UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

The Skills & Apprenticeship Hub Team are part of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) and Strategic Investment Fund (SIF).\r \r As part of the Priority Training Support Fund, LCRCA wishes appoint a suitably experienced supplier to deliver a training programme focussed on providing the skills needed to support residential and community-based care workers to a number of cohorts. These sessions will be fully funded by LCRCA.\r \r Research undertaken by the LCRCA has identified 'Communication Skills' training as a skills' need for Halton based employers. As a result of this, LCRCA Skills & Apprenticeship Hub is looking to procure a training provider to satisfy this demand.\r \r This is a 4-month programme starting on 1st April 2023. The programme will operate up to 31 July 2023 and will support Halton based employers looking to address specific skills gaps within their existing workforce. Additional information: The tender documents can be located on The Chest (www.the-chest.org.uk) under reference DN656862.

We are seeking to appoint a creative agency to support our Green Bus Routes Programme. Green Bus Routes is an infrastructure improvement package to transform key corridors along the Liverpool City Region bus route network. The Green Bus Routes programme will have several key benefits including improving the overall bus experience in particular; reliability, reducing journey time, supporting new technology including environmentally friendly Hydrogen buses, and improving the environment and air quality. The first of these schemes, the 10a Route, will enable us to begin implementing real changes in line with our overarching vision for bus that benefit not only bus passengers travelling along this route but also residents, local businesses, other modes of transport users and the environment. Potential infrastructure improvement measures include: • Signal upgrades - smarter traffic signals that manage traffic flow • Junction upgrades to tackle pinch points and provide bus priority • Carriageway widening and provision of Priority Bus Lanes • Parking restrictions review and upgrade • Bus hub development and improvements to public realm • Bus stop/shelter upgrades • Complimentary active travel infrastructure At present the bus routes that have been confirmed are the 10A, 53 and 86 / 86A routes but more will be confirmed in due course.

The Supplier shall provide services in support of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority for the NW Net Zero Hub in preparing data development for the public sector in the NW region of England to support the transition to Net Zero.

Winter Bird Survey Services for the Mersey Tidal Power Project (MTPP) to advance the current status of the project baseline bird data. The data collect and interpretative report will support progress towards a Scoping Opinion and preparation for the next phase to DCO (Development Consent Order) submission and determination.

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority are seeking a supplier to conduct primary research, comprising the following methods: 1. Baseline digital ethnography, ideation/co-design workshops and post-intervention surveys 2. Intercept surveys on the pilot infrastructure route, both baseline and post-intervention, with users of the active travel infrastructure (200-250 sample size each). 3. An Ideation/Co-design workshop with key stakeholders (to be identified in partnership with the CA).

The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) is a Mayoral Combined Authority covering the six local authorities of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St. Helens and Wirral. An important part of the Combined Authority's function lies in ensuring an optimal evidence and intelligence base, providing socio-economic and other key data on the current status of the city region, trends and possible future change.\r \r A key issue for the LCRCA thus lies in obtaining regularly updated economic forecasts for the area, in order to improve our evidence base and to support policy and investment decisions across a wide range of work strands including transport, skills, economic development and spatial development. The LCRCA now seeks to obtain a fresh set of forecasts

Regional Retrofit Skills Plan - Consultancy services to support the preparation of a North West regional skills plan for retrofit.

The Liverpool City Region Careers Hub wish to appoint a supplier to develop new experiences of the workplace for up to 400 young people to stimulate both the young people's interest in the Games Studio Industry and increase the uptake within the digital sector including apprenticeship and technical vocational routes.

The organisation seeks to appoint a suitably competent Internal Audit provider to supplement its in-house Internal Audit service in the provision of a risk-based IT audit service, covering the audit of strategic and technical IT areas and systems across the Combined Authority, including Merseytravel and its subsidiaries and the Local Enterprise Partnership/Growth Platform.

Experience of workplace - procure suppliers to stimulate meaningful activity to engage minimum 250 students to ensure that we drive up the quantity and quality of opportunities for young people to engage in encounters of the workplace. Area of focus digital innovation within Advanced Manufacturing. We also want to capture learning on the type of activity, how it has been targeted and any indication of the impact achieved.

The LCRCA supports and maintains around 850 devices. This procurement seeks to replace devices in our estate approaching or exceeding 5 years in age which we have deemed to be the lifespan of laptops based on industry standards and our own experience of managing a laptop estate. In this procurement we are aiming to procure around 125 devices. The preference is to procure via a direct award using Lot 1: Corporate Hardware using the Liverpool City Council's framework: ICT Services Framework_21

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA) is looking to procure a programme of activity to provide upskilling and/or reskilling opportunities to residents of Liverpool City Region that could not be delivered through mainstream learning funding such as the devolved Adult Education Budget, Level 3 Free Courses for Jobs or Skills Bootcamps. We are seeking 2 sectoral areas of delivery: Lot 1: Construction Technical including Greener Low Carbon Construction Skills with CSCS cards and/or other licences to practice with a minimum of 85 starts and completions with all learners to complete vocationally related training, a licence to practice and progress to further learning, progression in or into employment or skills. Lot 2: Green Energy Skills with licences to practice and vocational skills delivery with a minimum of 85 starts and completions with all learners to complete vocationally related training, a licence to practice and progress to further learning, progression in or into employment or skills. CONTRACT PERIOD: 1 APRIL 2024 TO 31 MARCH 2025 with the potential for extension of contracts on an initial term +1+1 basis up to the end of March 2027

LCRCA requires a consultant to develop a set of bus stop standard details for use within the Liverpool City Region. Those standard details should incorporate current guidance relating to bus stops, accessibility and active travel. There have been changes in legislation and regulations that affect bus stops and the standard details should take cognisance of them. This should include accommodating the relevant parts of Manual For Streets, Cycle Infrastructure Design (LTN 1/20) and Bus Back Better: National Bus Strategy for England.\r Please note this tender is being procured via the online portal The Chest www.the-chest.org.uk

LCRCA requires support to assist the Transport Development Team with additional resource on a short-term basis (anticipated to be a minimum of one day per week, however this may vary depending on workloads).

The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is looking to put a single party framework in place and wishes to commission a digital marketing agency to provide best-in-class digital advertising and support for our three consumer-facing brands: LCRCA, Merseytravel and Mersey Ferries. As our digital partner, the successful agency will work in collaboration with the Marketing team to help us achieve our vision of creating a fairer, stronger, cleaner, more connected and vibrant city region - where no one is left behind.

LCRCA wishes to appoint Training Provider(s) to deliver a Skills Bootcamp in Health & Social Care (Life Sciences), focussed on delivering industry relevant training. Call-off from Lot 8 of the LCRCA Skills Bootcamp DPS

LCRCA wishes to appoint a Training Provider to deliver a Skills Bootcamp in Green (Renewables - Heating), focussed on delivering industry relevant training. Call-off from Lot 5 of the LCRCA Skills Bootcamp DPS

LCRCA wishes to appoint a Training Provider to deliver a Skills Bootcamp in Green (Renewables - Electrical), focussed on delivering industry relevant training. Call-off from Lot 5 of the LCRCA Skills Bootcamp DPS

This commission seeks to provide an independent evaluation of the LCRCA Skills and Apprenticeship Hub which has been delivered over the period 2019-2023. The core question of the evaluation is on the impact of skills revenue funding on business performance - addressing skills gaps within the current workforce and skills shortages amongst the local labour force which constrain business productivity and growth. The focus is therefore on impact evaluation of the project, but the evaluation will need to include some level of process evaluation to explore what worked well and less well in delivery of the project, in order to inform future support.