Supported Employment and Training Service - AWARD

Reading Borough Council is committed to promoting good life outcomes for people with learning disabilities and/or Autism with or without Education, Health and Care Plan. It is recognized that access to some form of employment or training is important not only for economic wellbeing but also for social and emotional wellbeing, but barriers to employment persist for people with disabilities.

The Supported Employment, & Training Service provider will be commissioned to work with service users aged 18 to 65 years, who are diagnosed with a learning disability and/or Autism (LDA). This includes services users with or without an Education, Health, and Care Plan. The Service will support adults not in Education, Employment, or Training. (NEETs)

The provider is to support service users to sustain some form of employment, which may come in the form of paid employment, volunteering, training, apprenticeships, traineeships, internships & work experience. Support will include, working directly with service users to source and support work placements or paid employment opportunities and working with employers to increase disability awareness, encourage flexible methods of recruitment and increase confidence to work with people with LDA.

Organisations interested in expressing an interest in this procurement should download the procurement documents which are available on the Council`s e-tendering Portal at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/readingbc/aspx/Home and complete as instructed.

The Portal is free of charge - to register please follow the supplier registration guidance which is available on the Portal. Contractors wishing to be considered for this tendering opportunity must complete the tender documents and return them electronically via the Council`s e-tendering portal.

Please note: you must register your interest via the Council`s e-tendering portal if you intend to submit a tender. All communications regarding this procurement exercise will be conducted through the Council`s e-tendering portal including requests for clarifications or general enquiries. The procurement documents will be available for download up until the closing time and date for tender submissions; it is the organisation`s responsibility to ensure that they download the documents in ample time to ensure that they can be completed and returned electronically, along with supporting documents, prior to the closing time and date stipulated.

Before completing the tender, Bidders should ensure that the e-mail address that has been used to register their organisation will be checked regularly, as the Council`s e-tendering system will generate automatic notifications to this e-mail address when there are updates, changes or messages sent relating to the project. Bidders should also check that their organisation`s details are correct and kept up to date.

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