URGENT: 3SC and 3 public service contracts
20th November 2009
Interested in joining a consortia bid for three public service contracts?
3SC is a consortium of innovative organisations, drawn from across the Third Sector. It brings together Third Sector and social enterprises to deliver public services. The Social Investment Business is a founding partner of 3SC.
3SC is now bidding for three separate public service contracts and is looking for organisations to join as partners.
Please note: These are brief summaries. There are specifics which we've not included in the interests of keeping this brief.
Progress to Work is a 12 month programme which seeks to move the hardest to reach people (generally those with homelessness, drug or alcohol addiction issues, ex-offenders etc.) into employment.
- End to end provision for specific groups in all areas across the UK
- Specialist support which fits into the customer journey
We are particularly interested in organisations delivering complementary programmes, i.e. specialist support which we can match sub-contracts for shared progress and local organisations who have already delivered the existing Progress to Work programme.
Backing Young Britain - Mentoring is a 6 month programme of brokering mentoring to Young People (in this case 18-21). We will be looking for local organisations which can rapidly provide professional mentors in any area across the England, Wales and Scotland. We are looking for any of:
- Supply of appropriate and professionally qualified mentors to referred customers with short notice (maximum of two weeks)
- Supply of professional mentoring training and/or delivery of professional mentoring qualifications
Backing Young Britain - NGIWE is a programme to support Young People (in this case 18-21) to access and sustain either Internship programmes lasting up to 6-13 weeks or Work Experience of up to 2 weeks. We will be looking for local (or sector-specific) organisations with good employer relationships which can provide appropriate work experience and/or internship opportunities in all areas across England, Wales and Scotland. We are looking for any of:
- End to end brokerage of Internships and/or Work Experience
- End to end supply of Internships and/or Work Experience (as an employer)
- Health and Safety assessments
How to get involved
This bidding programme has short timescales and so we would be grateful if you could email us asap on carey-anne@3sc.org (by 23 November at the very latest) with the following information:
- Organisation Name:
- Contact Name:
- Contact Telephone Number:
- Contact E-mail:
- Which bid are you interested in being a partner in?:
- Brief summary of your organisation:
- Area of existing delivery (include addresses of delivery locations where possible):
- Area able to deliver in with 6 weeks notice:
- Area able to deliver in with 6 months notice:
- Number of mentoring places provided in Year 08/09:
- Number of Work Experience / Internship places provided in Year 08/09:
- Number of Job Outcomes provided in Year 08/09 (as a number AND percentage of starts for the P2W customer group):
- Number and type of support provided to P2W customer group in Year 08/09:
- Quality Standards and Professional Qualifications:
- Existing programmes which can complement this delivery:
- Any Other Information (please keep it brief in this first instance):
Please note, this e-mail does not constitute an offer of a sub-contract, however it is our intention to comply with both the spirit and the letter of the Code of Conduct to ensure that all sub-contracts are fair. Our next steps will be to collate the information you send us and then enter into a two-way communication with you to identify appropriate delivery opportunities.
If you are interested in any of these bids or require any further information, please contact Carey-Anne, Programme Coordinator of 3SC on 020 7770 6144 or email carey-anne@3sc.org.
Ian Charlesworth
Commercial Director
5th floor, 6 St Andrew Street, London EC4A 3AET: 0191 261 5200