duration)? |

|How you will deliver the programme? |

|How you will ensure the following? |

|Recruitment; |

|Sustainment; |

|Achievement; and |

|Progression |

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|8.2 How will you identify and deliver to adults without a full qualification at level 3 to gain in-demand skills and to open further job opportunities? Explain|

|why this will be successful? Please provide specific examples where appropriate (Max 500 words) |

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|8.3 Describe your methods for providing effective learning support. (Max 250 Words) |

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|8.4 Describe you identify learner support needs, what support you provide and how you ensure fair and consistent personalized learning is effective for learner|

|who require additional support. (Max 250 Words) |

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|8.5 Community Integration – Please detail your experience of working with Local Authorities and LEPs (Local Enterprise Partnerships in the areas and |

|membership to boards? |

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Section 9: Management

|9.1 Please describe your management arrangements, detailing your organisations approach to performance management, resource planning and risk assessment? |

|Please refer to any MI system you use and explain the application. (Max 250 words) |

|*Please include a copy of the latest Organisational Chart in your application |

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|9.2 How do you manage, monitor & evaluate the quality of your provision to ensure that it is of a consistently high standard, meets the needs of your |

|customers and ensures that they receive a positive experience? (Max 250 words) (Please insert a copy of your latest SAR) |

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|9.3 Please describe how you manage the process of teaching and learning to ensure the progress of all learners through frequent meaningful high quality |

|interventions are taking place to meet planned end dates. You may refer to an e-portfolio system used. (Max 250 words) |

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|9.4 How would you address under performance in a project? (max 250 words) |

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|9.5 What training do you provide to your staff and how do you ensure they have the necessary skills to deal effectively with a broad range of customers |

|and remain occupationally competent to meet changing standards? (max 200 words) |

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Section 10: Readiness

|10.1 What arrangements will you put or are in place to ensure that you can deliver the provision for which you have bid from the start of the contract? |

|(max 250 words) |

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Section 11: Adaptability to the pandemic

|11.1 We ask that all of our prospective partners have the relevant infrastructure in place to during the pandemic specifically the ability to deliver |

|online. Please outline how you have been able to: |

|a) Engage new learners in lockdown |

|b) Maintain high levels of learner engagement |

|c) What adaptations you have made to your delivery of teaching, learning and assessment? |

|c) Undertake testing and invigilation |

|d) Support learners pastorally |

|Please confirm the % of delivery that you have been able to undertake online. |

|(max 500 words) |

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|11.2 Please explain how you have been able to collect digital signatures and in learning evidence during lockdown. (max 200 words) |

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|11.3 How have you been able to safeguard learners and support their well-being during the pandemic and subsequent national restrictions? How have you |

|ensured your delivery is keeping with your CV19 safeguarding strategy. Please provide your updated safeguarding policy which refers to the pandemic. |

|(max 250 words) |

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|11.4 Please explain how you have been able to engage employers during lockdown? (max 250 words) |

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Thank you for completing this expression of interest. Please email the completed form to business@prevista.co.uk by 5pm 8/2/2021.

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