Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-05-05
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Agencies/Misc, DE&S Mat Strat
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 80000000 | 80430000
Estimated value: 5000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-06-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Expressions of Interest are invited for financial year 20/21 closing on 5 June 2020, reopening on 1 February 2021 for organisations to be added to a framework to meet DE&S requirement for engineering training in various UK locations. The framework has been split into 8 lots, awarding qualifications to various levels. These include but are not limited to BEng (Hons), MEng (Hons), HNC (Higher National Certificate), ONC (Ordinary National Certificate) and Foundation Degree. We envisage a 4-year framework agreement. The engineering function are allocated GBP 3 m per year for engineering training on a limit of liability basis. Cyber Security Reference: RAR-2B324YFW.
Training requirements will be identified on a case by case basis, then issued to the framework lot suppliers as an RFQ following approval of internal business cases. Internal travel and subsistence costs will be added to completed RFQ's provide an overall cost for the training requirement. The requirement will then be placed with a provider on a value for money basis using the total overall cost.
Various levels including but not limited BEng (Hons), MEng (Hons), HNC (Higher National Certificate), ONC (Ordinary National Certificate and Foundation Degree.
Various Levels including but not limited BEng (Hons), MEng (Hons), HNC (Higher National Certificate), ONC (Ordinary National Certificate and Foundation Degree.
After expressing your interest, learning providers will be asked to provide accreditation's for delivering training. The standard contracting conditions 2 will be agreed between the parties.
After expressing your interest, suppliers will be asked to provide accreditation's and on acceptance of standard conditions to SC2, will be added to a training Framework.
The authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.
Advertising Regime OJEU: this contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk
Suppliers must read through this set of instructions and follow the process to respond to this opportunity.

Eligibility requirements: After expressing your interest, learning providers will be asked to provide accreditation's for delivering training. The standard contracting conditions 2 will be agreed between the parties.

Award value: 5000000