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Opportunity overview
DN Colleges Group (DNCG) invites tenders from suitably qualified and experienced organisations for appointment to a Learner Finder Preferred Supplier List (PSL).
The requirement primarily concerns identifying, engaging and recruiting eligible learners for Adult Skills Funded provision across South Yorkshire and Greater Lincolnshire, including online and distance-learning courses. Services will include learner recruitment, initial advice and guidance, eligibility checks, enrolment support, controlled learner handovers and performance reporting.
The arrangement also provides scope for additional learner recruitment services relating to classroom-based Adult Skills, Higher Education and 16-19 provision, where offered by the successful suppliers.
DNCG intends to appoint up to three suppliers, ranked following a competitive evaluation. The highest-ranked supplier will ordinarily receive the first opportunity to fulfil requirements, with any unmet demand cascading to the next-ranked supplier in accordance with the published arrangements.
The contract will operate for an initial three-year period, with options to extend for two further 12-month periods (3 + 1 + 1). Pricing will be based on agreed fees per eligible learner. No minimum expenditure or learner volumes are guaranteed.
The full specification, evaluation methodology, contract terms and tender return requirements are contained within the procurement documentation.
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PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
DN Colleges Group is running an open tender to create a preferred supplier list of up to three organisations that can identify, engage and recruit eligible learners for Adult Skills Funded provision. Work includes advice and guidance, eligibility checks, enrolment support, controlled learner handovers and reporting. Additional recruitment support for classroom adult skills, higher education and 16–19 provision may also be required.
Who this may suit
Suitable for experienced learner-recruitment, education marketing, advice and guidance, and enrolment-support providers able to work across South Yorkshire and Greater Lincolnshire, including online and distance-learning provision.
Key points identified
Supplier experienceSuitably qualified and experienced organisations are invited to tender.Evidence: “DNCG invites tenders from suitably qualified and experienced organisations”.
Core serviceIdentify, engage and recruit eligible learners for Adult Skills Funded provision.Evidence: “The requirement primarily concerns identifying, engaging and recruiting eligible learners for Adult Skills Funded provision”.
Service activitiesInitial advice and guidance, eligibility checks, enrolment support, controlled learner handovers and performance reporting.Evidence: “Services will include learner recruitment, initial advice and guidance, eligibility checks, enrolment support, controlled learner handovers and performance reporting.”
97% approved-analysis confidence7 supplier criteria identified4 risks or unknowns
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DN Colleges Group is running an open tender to create a preferred supplier list of up to three organisations that can identify, engage and recruit eligible learners for Adult Skills Funded provision. Work includes advice and guidance, eligibility checks, enrolment support, controlled learner handovers and reporting. Additional recruitment support for classroom adult skills, higher education and 16–19 provision may also be required.
Who this may suit
Suitable for experienced learner-recruitment, education marketing, advice and guidance, and enrolment-support providers able to work across South Yorkshire and Greater Lincolnshire, including online and distance-learning provision.
Key deliverables
Identify, engage and recruit eligible learners
Provide initial advice and guidance
Undertake learner eligibility checks
Support enrolment and controlled learner handovers
Provide performance reporting
Potentially recruit learners for classroom adult skills, higher education and 16–19 provision
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
7 criteria identified
Supplier experience
98% confidence
Suitably qualified and experienced organisations are invited to tender.
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“DNCG invites tenders from suitably qualified and experienced organisations”.
Core service
99% confidence
Identify, engage and recruit eligible learners for Adult Skills Funded provision.
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“The requirement primarily concerns identifying, engaging and recruiting eligible learners for Adult Skills Funded provision”.
Service activities
99% confidence
Initial advice and guidance, eligibility checks, enrolment support, controlled learner handovers and performance reporting.
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“Services will include learner recruitment, initial advice and guidance, eligibility checks, enrolment support, controlled learner handovers and performance reporting.”
Tender documentation
99% confidence
Full specification, evaluation methodology, contract terms and tender return requirements are in the procurement documentation.
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“The full specification, evaluation methodology, contract terms and tender return requirements are contained within the procurement documentation.”
SME suitability
99% confidence
Marked suitable for SMEs.
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Opportunity field: suitable_for_sme = 1.
VCSE suitability
99% confidence
Not marked suitable for VCSEs.
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Opportunity field: suitable_for_vcse = 0.
Supplier eligibility criteria
94% confidence
Unknown from the supplied notice; consult procurement documentation.
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The notice refers to eligibility checks for learners, but does not state supplier eligibility criteria.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Estimated maximum contract value
99% confidence
£400,000.
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Opportunity field: value_max = 400000 GBP.
Pricing model
99% confidence
Agreed fee per eligible learner.
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“Pricing will be based on agreed fees per eligible learner.”
Volume commitment
99% confidence
No minimum expenditure or learner volumes are guaranteed.
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“No minimum expenditure or learner volumes are guaranteed.”
Term
99% confidence
Initial three years, with two optional 12-month extensions (3 + 1 + 1).
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“The contract will operate for an initial three-year period, with options to extend for two further 12-month periods (3 + 1 + 1).”
Delivery
Core geography
98% confidence
South Yorkshire and Greater Lincolnshire.
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Adult Skills Funded provision is specified “across South Yorkshire and Greater Lincolnshire”.
Delivery channels
98% confidence
Includes online and distance-learning courses.
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The requirement includes “online and distance-learning courses”.
Additional service scope
98% confidence
Potential learner recruitment services for classroom-based Adult Skills, Higher Education and 16–19 provision, where offered by successful suppliers.
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“The arrangement also provides scope for additional learner recruitment services relating to classroom-based Adult Skills, Higher Education and 16-19 provision”.
Up to three suppliers will be appointed and ranked following competitive evaluation.
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“DNCG intends to appoint up to three suppliers, ranked following a competitive evaluation.”
Call-off allocation
98% confidence
The highest-ranked supplier ordinarily receives the first opportunity; unmet demand cascades to subsequent ranked suppliers.
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“The highest-ranked supplier will ordinarily receive the first opportunity... with any unmet demand cascading to the next-ranked supplier”.
Tender access
99% confidence
Access via the MultiQuote supplier portal using opportunity reference CA18541.
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The notice directs registered suppliers to log in to suppliers.multiquote.com and view opportunity CA18541.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
No guaranteed work or spend
99% confidence
Appointment to the preferred supplier list does not guarantee learner volumes or expenditure.
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“No minimum expenditure or learner volumes are guaranteed.”
Ranked supplier allocation
98% confidence
The highest-ranked supplier is ordinarily offered requirements first, which may limit work available to lower-ranked appointees.
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The notice states that unmet demand only cascades to the next-ranked supplier.
Scope uncertainty
97% confidence
Additional classroom-based Adult Skills, Higher Education and 16–19 recruitment work is optional and dependent on services offered by successful suppliers.
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The notice says the arrangement “provides scope” for these additional services “where offered by the successful suppliers.”
Delivery-location data inconsistency
98% confidence
Structured delivery locations include United Kingdom, Europe, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, British Overseas Territories and Rest of the World, while the narrative core requirement specifies South Yorkshire and Greater Lincolnshire. The supplied notice does not explain this discrepancy.
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Location records list multiple broad territories; the description specifies Adult Skills Funded provision across South Yorkshire and Greater Lincolnshire.
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