Decision Details

Decision Confirmed

Essex Skills Bootcamps

Yes

We have tested the market to ensure the training providers can meet the requirement 
legal, finance and procurement have been consulted internally. 

Wed 21 May 2025

Added to the Forward Plan 06/03/2025

A key decision must be on the plan for 28 days, the 28 day period ends: 3 April 2025

Rolled over to the next month, pending decision. 

Decision dates are automatically rolled over to the next month except where specific dates have been provided for the decision to be taken.

Decision published: Friday 16th May 2025

Decision subject to three-day call-in, call-in ends: Wednesday 21st May 2025

Education Excellence, Life Long Learning and Employability

No

Johnathon Cuthberstone - Head of Employment and Skills - kayleigh.kyan@essex.gov.uk

Cabinet Member Action; ECIA; Financial breakdown 

Portfolio

Education Excellence, Life Long Learning and Employability

Yes

Yes

No

We have been awarded a sum of money from the Department of Education to commission skills bootcamps. We need approval to move forward with this.

CMA Recommendations: 

Agree to enter into a grant funding agreement with the Department for Education to receive £4.123m of revenue funding to deliver a skills bootcamp programme in Greater Essex over the period May 2025 to March 2026. 
2.2 Agree to enter into grant agreements with the colleges and public sector partners listed in Appendix A to this report to deliver 846 Skills Bootcamps places for a period up to 31 March 2026 at a total estimated value of £1.943m.

2.3 Agree to procure services contracts to deliver 500 bootcamp places from independent training providers for a period up to 31 March 2026 at a total estimated value of £1.682m

2.4 Agree to use the Crown Commercial Services Dynamic Purchasing System RM6348: Adult Skills and Learning to determine the most suitable independent training providers to deliver the 500 bootcamp places and agree that tenders shall be evaluated on 30% price, 60% quality and 10% social value.

2.5 Agree that the Executive Director, People, Policy, Economy and Public Health is authorised to award the grant agreements referred to in paragraph 2.2 above, subject to suitable funding being confirmed by Department for Education.

2.6 Agree that the Executive Director, People, Policy, Economy and Public Health is authorised to award the services contracts for Skills Bootcamps to the successful bidders following completion of the procurement process set out in 2.4 above, provided that such contracts are within the available funding envelope and subject to suitable funding being confirmed by the Department for Education.