Issue details
Workforce for the Future – Core delivery partners
This proposal sought approval for proposed
core delivery partners for the Workforce for the Future core
service.
Workforce for the Future is an £8m programme, funded with 50%
Investment Fund and 50% European Social Fund (ESF) monies, which
runs until December 2023.
The application process in relation to core delivery partners
requested that potential delivery partners identified whether their
proposal could be part of the core service or one which had a
project specific focus for example, a sector, geography or
cohort.
The Expression of Interest stage closed on 17 April 2020; those
areas identifying as part of the core offer were contacted and
asked to submit full applications. These were received by 24 July.
The applications received responded to a core support service
specification which had, in line with WECA’s principles of
working in partnership, been developed in conjunction with the
Director of Business and Skills, Head of People and Skills, Service
Lead for Enterprise, Inward Investment and Trade and the potential
delivery partners. Procurement and Grant Management and Assurance
Teams were also involved in the process to ensure compliance with
WECA’s policies and operating frameworks and to undertake due
diligence checks. The full applications were reviewed by an
internal panel of WECA officers from across People and Skills,
Enterprise, Inward Investment and Trade and Grant Management &
Assurance.
Through a delegation approved by the WECA Committee, the WECA Chief
Executive had delegated authority to take the decision to approve
core delivery partners in consultation with the constituent council
Chief Executives.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 25/09/2020
Decision due: 17 Sep 2020 by Chief Executive, West of England Combined Authority
Contact: Patricia Greer, CEO Email: patricia.greer@westofengland-ca.gov.uk.
Consultation process
The Chief Executives of the WECA constituent
councils were consulted on this proposal.
Decisions
- 25/09/2020 - Workforce for the Future – Core delivery partners