** WITHDRAWN** P0857 - Birmingham and Solihull Youth Promise Plus (YPP) Project

WITHDRAWN

**The Council wishes to abort and re-tender this opportunity in order to comply with the additional EU funding requirements. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. This opportunity will be re-issued shortly** --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Birmingham and Solihull Youth Promise Plus project (YPP) is an education, employment and training project for young people aged 15-29. To be eligible for the project the young person must be NEET - not in education, employment or training.

The aim of the project is to support young people into positive engagement in education, employment or training.

As part of the YPP Birmingham City Council is now commissioning a supplier or suppliers for the provision of specialist services in two lots;

o Lot 1: Specialist employment, education and training provision for young people with significant barriers o Lot 2: Specialist wrap around service for young people with mental health support needs

The contracts are scheduled to commence 1June 2022 and complete on 31 December 2023. Any provider wishing to bid for both Lots will be required to submit a separate response for each lot.

Lot 1: The contract will principally involve employing and effectively deploying Specialist Intervention Workers to provide in-depth personal and employment focused support to caseloads of young people (aged 15-29 years) with significant barriers and support needs. The aim will be to progress these young people into positive outcomes including further education, training and sustainable employment. There will focus those at risk of offending and with those leaving local authority care and looked after children (aged 16-18).

Lot 2: The contract will provide a mental health service to deliver flexible wrap around support services to NEET young people (15-29) on the YPP project who have additional mental health support needs. These participants will be referred by other YPP partners and providers or self-referred and their mental health support will be 'wrapped around' their ongoing EET (employment education and training) support pathway.

The successful providers will be selected through the assessment of a series of contract specific questions. Providers whose responses to the written Quality section meet the threshold of 60% of the available written quality marks will be invited to an interview/presentation by the evaluation panel following the first assessment of the tender information. The assessment criteria are available in the Invitation to Tender information.

The Council will be using its free to use e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the ...

Additional information: If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender Portal.

Delivery Notes

Birmingham

Funding Type (WEFO or EU) : European Social Fund and Youth Employment Initiative

Funding Description

European Social Fund and Youth Employment Initiative

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No