INVESTMENT OF LOCAL GROWTH FUND SKILLS FUNDING IN SPECIALIST EQUIPMENT TO TRANSFORM DIGITAL SKILLS IN CONSTRUCTION

1. Title: INVESTMENT OF LOCAL GROWTH FUND SKILLS FUNDING IN SPECIALIST EQUIPMENT TO TRANSFORM DIGITAL SKILLS IN CONSTRUCTION2. Awarding Authority: Cheshire and Warrington Enterprise Partnership (LEP), GB Email: pat.jackson@871candwep.co.uk / sarah.williams@871candwep.co.uk. Web: (Pat Jackson)3. Contract type: Supply contract4. Description: The Awarding Authority is offering to invest in specialist equipment to support a central hub and associated satellite facilities to support digitalisation in construction, including the nuclear sector across Cheshire and Warrington. The LEP expect to see a specific focus on Building Information Management (BIM) including use of software such as Tekla.We would expect this project will include the provision of satellite centres at geographical locations across Cheshire and Warrington linked into the central hub.The indicative budget is £260,000 for a central hub and associated satellites. Through this arrangement we want to encourage collaboration between training providers to ensure that they are able to build on their individual strengths, create centres of excellence and work together to inspire, innovate and do things differently, so that they deliver real change and are focussed on using digital to solve business problems and not just on delivering qualifications through a standard curriculum.In considering the bids the LEP will want to see evidence that the hub and satellites bring real added value by working together, including sharing equipment, expertise, project outputs and enabling access to centres of expertise for individual learners and local businesses right across the geography of Cheshire and Warrington. We want to understand the added value of the hub and each individual satellite.5. CPV Code(s): 32530000, 32531000, 32430000, 32400000, 32580000, 32581000, 72222300, 72300000, 72000000, 72700000, 48510000, 485000006. NUTS code(s): UKD, UKD6, UKD617. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Cheshire and Warrington.8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: The indicative budget is £260,000 for a central hub and associated satellites. 10. The deadline for submission is 5.6.2020 (10:00).11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information and instructions in the above contract notice please visit website: 12. Other information: Please visit the website above for documentationDeadline for first, second and third invitations to bid : By 10am on Tuesday 9 June 2020 LEP appraisal of bids to be completed Approximately 2 weeks after deadlines for each invitation to bidPanel convened to review and prioritise bids Tuesday 9 – Thursday 11 June 2020Decisions of Employers’ Skills and Education Board and Performance and Investment Committee – 12 June 2020 – Panel with approvals inprincipal announced to bidders within a few days of meetingsRatification by the Performance and Investment Committee – 17 June 2020Further information to be provided if necessary – As neededContract investments June to July 2020Deadline for Local Growth Fund to be spent March 2021Any questions for clarification will need to be submitted in writing by 12:00 noon Wednesday 3rd June 2020 to the Awarding Authority.# funding opportunity