Community Skills & Enterprise Project, Worcester - Design Team Services

The Community Skills and Enterprise Project (CS&E) is one of five priority projects identified in the Town Investment Plan (TIP).

The aim of the CS&E is to enhance the adult education offered in the city by expanding inclusive training facilities at existing community centres with a focus on teaching vocational skills. The community centres play an important role supporting Worcester's deprived communities providing general community and youth activities.

The key outputs expected to arise upon completion of the CS&E are: • Refurbishment, extension or reconfiguration of buildings; • Provision of digital infrastructure and vocational training equipment; • Increase in capacity and accessibility to new or improved skills facilities for deprived areas of Worcester; • 1 established training network; • 4,377 learners achieving entry level, VQ level 1, 2, 3 qualifications over the first 5 years.

The CS&E is a joint undertaking between Worcester City Council (WCC) and Worcester Community Trust (WCT). WCT is a registered charity that runs six Community Hubs in the City of Worcester providing facilities for community use. The capital delivery phase will be led by WCC including procurement of all works required to deliver the project. Training will be led by WCT.

This commission is for the provision of the Design Team services required for the delivery of building facilities to enable training and established community uses at five community centres included in the CS&E as follows: 1. Dines Green community centre • Delivery of a new, purpose-built unit - Building Block 2 - to house a new, construction and green technology skills centre; 2. Horizon community centre • Delivery of a building extension to create a room suitable to enable skills training in a classroom environment; 3. King George V Community Centre • Change the ambience of the existing reception area using decoration/wall art, modular furniture and lighting; 4. Ronkswood Community Centre • Delivery of a building extension to create a room suitable to enable skills training in a classroom environment; • Reconfigure existing changing rooms to meeting rooms; • Creatively re-organise the existing reception space; 5. Tolladine Community Centre • Reconfigure the existing 'Sure Start' room Please see the procurement documents for further information.

The Council are using the e-procurement portal known as the Proactis Pro-Contract portal https://procontract.due-north.com to conduct this procurement exercise.

To gain access to the procurement documents, contractors will need to register their company details at the above website (there is no charge for this). Once registered, contractors will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the procurement documents. Contractors will need to search for the invitation under Worcester City Council and then electronically submit an expression of interest and follow the online instructions to view the procurement documents.

Additional information: The Council are using the e-procurement portal known as the Proactis Pro-Contract portal https://procontract.due-north.com to conduct this procurement exercise.

To gain access to the procurement documents, contractors will need to register their company details at the above website (there is no charge for this). Once registered, contractors will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the procurement documents. Contractors will need to search for the invitation under Worcester City Council and then electronically submit an expression of interest and follow the online instructions to view the procurement documents.