Ongoing Applications

Caerphilly County Borough Council has established a Dynamic Purchasing System to enable a diverse array of training providers to offer courses, qualifications, and accreditations to both council employees and local residents. The system is designed to support the Council’s goal of upskilling its workforce and cultivating employability within the borough, and it can be accessed by all council departments to meet a wide spectrum of learning needs.

The DPS invites providers to deliver a broad spectrum of traditional and bespoke training packages, including technical and vocational qualifications, licences, and workforce development courses that align with the local labour market. Key subject areas include construction, rail, civil and plant, security, administration, hospitality, care, green skills, heavy goods vehicle driving, hair and beauty, general employment-focused courses, wellbeing and mental health first aid, creative and media, housing and estates, numeracy, essential skills, and family learning. The system is available for up to five years with the option for a further five‑year extension, permits the supply of variant services, and is accessible through the council’s supplier portal. All training must comply with relevant national accreditation standards and health and safety regulations.

Caerphilly County Borough Council ('the Council') has established a Dynamic Purchasing System (‘DPS’) for training providers that can provide courses, qualifications and accreditations for employees and residents of the borough for a wide variety and range of services. The initial DPS has now been set up and is open for ongoing applications for new providers to join throughout the DPS validity period.

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Contract location: UKL16
Communication: https://suppIierIive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: En
This is a recurrent procurement: No
Submission address and any special instructions: https://suppIierIive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login

Lot number: 1
Description: A wide variety of training requirements are required by the Council to meet its needs to facilitate training, upskilling and learning across the Council (employees) and the Borough (residents). The Council aims to be able to provide a broad range of individual courses, qualifications and training for employees and residents as required, in addition to planned, bespoke courses/training packages/pathways for groups or individuals. Courses can include technical and vocational qualifications, licences, and courses with a specific focus on growth areas aligning to local labour market needs. Qualifications and courses can range from entry level upwards, accredited to non-accredited courses and general additional learning and training. The DPS can be utilised by all departments across the Local Authority. However, in particular the Council has developed a robust, single employment support model through the coordinated delivery of Welsh Government’s Communities for Work Plus (CfW+) and the UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF) People and Skills Pillar (and any other schemes / grants that the Council can potentially receive). As part of this model the Caerphilly Employability Team support our residents (both employed and unemployed) to gain appropriate and relevant qualifications as well as access to courses to enable them to upskill and obtain employment in their chosen route and this DPS will also assist in the Council meeting these objectives. Training provision will typically be required (but not limited to) for requirements related to the following areas however it should be noted the Council reserves the right to include other services linked to the subject matter of this DPS: - - Construction. - Rail. - Civil & Plant. - Security. - Administration. - Hospitality. - Care. - Green Skills. - HGV/Driving. - Hair & Beauty. - General Employment Focused Courses. - Wellbeing and Mental Health First Aid - Soft Skills. - Creative & Media. - Housing & Estates. - Numeracy and maths courses ranging from entry level – level 2. - Essential Skills Wales. - Family Learning courses / qualifications
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals: The DPS validity period is for an initial period of five (5) years with option to extend for a further five (5) years. The Council reserves the right to shorten or lengthen the validity period as required.
Information about options. Options: No
Variants will be accepted: allowed