Liverpool City Region Talent Match Programme – Invitation to quote for delivery of programmes
Liverpool City Region Talent Match LCR Programme, funded by UK SPF Levelling Up Fund and Futures is seeking to procure services to enhance our offer which support young people aged 16-24 who are economically inactive and/or socially excluded to progress into training, education, or employment.
We are seeking providers to deliver the following services between June 2025 – March 2026 with
· Lot 1 – Bitesize Workshops
· Lot 2 – Creative Workshops
This service will be delivered across the City Region and receive referrals from the Talent Match team.
For details of the service requirements and budget, please see Service Specification.
Stage one
Advertising
Lot 1 and Lot 2 will be advertised on the MYA website for 14 days.
It will also be advertised using the following e-mailing lists and networks:
· Talent Match and MYA’s contacts
· VS6 Membership (inclusive of LCR CVS’s and other infrastructure originations within the Voluntary and social enterprise sectors)
· Community Foundation Merseyside
Assessment
All applications will be assessed by a panel of no less than 3 people.
All panel members must have declared all conflicts of interest in advance via MYA Declaration of Interest form.
Assessment process:
1 All application forms will be initially assessed on their eligibility to receive UK SPF funding and their ability to demonstrate that they have met the essential criteria.
2. Applicants who have not met the essential criteria or eligibility checks will not be further assessed or scored.
3. All applications that have met the essential criteria and eligibility checks will then be fully assessed and scored.
4. Total scores will be based on a combination of quality (60%) and price (40%)
5. Quality will be scored using the scoring system set out in the application form.
6. Each panel member will score each application separately.
7. Each panel member will add up the total score for each applicant.
8. Each panel member’s score will be added together to form a grand total for each applicant.
9. Scores will be checked for Value for Money by Claims and Compliance Manager
10. Successful applicants will be informed by electronic letter.
Time frame
Advertisements uploaded onto MYA’s website and will be circulated by MYA to the partners above on Monday 12th May 2025
Individual application forms can be downloaded below.
The deadline for completed applications will be 4.00pm on Tuesday 27th May 2025
Applications will be assessed Wednesday 28th May 2025
Successful applicants will be informed Friday 30th May 2025
Bitesize Workshops Application
Creative Workshops Application
