Construction Industry Training Board: Multi-trade skills hub - Homebuilding sector plan

UK-Peterborough: Education and training services.

Preliminary Questions
   This notice is published by:
   Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority/entity

I.1) Name and addresses
       Construction Industry Training Board
       Sand Martin House, Bittern Way, Peterborough, PE2 8TY, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 7704543667, Email: citb-procurement@gov.sscl.com
       Contact: Craig Hughes
       Main Address: www.citb.co.uk, Address of the buyer profile: www.citb.co.uk
       NUTS Code: UK

I.4) Type of the contracting authority (in the case of a notice published by a contracting authority)
      Other type:: ALB

I.5) Main Activity (in the case of a notice published by a contracting authority)
      Education


Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement
   
   II.1.1) Title: Multi-trade skills hub - Homebuilding sector plan.
      Reference number: Not Provided
      
   II.1.2) Main CPV code:
      80000000 - Education and training services.
   
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   
   II.1.4) Short Description: To address the shortfall in skills provision, the 6 major homebuilders have agreed to work with NHBC to expand and develop at pace, multi-trade hubs within designated locations similar to existing facilities at Tamworth, Newcastle, and Cambridge. Working in continued partnership the delivery model has been finely tuned and is supplying the outcomes it set out to deliver, most notably site ready bricklaying apprentices at scale. The CITB direct funding of £1.25m is aligned to the attract workstream of the homebuilding sector plan and is supported by the 6 main homebuilders to support NHBC with the expansion of the Tamworth hub and to support the development of a multi-trade hub in Burgess Hill. The funding is split into two elements as follows. 1) £500K direct award to support the Tamworth hub to expand size and offer to cover Bricklaying, Carpentry, Roofing, and Groundworks. 2) £750K direct award to support the development of the NHBC site in Burgess Hill.
   
   II.1.6) Information about lots
      This contract is divided into lots: No

   II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
      Value: 1,250,000      
      Currency: GBP


II.2) Description

   II.2.2) Additional CPV codes:
      Not provided

   II.2.3) Place of performance:
      UK UNITED KINGDOM
   
   
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
    To address the shortfall in skills provision, the 6 major homebuilders have agreed to work with NHBC to expand and develop at pace, multi-trade hubs within designated locations similar to existing facilities at Tamworth, Newcastle, and Cambridge. Working in continued partnership the delivery model has been finely tuned and is supplying the outcomes it set out to deliver, most notably site ready bricklaying apprentices at scale. The CITB direct funding of £1.25m is aligned to the attract workstream of the homebuilding sector plan and is supported by the 6 main homebuilders to support NHBC with the expansion of the Tamworth hub and to support the development of a multi-trade hub in Burgess Hill. The funding is split into two elements as follows. 1) £500K direct award to support the Tamworth hub to expand size and offer to cover Bricklaying, Carpentry, Roofing, and Groundworks. 2) £750K direct award to support the development of the NHBC site in Burgess Hill.    
   
   II.2.5) Award criteria
   (Directive 2014/24/EU / Directive 2014/25/EU)
               
    Not provided       
      
      
   II.2.11) Information about options:
      Options:    No       
   
   II.2.13) Information about European Union funds:
      The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:    No

   II.2.14) Additional information:
    Not provided    
      
Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description
   
   IV.1.1) Type of procedure: Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below         
   
   IV.1.3) Information about framework agreement
         The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No    
   
   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
         The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
         
IV.2)Administrative Information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure:
      Notice number in OJ S: Not provided       
   
Section V: Award Of Contract/Concession
      
Award of Contract/Concession No: 1
Contract No: Not Provided    Lot Number: Not Provided    Title: Not Provided

V.2) Award of contract/concession
      
      V.2.1) Date of contract award decision: 27/07/2023.
      
      V.2.2) Information about tenders
      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No .

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire, No. 1:
          National House building council, 00320784
       NHBC House, Davy Avenue, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes, MK5 8FP, United Kingdom
       NUTS Code: UK
   The contractor/concessionaire will be an SME: No    
   
         
      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession:
         Initial estimated total value of the contract: 1,250,000          
         Total value of the contract/lot/concession 1,250,000         
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting:
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No          


Section VI: Complementary Information

   VI.3) Additional Information:
      Without the expansion and the development of the multi-trade hubs, the home building sector will struggle to address the skills shortfall provision. The benefit afforded to CITB from proceeding with this contract is that both multi-trade hubs will directly impact and address the labour/skills shortage highlighted by Government in concentrated locations. In turn, this will enable CITB to measure/ascertain with statistics the success of these multi-trade hubs. It is intended and featured within the Homebuilding sector plan that a larger competitive commission will be advertised during financial year 2024/25 once capacity has been built and proof of concept and adaptability in place to set up at pace in other geographically identified areas of need and trades.
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   VI.4) Procedures for review
   
      VI.4.1) Review Body
          Construction Industry Training Board
       Sand Martin House, Bittern Way, Fletton Quays, Peterborough, PE2 8TY, United Kingdom
       Email: citb-procurement@gov.sscl.com
   
      V1.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures:
         Not Provided .

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
      Not Provided    
      
      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         Not Provided
   
   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 28/07/2023


Annex D1 - General Procurement
Justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union
Directive 2014/24/EU


2. Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union

   The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive: Yes

3. Explanation

   Please explain in a clear and comprehensive manner why the award of the contract without prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union is
   lawful, by stating the relevant facts and, as appropriate, the conclusions of law in accordance with the directive: (500 words maximum)
   The contract is to directly fund NHBC for the expansion of Tamworth multi-Trade hub 500K and 750K to fund a secured site managed by NHBC in Burgess Hill and featured under attract within the homebuilding sector plan. CITBs contribution is a capital investment to expand the current NHBC site in Tamworth, to increase capacity and increase provision to cover three additional trades of roofing, groundwork, and carpentry. This includes temporary building and other facilities such as computers, display equipment, training tools and training materials. The Locations have been agreed by industry representatives and are based on the participating homebuilder’s views of where the most acute shortfalls exist. This is backed up by our own research which confirms acute skills gaps and shortages in these areas. The multi-skill hub model will test the option for CITB to work with main contractors and other partners to deliver skills solutions in construction ‘hotspots. Longer term, the aim is to work with providers to address gaps in training supply, but this is some years off and so we need a vehicle to manage the immediate shortfall. If the hubs offer a solution that represent good value and works for industry it may form part of our longer-term solution to market failure. It is intended and featured within the Homebuilding sector plan that further geographic; locations and trades will be identified, and a larger competitive commission will be advertised during 2023 once capacity has been built and proof of concept and adaptability in place to set up at pace in other geographically identified areas of need and trades. NHBC is considered to be a ‘Sole Supplier’. Although hubs are available in other formats to support work experience and mentoring, there are no other multi-trade hubs in existence with a proven delivery model and the agility to expand both by trade and geographical spread. This does not preclude other hubs from being developed and submitting bids on specific sector trades and location that may be featured in the competitive tender invitation anticipated in 2024/25 or sooner if CITB have all the appropriate positive data to proceed with this initiative featured in existing and future sector plans.