SW Mainstream Presentation for Supplier Meetings

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Learning Skills Provision 2008 / 09
Welcome
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Agenda

• Introduction
• Statement of Priorities
• Demand Led Funding
• Regional Requirements
• How to Complete the ITT
• Q A session

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Introductions

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Statement of Priorities

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Priorities 2008/09

• Creating demand for learning and skills
• Transforming the FE system to meet demand
• Delivering better skills, better jobs, better
  lives
• Invest in people to give them the skills
• they need for success in work and life

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Targets to 2020

• Young People
• Increase educational achievement with the aim of
  preparing every child and young person with the
  knowledge and skills to succeed in education and
  life
• Adults
• Improve the skills of the population by 2011,
  consistent with the aim of having a workforce
  that has a world-class skills base capable of
  sustaining economic competitiveness by 2020

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Key messages

• Young people
• Offer for 100 of young people increase
  participation
• Deliver the entitlement, September guarantee at
  16 AND 17
• Roll out of diplomas
• Target efforts to provide Specialist provision to
  engage Young People who are currently not in
  employment, education or training (NEET)
• Significant growth in Apprenticeships
• Adult Learning
• Develop a core adult offer to help people
  up-skill, re-skill and learn in each local area
• Within public funding focus on disadvantaged
• Progression to higher levels of learning and
  employment

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Key Messages

• Employers
• Massive ramping up of Train to Gain activity
  required
• New flexibilities to enhance the Train to Gain
  service
• Local Employment Partnerships skills for jobs
  and Train to Gain
• Integrate Employment and Skills
• Local Employment Partnerships must be ready to
  deliver for employers who sign up
• Locally we need to put together packages of
  support for individuals and employer.
• Focus on meeting local needs and tackling
  disadvantage through priority learning delivery
  it isnt an either/or we need more disadvantaged
  individuals on priority learning

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Key Messages

• A world class system
• Continue to focus on increasing responsiveness
• Much greater emphasis on fees and commercial work
• LSC to continue with role of market maker
  intervening where the market is not responding
• Investing in infrastructure leadership,
  capacity, capital

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Demand Led Funding- an overview

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Regional Requirements
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SW REGION - TRAIN TO GAIN SERVICEPROVISION
PROCUREMENT 2008/09

• Presented by Chris Minett
• Skills Development Director Train to Gain

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What is Train to Gain?

• Train to Gain is a service to help businesses
  across England get the training they need to
  succeed and stay successful.
• The South West Train to Gain service comprises
• two principle elements
• Flexible and responsive training provision
  delivered by providers which have demonstrated
  through a procurement process and on-going
  performance that they can deliver high quality,
  employerfocused training.
• Skills Brokerage provided by impartial and
  independent brokers, helping employers to
  identify their training needs and to access
  appropriate training providers to meet these needs

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Why is Train to Gain Important?

• It is a Government priority to help employers
  up-skill the workforce and ensure the country
  becomes more competitive. This will be achieved
  through training provision that meets the needs
  of employers.
• The Train to Gain service is the main vehicle
  through which this will happen
• There are almost 1 million people of working age
  in the SW region who do not have a first full
  level 2 qualification

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What is the LSC Looking for ?

• Flexible, responsive provision, delivered in the
  workplace using the Assess Train - Assess model
• A broad range of provision delivering
• First full level 2 qualifications
• Skills for Life
• First and additional level 3 qualifications
• Full cost delivery of other employer needs
• and with the ability to address geographical and
  sectoral needs

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The Train to Gain Framework

• Named LSC contact
• Realistic delivery profiles, reviewed quarterly
• Allocations can be increased (and decreased)
• Quality measures
• Minimum performance levels achievements to
  leavers
• and timeliness
• Training Quality Standard
• Funding 75 profiled throughout learning
  period, with 25 on achievement

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The Apprenticeship Family
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Leitch and Apprenticeships

• An ambition to deliver Englands share of 500,000
  people a year in Apprenticeships the UK by 2020
• A commitment to ensure that all
  suitably-qualified young people will have access
  to an Apprenticeship through the creation of a
  new entitlement.
• A new entitlement to free training for those aged
  19-25, in order to help more people achieve their
  first full level 3 qualification. For many in
  this group, an Advanced Apprenticeship will be
  the most appropriate programme.

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The Apprenticeship Family

• Young Apprenticeships
• Programme-led Apprenticeships
• Pre-Apprenticeship
• Apprenticeships
• Advanced Apprenticeships
• Adult Apprenticeships

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Programme-led Apprenticeship

• Principles
• Based on content of Apprenticeship Framework
• Technical Certificate
• Key Skills
• Should not compromise Level 2 achievement
• Progress into employment

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Routes to a Framework 1 Employed
Tech Cert, Key Skills and NVQ L3
Tech Cert, Key Skills and NVQ L2
College
Production of evidence of competency
Workplace
Employer recruitment
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Routes to a Framework 2 Programme-Led
Leaves training with success in knowledge-based
qualifications
Tech Cert, Key Skills
College
NVQ obtained by evidence gathering and in-work
assessment of competency
Workplace
Employer recruitment
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ApprenticeshipsSome South West figures from
2006/07

• No. of providers of delivering Apprenticeships
  90
• Participation (Average in Learning)
• 16-18 8,646
• 19 3,956
• Achievement (Framework Completions)
• 16-18 4,299
• 19 2,370
• Largest growth Sector since 2004/05
• Construction, Planning Built Environment 19

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Apprenticeships and Sectors
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Advanced Apprenticeships 2006/07

• No. of providers of delivering Advanced
  Apprenticeships in the SW 91
• Participation (Average in Learning)
• 16-18 4,122
• 19 3,543
• Achievement (Framework Completions)
• 16-18 1,292
• 19 1,350
• Largest growth Sector since 2004/05
• Engineering and Manufacturing Tech. 11

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Adv. Apprenticeships Sectors
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Adult Apprenticeship

• Launched 01/08/07 for those aged 25years
• Priority learner groups employees, a-typical,
  under-represented
• 1425 starts by 31/03/08. Growth for 2008-09
• 30 providers
• Coverage across the SW region and sector
  priorities
• Funding 19 Work Based Learning

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Adult Apprenticeship

• Challenges for 2007/08 and beyond
• Harness the potential of existing employer
  engagement
• e.g. Train to Gain, Diplomas, ESF projects,
  Local Employment Partnerships progression
• Engage new employers

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The 2008/09 ITT Requirements

• SW Financial investments up to 25m through
  this ITT
• To deliver
• Up to 5,000 16-18 new learners
• Up to 3,000 19 new learners
• Up to 2,000 25 new learners
• Specification includes some detailed combinations
  of sectors and geography
• Apprenticeships is a demand led programme, so all
  high quality provision in the South West will be
  of interest

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Invitation to Tender
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Procurement Policy

• We believe that a sensible balance of
  commissioning and tendering will
• help to secure the provision we need
• allow new entrants to the market where they add
  value and choice
• and, simultaneously, enable good providers to
  grow
• The LSC introduced the e-tendering system in
  February 2007, because it is quicker, there is a
  robust audit trail, it is more environmentally
  friendly, and is more secure.

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Procurement Policy

• As a public body, the LSC has to follow the
  public procurement rules and must ensure that the
  process is open, fair and transparent.
• We will issue 3 year contracts (where
  appropriate) that will be extendable to 5 years
  subject to performance. Contracts can be varied
  up and down in value as a result of
  reconciliation and performance.
• Contracts will have start date flexibility to
  allow provision to start when appropriate (i.e.
  do not all have to be 1st August).

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Schedule
Time deadlines will be specified on each ITT We
advise providers to submit early
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PQQs

• PQQs closed on 3 March 2008
• PQQ Evaluation completed.
• Fair and equal consideration given to all
  tenders.
• Consistent process across all LSC regions.
• 1746 number of providers successful at this PQQ
  (4).
• 998 had already qualified at PQQ in September
  07.

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ITTs

• Tenders due 6 weeks from ITT
• Using fair, transparent and robust scoring
  framework.
• Contract Award panels will agree each contract
  offer against original tender specification.
• Local partnership team may carry out contract
  clarification with relevant providers - this
  will also be used to agree contract levels.
• Contracts awards expected from end of June 2008.

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Things you will need to do

• Read the Read me first document FIRST
• Start early
• Save regularly
• Publish your response well before closing date
  we cannot accept any tenders that are received
  passed the closing date and time.
• Only use the message facility on Bravo for
  queries
• Check that the ITT is complete before submitting
• Attachments must be attached
• All asterisked sections MUST be completed
• If you need guidance try the supplier help
  guide on the e-tendering portal or email
  help_at_bravosolution.co.uk

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You should not

• Try to upload documents other than Word or Excel.
• Omit Attachments.
• if they are missing when we evaluate then you
  will not be successful.
• Leave it until the last minute to submit /
  publish your tender(s)
• Leave your LSC e-tendering session running with
  no activity - if you do your session will
  time-out after 15 minutes and you will lose all
  unsaved work
• Complete requested ITTs for any region in which
  you did not express an interest as they will not
  be evaluated

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Structure of the ITT(s)

• There is 1 National ITT that MUST be completed
  for each programme
• READ ME FIRST Attachment provides
  instructions and guidance for completion and
  details of the programme both National Regional
• National Questionnaire Attachment specific to
  the programme.

1 NATIONAL ITT To be completed once for each
programme

• There are 9 Regional ITTs for each programme
  (you should only complete those regional ITTs for
  which you expressed an interest)
• READ ME FIRST Attachment provides both
  national regional instructions and guidance for
  completion and details of the regional tender.
• Regional Questionnaire Attachment specific to
  the regional programme requirements.
• Regional Demographic Spreadsheet Attachment
  specific to the regional programme requirements.

9 REGIONAL ITTs 9 Regional ITTs to be completed
for each region for which you wish to provide
the programme
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Opening the ITT(s)
NATIONAL ITT READ ME FIRST Instruction and
Guidance National Regional
Objectives NATIONAL QUESTIONNAIRE Quality,
Equality Diversity

• Read the
• READ ME FIRST
• Thoroughly
• Refer Back

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Opening the RegionalITT(s)
REGIONAL ITT READ ME FIRST Instruction and
Guidance (access from National ITT) REGIONAL
SPECIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND QUESTIONNAIRE

• Read the
• READ ME FIRST
• Thoroughly
• Refer Back

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Opening the Regional ITT(s)
SPECIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS Whats required
and where QUESTIONNAIRE What and How you intend
meet the requirements SPREADSHEET Numbers /
Outputs / Locations

• Attachments
• Word
• Excel
• ONLY!

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Funding Agreements

• The type of funding agreement will depend on the
  type of organisation.
• Further Education Corporations who are successful
  will be funded under the terms of their financial
  memorandum.
• Other public bodies such as local authorities
  will be funded under conditions of funding.
• All other organisations will be expected to agree
  to the LSC standard contract for education and
  training.
• All organisations responding to these ITTs will
  be taken to have accepted the appropriate terms
  and conditions of funding appropriate to their
  type of organisation

www.lsc.gov.uk/providers/funding-policy/strategic-
overview/
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Funding Requirements

• Additional requirements in relation to each
  programme are set out in the relevant funding
  guidance which form part of the terms and
  conditions of funding
• Organisations are advised to visit the LSC
  website www.lsc.gov.uk/providers/provider-procurem
  ent to see the appropriate Funding Guidance for
  the programme for which they are tendering. This
  will include details of funding rates for
  qualifications and other programme delivery
  requirements

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Agreeing funding levels

• Funding levels of contract to be agreed as part
  of contract clarification and where appropriate
  the national funding formula will be applied.
• New providers tendering for provision funded
  using the demand led funding system will soon be
  able to download a funding calculation programme
  to support/ undertake modelling of potential
  contract award levels. Check on the LSC website
  for more information www.lsc.gov.uk/providers/prov
  ider-procurement/

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PLEASE NOTE

• Late Tenders will not not be considered
• The time deadline will be specified on each
  tender document
• The content from these events is available at
  http//www.lsc.gov.uk/providers/provider-procureme
  nt/

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Q A Session
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Useful Links
Demand Led Funding http//www.lsc.gov.uk/providers
/funding-policy/strategic-overview/Delivering_Worl
d-class_Skills_in_a_Demand-led_System.htm Train
to gain A Plan for Growth http//www.dius.gov.uk
/publications/Train-to-Gain-Executive-Summary.pdf
World Class Apprenticeships http//www.dius.gov.u
k/publications/world_class_apprenticeships.pdf So
uth West Region Commissioning Plan
http//www.lsc.gov.uk/Regions/SouthWest/Publicati
ons/Latestdocuments/Detail.htm?id75b2dfcc-15c1-44
82-a4f1-ada29383edf4 LSC Providers
Page http//www.lsc.gov.uk/providers A Strategy
for Programme Led Apprenticeships http//www.appre
nticeships.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/2D284A02-25B6-434F-
A5B0-3198DED79A4B/0/ProgrammeLedApprenticeshipStra
tegy200710.pdf