PQ0437 - Education provider for the supported Internship Programme

Birmingham City Council's (BCC) Children's and Young People's Directorate, 14-19 Full Participation and Skills Team will be running a Supported Internship (SI) Programme which will start in September 2023. As part of the programme we require an Education Provider who will work in collaboration with the 14-19 Team. The SI Programme will offer a structured work-based study programme that will support young people 16 to 24 year-olds with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and/or who have an Educational Health Care Plan (EHCP).

The aim of the programme is to offer a substantial work placement that will lead to paid employment.

The 14-19 Team are working in collaboration with DFN Project Search, The National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTI), the Department for Education (DfE) and British Association for Supported Employment (BASE) who are our funding and delivery support partners.

The programme will;

• oStart with twenty four young people on the pilot programme in the first year 2023
• oIncrease the number of young people on the programme year on year
• oLast for a period of 12 months
• oWill run for three consecutive years up to 2025

The placements for the twenty four young people will be in Digital Services, who are responsible for co-ordinating the delivery and collection of BCCs mail, Customer Services Division, which provides a range of professional services to enable citizens of Birmingham to engage with the city council and employs approximately 450 members of staff across a number of areas, and Business Improvement and Support, who lead, shape and deliver high quality administrative services which make a positive difference every day to customers, businesses and visitors to Birmingham.

The provider will be expected to provide a minimum of 2 days a week educational content and provision to support the 3 days a week of practical work experience.

The Invitation to Quotation is being issued using the Council's e-tendering system In-tend and the remainder of the procurement process will be managed using the system. Therefore, all quotes must be submitted by Quotation providers via the In-tend system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc

Quotation return deadline noon on 28th April 2023.

Provider event- Teams presentation 18th April 2023- eventbrite

The 14-19 Team and DFN Project Search team will provide an overview of our work and requirements through an on-line Teams presentation on the 18th April 2023, you will then be able to submit your bid for the provision of the educational element of our Supported Internship Programme. Please see the Tender response form on https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/, responses to the quality questions need to be limited to no more than 4 sides of A4 and must be returned via the councils tender portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ It is recommended that all potential providers who are interested in submitting a bid for ...

Additional information: The 14-19 Team and DFN Project Search team will provide an overview of our work and requirements through an on-line Teams presentation on the 18th April 2023, you will then be able to submit your bid for the provision of the educational element of our Supported Internship Programme. Please see our Tender response form via https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/, responses to the quality questions need to be limited to no more than 4 sides of A4 and must be returned via the councils tender portal https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ It is recommended that all potential providers who are interested in submitting a bid for this opportunity attend this presentation. Please confirm your attendance at this event hosted online via teams, by clicking the eventbrite link on the form "Briefing session form" , which can be found on https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/

Delivery Notes

Birmingham

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No