P0359/3 - Birmingham and Solihull Youth Promise Plus (YPP) - Business Engagement for Employment - AWARD

Birmingham and Solihull Youth Promise Plus (YPP) is a Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP) endorsed initiative funded through the European Commission ESIF 2014 + European Social Fund (ESF) and Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) arrangements. The project covers the Birmingham and Solihull municipal areas which form the areas of greatest need within the wider GBSLEP geography in terms of youth engagement and unemployment.

Birmingham City Council wishes to establish a network of contracted suppliers for the provision of the Birmingham and Solihull Youth Promise Plus (YPP) Business Engagement for Employment Opportunities for NEET Young People. Within this service area, suppliers are required to recruit, employ, manage and deploy Employment Development Workers who will engage with employers in key growth sectors and localities in order to negotiate and develop supported pathways to vacancies and other work based opportunities which are targeted on, and accessible to, project participants who are NEET (Not Engaged in Education, Employment or Training) young people (15-29 year olds including both unemployed and economically inactive).

BCC will be using its e-tendering system (In-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and providers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. The web address is: https://in- tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc Registration and use of In-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the In-tend correspondence function. If you are unable to register with In-tend please either email us at: cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call 0121 464 8000.

If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Councils tender Portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register as a bidder. We will send you a log on and password so you can download the tender documentation.

Requests to participate must be by way of completion and return of the tender documentation no later than 12:00 (GMT) on 12th December 2016 using the Supplier Portal.