Transcript Big Presentation - Department for Employment and Learning

Steps 2 Success (NI)
Final Design
Steps 2 Success – The Process
 Feasibility Study (Inclusion)
 High level design paper
 Consultation (July – October 2012)
 Evaluation and outcome
 Final design to Minister for approval
 Procurement of programme
Consultation responses
Positive Responses
Negative Responses
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 Automatic entry for ESA and
IB recipients
 Proposed single contract
 Capped contract duration of
three years
 Random allocation of clients
 40/60 split of funding
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Agreement with the Objectives
The flexible approach
The non specified hours
The proposed programme
length
Assessment of the supply
chain
Providers support for sub
contractors
The code of conduct
Higher payments for higher
performance
Consultation
 Changes following the Consultation
* Entry points for ESA clients – Adviser Discretion
* The Contract Areas – 3 instead of 1
* The length of Contracts – 4 years + 2
* No random allocation of customers to Providers –
no longer required with 3 contract areas
* The split between Attachment and Outcome
funding
Aim of Steps 2 Success
 The aim of Steps 2 Success is
To help eligible benefit recipients
to find and sustain work thereby
supporting the needs of employers
and the economy.
Policy Objectives
 The policy objectives of Steps 2 Success are to:
– increase over the length of the programme, the number
of participants finding and sustaining employment
compared to baseline performance and in so doing,
deliver best value for money for the taxpayer;
– support those most in need thereby ensuring that all
participants regardless of employment barriers have
the best chance to find and sustain employment;
– maximise flexibility in the programme approach so that
providers are able to successfully address
participants’ barriers to employment; and
– build a programme that is flexible to the future needs
of the economy, clients and employers and is able to
respond to the implications of Welfare Reform.
S2S Eligibility
Eligibility
- JSA 18 -24:
- JSA 25+:
- JSA early entry:
- Ex-offenders:
- ESA(WRAG):
- Existing ESA /IB
and I/S:
- JSA 25+
Mandated at 9 months on JSA
Mandated at 12 months on JSA
Determined by Employment
Service Adviser following
assessment.
Day One
Determined by Employment
Service Adviser following
assessment.
Voluntary entry
Can volunteer after 6 months on
JSA (then subject to
conditionality)
Participation Length
 JSA claimants –12 months of participation.
 JSA Early Entrants –18 months of participation.
 Employment and Support Allowance - up to 18
months of participation.
 Participants who leave S2S early and return to benefit
will return to the Provider for the balance of time.
S2S Design Features
 Flexible ‘Grey Box’ approach
 Each organisation will determine their own delivery model, supply chain
partners etc.
 Additional funding for providers when participants enter employment with
a recognised qualification gained while on Steps 2 Success.
 Minimum Service Guarantee – for participants
 Attendance - Hours to be agreed between the provider and each
participant
S2S Design Features
Contracts
 Three contract delivery areas, one lead contractor per area.
 4 years of referrals with option to extend for a further 2 years.
 Contracts will be let as 3 separate lots with no organisation being
awarded more than 1 lot.
 Providers will deliver S2S to clients within their geographical
contract area but can source job opportunities in any location.
Proposed Contract Areas
Region 1- Andersonstown, Falls Road, Shankill,
Holywood Road, Shaftesbury Sq, Corporation Street,
Newtownards, Bangor, Lisburn, Knockbreda.
Region 2- Newtownabbey, Antrim, Larne, Carrickfergus,
Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine, Limavady, Foyle,
Lisnagelvin, Strabane
Region 3- Magherafelt, Cookstown, Dungannon, Omagh,
Enniskillen, Banbridge, Lurgan, Portadown,
Armagh, Downpatrick, Ballynahinch, Newcastle, Kilkeel,
Newry
Map of Contract Areas
S2S Supply Chain
 A Formal Code of Conduct between lead and
sub-contractors will form part of the contract.
 MERLIN Standard not mandatory for Provider
organisations
S2S Funding Model
 Funding will consist of three main elements:
> attachment fee,
> job entry fee,
> sustained employment payments.
 Additional funding will be paid for qualifications
gained alongside a job outcome
S2S FUNDING MODEL
 Financial assistance towards childcare costs for
certain groups, in line with Steps to Work.
 Higher funding levels for harder to help clients i.e.
early entry JSA clients and ESA/IB clients.
 High performance will be rewarded – an
accelerator
Returners
 Following attendance on S2S participants who have
not found work will receive 26 weeks of advice and
guidance from an Employment Service Adviser after
which they will return to the Provider for a further 12
months.
 Clients will return once in first 4 years of the
programme.
RETURNERS
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
JSA 18-24 - 9 mths
JSA 25+ - 12 mths
JSA Early Entry - 3 mths
ESA Flow
Voluntary
PROVIDERS
STEPS 2
SUCCESS
Max 12/18
months
EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE
Post
programme
support
26 weeks
RETURNER
S
FUNDING FOR RETURNERS
 Reduced attachment fee
 Job entry - No reduction in fee
 Sustained employment payment - No reduction in fee
Procurement
 Two stage procurement process.
 Stage 1 – Professional/technical ability,
experience and financial capability;
 Stage 2 – For those successful in Stage 1,
Invitation to Tender to deliver Steps 2 Success.
- Stage 1 to commence July 13
- Stage 2 to commence October 13.
S2S Next Steps and Conclusion
 Procurement commences – July 2013
 Contracts awarded – March 2014
 Programme commences - June 2014
STEPS 2 SUCCESS (NI) PROGRAMME
PROCUREMENT
INFORMATION
STEPS 2 SUCCESS
(NI) PROGRAMME SESSION
PROCUREMENT INFORMATION SESSION
Kyle McIlwrath
Kyle
McIlwrath
Procurement
Manager
Procurement Manager
Supplies & Services Division,
Central Procurement Directorate
Supplies & Services Division,
Central Procurement Directorate
• Introduce Central Procurement
Directorate and the aims of public
procurement
• Outline the procurement procedure
Central Procurement Directorate
• Is a Directorate within the Department of Finance and
Personnel with responsibility for:
– Development of Public Procurement Policy, Best
Practice and Performance
– Support to the Procurement Board
– Central Purchasing Body for Northern Ireland
Departments, Agencies, NDPBS and Public
Corporations and Northern Ireland Office
• SSD is a Division within CPD
• Carry out wide range of procurements, usually for goods
and services, on behalf of the Northern Ireland Civil
Service, its Agencies and Non Departmental Public
Bodies
Aims of Public Procurement Practice
• Open and Transparent Competitions
• Integration with wider Executive Policies
(e.g. Equality and Sustainable
Development)
• Best Value for Money
Planned Procurement Procedure
• Restricted Procedure for “Part B Services” using eSourcingNI
– https://e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml
– Clarification questions should be submitted through the
messaging portal within eSourcing NI
• Stage 1 Pre Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ)
– One questionnaire to be completed (even if you intend to tender
for more than one lot). Candidates will indicate which lots they
wish to be considered for.
– The PQQ will include a financial assessment and an assessment
of capacity and capability
• Stage 2 Invitation to Tender (ITT)
• The top scoring candidates in each lot will be invited to tender
(number to be confirmed). Prime contractors can tender for more
than one lot (but will not be awarded more than one Lot)
– The ITT will consider how the tenderer proposes to deliver the
requirements of the programme (including costs and
methodology)