Integration training and language proficiency baseline assessment - procurement 2027-2028 (+1)

… right not to acquire a maximum number of student working days. Tenderers are invited to submit their own reasoned proposal on the content, structure and implementation plan of the training. The target group for assessing the initial level of language proficiency is primarily unemployed persons or persons at risk of unemployment who have moved to Finland on a permanent basis under the Integration Act and who are in need of literacy or integration training. The target group of integration training is primarily the unemployed or those threatened by unemployment, those who have emigrated to Finland under the Integration Act and in need of integration training, or those who have moved to Finland on a permanent basis and who, at least in their mother tongue, have literacy skills but need to strengthen their language skills in Finnish in order to be placed in education leading to employment or occupation. The training must be carried out in accordance with the current OPH's curriculum for integration training. The assessment of the initial level of language proficiency to be tendered is specified in the detailed service description attached to the invitation to tender (Annex: Service description, language proficiency baseline assessment). The integration training to be put out to tender is specified in the detailed service description attached to the invitation to tender (Annex: Service description, integration training). A monthly report on the actual student working days must be submitted to the client. The estimated total value of the acquisition, including the option periods, is approximately EUR 2,200,000 (VAT 0%). The declared value is an estimate, and the subscriber does not commit to specific procurement volumes or use of the service during the contract period. The service is procured according to real needs. The procuring entity shall select one (1) supplier/procurement sub-area to be contracted. The procuring entity reserves the right not to acquire the training provided for in this invitation to tender. The procurement is divided into two (2) lots: Component 1: Integration training Component 2: Assessment of the initial level of language skills The selection shall be made on the basis of the best value for money, based on the best price-quality ratio. If the comparison of the offers leads to tie points or the prices of the offers are the same, the winner will be determined by drawing lots. Parallel offers are forbidden. In the case of parallel bids, only the latest bid received will be taken into account in the comparison of bids., Component 1: Integration training The scope of the acquisition of integration training is a maximum of 8,000 student working days per year. The duration of the training is a maximum of 240 student working days per person. The number of people/groups to be acquired is an estimate based on the expected number of students. The contracting entity reserves the right not to acquire a maximum number of student working days. The target group of integration training is primarily the unemployed or those threatened by unemployment, those who have emigrated to Finland under the Integration Act and in need of integration training, or those who have moved to Finland on a permanent basis and who, at least in their mother tongue, have literacy skills but need to strengthen their language skills in Finnish in order to be placed in education leading to employment or occupation. The training shall be carried out in accordance with: