The ambition in Greater Manchester is to create an integrated labour market eco-system which has the individual and employer at its heart, that better responds to the needs of residents, communities and businesses and which contributes to the inclusive growth and productivity of the GM economy.

Our vision is for an integrated education, work and skills system that will help all of our residents to be school ready, life ready and work ready so that:

• young people will leave education with the knowledge, skills and attributes they need to succeed in the labour market;

• adults can acquire the skills they need to enter and progress within work;

• employers can access a system and talent pool with the reliance, flexibility and adaptability that will enable GM’s businesses to compete on the basis of good quality work, high productivity and good employment practices;

• our employment support and welfare system provides access to good work for those who can, support for those who could and care for those who can’t.

GMCA wishes to procure a multi supplier flexible procurement system which will contain external suppliers capable of delivering a variety of education, work and skills provision including but not limited to:

• support and guidance into work for a variety of vulnerable, marginalised or underrepresented groups;

• careers support for young people;

• support, guidance and training for in work adults;

• accredited training in a variety of professions up to level 6;

• non-accredited skills training and continuous professional development;

• working in partnership with industries and employers to design specific training provision to up skill those in employment and unemployed where there is an identified skills gap;

• providing support and training to identified groups, suppliers and individual.

Further details are provided in the descriptive document.