The City of Liverpool College - Creation of a Partnership Framework (Closed)

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The City of Liverpool College

The City of Liverpool College, The Learning Exchange, Liverpool, L1 9DW

PARTNERSHIPS BRIEF Lot 1: HE Provision • HNC & HND Musical Theatre for 2026/27 • HNC & HND Dance Training for 2026/27 • HND Computing for England for 2026/27 - 2 year course • HND Game Development for 2026/27 - 2 year course The College is seeking suitable training providers to deliver qualifications and/or programmes eligible for HE funding via the Student Loans Company, under the following general rules: • All the provision must be delivered in the funding year specified, unless specified above as a 2 year course, there is currently no scope to carry forward any funding to the following year. All the learning aims and learners must be eligible for HE funding via the Student Loans Company in relevant year. • Delivery within the curriculum areas specified above. • Providers wishing to apply for this opportunity must have a track record of successful subcontract delivery of qualifications. • The training must be delivered in full by the contracted training provider, i.e. only one level of subcontracting is permitted, and no second level subcontracting is permitted. • The Subcontractor, if awarded the contract, will be responsible for the recruitment of all learners, the delivery of training, the premises and resources required to deliver the training, awarding body accreditation and associated fees. • The quality of provision will be paramount as the College will retain responsibility to the Office for Students for programme quality. The management fee retained by the College will not generally exceed 25% as set out in our subcontracting policy. Providers will be required to confirm compliance with the subcontractor requirements with the conditions of registration with Office for Students. Awards under the framework will range from £100,000 to £600,000 maximum contract value.

Lot 2: Non-Devolved Adult Skills Fund (Subcontracting) The College is seeking suitable training providers to deliver qualifications and/or programmes eligible for funding under the College's Adult Skills Fund contract on its behalf, under the following general rules: • All the provision must be delivered in the funding year specified; there is currently no scope to carry forward any funding to 2026/27. All the learning aims and learners must be eligible for DfE Adult Skills Funded (ASF) in 2025/26. • Providers wishing to apply for this opportunity must have an active UKPRN and must have a track record of successful subcontract delivery of qualifications. • The training must be delivered in full by the contracted training provider, i.e., only one level of subcontracting is permitted, and no second level subcontracting is permitted. • The Subcontractor, if awarded the contract, will be responsible for the recruitment of all learners, the delivery of training, the premises and resources required to deliver the training, awarding body accreditation and associated fees. • The quality of provision will be paramount as the College will retain responsibility to DfE and OFSTED for programme quality. • Providers with a current full inspection outcome of 'outstanding' or 'good', if applicable • Ofsted monitoring visits judgements of 'reasonable' and 'significant' progress, if applicable • Subcontractor must have Matrix accreditation. The management fee retained by the College will not generally exceed 20% as set out in our subcontracting policy. Awards under the framework will range from £40,000 to £75,000 maximum contract value.

Lot 3: Free Courses for Jobs funding for Health and Social Care courses Funded by Level 3 Free Courses for Jobs funding in the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority area in line with our subcontracting strategy. The College is seeking suitable training providers to deliver qualifications and/or programmes eligible for funding under the College's Level 3 Free Courses for Jobs funding contract on its behalf, under the following general rules: • All the provision must be delivered in the 2025/26 funding year; there is currently no scope to carry forward any funding to 2026/27. All the learning aims and learners must be eligible for Level 3 Free Courses for Jobs funding in 2025/26 year (in line with DfE guidance using the approved the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority list of eligible courses) with the learner resident within the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority area to be eligible for funding through this contract. • Providers wishing to apply for this opportunity must have an active UKPRN and must have a proven record of successful subcontract delivery of qualifications. • The training must be delivered in full by the contracted training provider, i.e., only one level of subcontracting is permitted, and no second level subcontracting is permitted. • The Subcontractor, if awarded the contract, will be responsible for the recruitment of all learners, the delivery of training, the premises and resources required to deliver the training, awarding body accreditation and associated fees. • The quality of provision will be paramount as the College will retain responsibility to Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and OFSTED for programme quality. • Providers with a current full inspection outcome of 'outstanding' or 'good', if applicable • Ofsted monitoring visits judgements of 'reasonable' and 'significant' progress, if applicable • Subcontractor must have Matrix accreditation. • The management fee retained by the College will not generally exceed 20% as set out in our subcontracting policy. • Providers will be required to confirm compliance with the subcontractor requirements with the conditions of registration with Office for Students. Awards under the framework will range from £100,000 t

Document pack· 1 file

104

total contracts

£6.4m

total value

£318,535

average contract size