Partnership Opportunities with TCHC
Expression of Interest Form
The Consultancy Home Counties Ltd (TCHC) is an independent training, advice and consultancy provider delivering
skills, employability and enterprise projects as a Government prime contractor (including Skills Funding Agency,
Education Funding Agency, DWP) for the past 10 years. The organisation has a strong track record of successfully
delivering large prime contracts and extensive experience of supporting both unemployed and inactive people to enter
and progress in employment; to increase the number of young people who are in education, employment or training;
to help more people improve their skills; and to make skills provision more responsive to the needs of the local
economy.
TCHC has a strong commitment to encourage partnership working across the Central and Eastern England region
and strives to work with all LEPs in this area to promote initiatives across borders and sectors to improve skills and
increase employment.
Through this EOI, TCHC is seeking to identify suitable partner organisations that have existing infrastructure within a
specific and/or across more than one LEP area and can deliver one or more of the following:
a) Education and skills training (including vocational training and life-long learning) to those in work and
individuals seeking employment;
b) Support to individuals seeking employment, including those who are economically inactive, to help them
achieve sustainable and quality employment;
c) Support to young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) and help them to
progress;
d) Activities to support labour mobility, promote social inclusion and combat poverty.
Assessment Criteria and Methodology
TCHC will assess all responses to identify appropriate partner organisations that are able to demonstrate the
required capacity, delivery capabilities and geographic coverage. Successful and unsuccessful providers will be
notified. TCHC will discuss and agree the type and scope of activities to be delivered (once further details are
available from LEPs) with each individual organisation prior to entering into any partnership agreement.
Please note that completion of this form does not constitute a contractual agreement between TCHC and your
organisation and that we may also be asking for additional information as part of our due diligence process on the
release of specific contracts (either at PQQ or ITT stage) to meet the needs of specific tender requirements and
priorities.
Weighting
Scores will be weighted in terms of importance as per the table below:
Section
Scores 0-10
Weighting
1. Experience, Track Record & Key Strengths
25%
2. Local Infrastructure, Capability & Capacity
25%
3. Service Offer
25%
4. Quality Assurance, Inspections & Grades
15%
5. Financial & Insurance Information
10%
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NB:
1. All received EOI forms that score 0 (zero) on any of the scored sections will automatically be
eliminated from the process and not be considered further
Once completed, please return this Expression of Interest (EOI) form to:
[email protected]
If you are interested in working with us, please complete the following sections of this form and give us an indication
of where you are able to deliver in the table below:
LEP Area
Full Coverage
Part-coverage (please specify
wards, boroughs, towns etc.)
Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough
(GCGPEP)
New Anglia (NALEP)
Hertfordshire (Herts LEP)
South East Midlands (SEMLEP)
South East (SELEP)
London Enterprise Panel (LEP)
Other
We are particularly keen to hear from providers who can deliver training to service the skills needs of specific
sectors, as highlighted by the various LEPs. Therefore, please tick the appropriate box to specify your delivery
expertise:
Sector
Please tick as
appropriate
Logistics/Transport/Ports/Warehousing
Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering
Visitor Economy
Creative & Cultural
Digital Technology/ICT
Sport & Leisure
Energy
Food & Drink
Agri-tech
Financial & Business Services
Life Sciences & Biotech
Film & Media
Other (please specify)
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Company Information
Organisation:
Name/Job Title of main Contact:
Contact email:
Contact telephone/mobile
number(s):
Website Address:
Address:
Company Registration Number:
UKPRN:
VAT registration number
(if applicable):
Organisation status (plc, ltd, charity,
etc.):
Names of Directors:
Years of Trading:
Is your organisation on the SFA Register of Training
Organisations (RTO)?
Yes/No
Have you been inspected by Ofsted? If so, please
provide details (i.e. date of visit, grade)
Yes/No
If your application is accepted, do you agree for TCHC to
conduct a site visit at your premises prior to the start of
delivery activity?
Yes/No
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Resources
How many staff does your organisation employ (including associates)?
How many staff members are IAG qualified and at what level (including associates)?
Names of experienced staff that will deliver on this contract (please confirm that you
agree to submit their CVs if requested)
Permanent delivery location (&
address) in the LEP areas
specified above
Number of staff
based at location
(please specify
whether they are
admin/support staff,
IAG, tutors/trainers
etc)
Number of customers
who can be comfortably
accommodated at
delivery location
Facilities available at
location (e.g. disability
access, wi-fi, crèche)
Quality Standards & Accreditation
Please tick the relevant boxes below
YES
NO
Working towards
Matrix
Merlin
ISO9001
ISO14001
Any other (please provide
details)
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Delivery Experience
Please provide a short description of your organisation, including your background and what you feel are
your key strengths relevant to the delivery under the above thematic objectives – including any particular
specialism that you bring to a partnership (maximum 500 words)
Please provide a short description of local networks and links to other services, stakeholders, referral
partners that would be relevant for participants (maximum 500 words)
Do you have any direct experience of delivering skills or employability support activities, e.g.
apprenticeships, accredited and non-accredited skills, employability training, business start-up/selfemployment support, or any other provision (incl. mentoring & coaching) to help individuals to (re-)enter
into and progress in employment, education and/or training?
Yes/No (If yes, please complete the table below)
Contract start
+ end dates
Programme overview
Targets
Targets achieved
(% of original
target)
Starts
Training
completed
Total
funding
value
Jobs
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If you have NOT previously delivered any similar provision, please provide information of any other
experience relevant to skills and employability programmes (maximum 500 words)
Please provide information on customer groups that you have previously worked with, e.g. Black and
Minority Ethnicity (BME), learners with a disability or learning difficulty, older learners, ex-offenders, lone
parents, migrants with English language needs etc. and what specific arrangements you have made to
accommodate these (maximum 500 words)
Training Provision
Please provide information on the subject areas you have delivered skills training (maximum 500 words)
Please provide us with an indication of the number of customers you would be able to support within a
partnership (i.e. maximum capacity) and whether your model relies on partner referrals or if you can
provide an end-to-end service.
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References
Prior to entering into any contractual relationships, TCHC may ask delivery partners for up to 3 client
references, including their names and contact details who TCHC may contact as part of this assessment
process. Do you agree to this and that you would, if asked, be able to provide these references? If not,
please explain.
Policies, Insurances & Finance
Health & Safety
Do you have a written Health and Safety at work policy (Yes/No)? N.B it is a legal requirement for 5 or
more employees. If you do NOT have a policy, please explain why and how you ensure that health and
safety is maintained at your workplace. (maximum 500 words)
Yes/No
Has your organisation during the last three years been prosecuted or had a notice served for
contravention of the Health and Safety at Work act 1974 or associated regulations and/or has your
organisation during the last three years been the subject of a formal investigation by the Health and
Safety Executive or similar national body charged with improving health and safety standards? If Yes,
please give details and explain the impact on the service delivered by your organisation (maximum 500
words)
Yes/No
Do you have a written Safeguarding policy (Yes/No)? The policy should, as a minimum, address the
following:
a) Set out what arrangements are in place to minimise risk
b) Detail how customer health and safety will be ensured, and
c) Detail provider security and confidentiality arrangements.
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If you do NOT have a policy, please explain why and how you ensure that the safeguarding of learners
and employees is maintained at your workplace. (maximum 500 words)
Yes/No
Sustainable Development
Do you have a written Sustainable Development policy (Yes/No)? If you do not have a policy, please
explain what steps your organisation is taking to deliver training in an efficient and environmentally
sustainable way - specifically in relation to waste produced, energy efficiency, carbon emissions and
sustainable transport. (maximum 500 words)
Yes/No
Data Security
Do you have a written Data Security policy (Yes/No)? If you do NOT have a policy, please explain how
you ensure that personal information is protected and that data is stored and/or processed as part of this
contract (maximum 500 words)
Yes/No
Equality and Diversity
Is it your policy as an employer to comply with your statutory obligations under current equal
opportunities legislation (Yes/No)? N.B Your practice must not treat one group of people less
favourably than others because of their race, gender, age, religion or belief, disabilities or sexual
orientation in relation to decisions to recruit, train or promote employees. (maximum 500 words)
Yes/No
Does your organisation have a written Equality and Diversity policy (Yes/No)? If you do NOT have a
policy, please explain why and how you ensure that your organisation meets statutory requirements?
(maximum 500 words)
Yes/No
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In the last three years, has any finding of unlawful discrimination been made against your organisation by
any court, industrial tribunal or Equality Commission and/or (also during the last three years) has your
organisation been the subject of a formal investigation by the Equality Commission on grounds of alleged
unlawful discrimination? If Yes, please provide details and what steps you took as a consequence of the
findings. Maximum 500 words)
Yes/No
Environmental Management
Does your organisation have a written Environmental policy in place (Yes/No)? If you do NOT have a
policy, please explain why and how you ensure that your organisation meets statutory requirements?
(maximum 500 words)
Yes/No
Has your organisation been prosecuted, in the last 3 years, for any environmental offence - or have any
case pending? If ‘yes’ please give details and explain the impact on the service delivered by your
organisation (for instance, has your company initiated any processes or actions in relation to improving
your environmental performance. If so, please provide the details of the person responsible). (maximum
500 words)
Yes/No
Insurances and Finances
Please provide details of your insurances (e.g. Public Liability Insurance, Professional Indemnity
Insurance) and the size of cover provided.
Name of insurance
Insurance Number
Amount (£)
Name of provider
Employer’s Liability
Public Liability
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Professional Indemnity
Other
Finance
Please provide details of your company’s turnover and profit over the last 3 years. If necessary,
TCHC may require further financial information.
Month
Year
In order to support TCHC’s due diligence process, please confirm that you would be prepared, if
requested, to provide audited accounts of your organisation for the last three years or other financial
statements. If not, please state the reasons for this.
Thank you!
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