Award of Greater Manchester Skills Bootcamps Wave 4: Cross-Sector Delivery

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Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) awarded a contract to THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED, WE ARE DIGITAL TRAINING LTD, IN4.0 GROUP LIMITED, THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED, MANTRA LEARNING LTD, SB SKILLS SOLUTIONS LTD, GROUNDWORK GREATER MANCHESTER, and ROCHDALE TRAINING ASSOCIATION for the delivery of Skills Bootcamps across multiple sectors for 2023/24, funded via the Department for Education's National Skills Fund, with an option to extend on a 1+1 basis subject to continued funding.

The contract value is £5,523,638.

The procurement was divided into four lots: Lot 1 (Digital, Technology, & Creative Sectors, overall value £2,000,000), Lot 2 (Construction Sector & Economy, overall value £1,500,000), Lot 3 (Manufacturing & Engineering Sectors, overall value £500,000), and Lot 4 (Other Sectors including Logistics, Education, Health & Social Care, Hospitality, Leisure, & Tourism, overall value £1,000,000).

The bootcamps aim to address employer skills shortages, support adults in retraining and upskilling, and diversify the talent pipeline by targeting disadvantaged groups.

This opportunity was commissioned as a further competition/call off from the education, work and skills flexible procurement system.