Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-09-10
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, C&C, HOCS
Country: UK
Region: Portsmouth
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 80000000
Estimated value: 466000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-10-07
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Provision of Professional Accreditation of Navy Services (NS) Command, Leadership and Command (CLM) Courses.
The Naval Service (NS) is seeking a recognised UK awarding body to undertake the accreditation of its courses during the period from 1.1.2017 until 31.12.2019. The contract will encompass the professional accreditation of Command, Leadership and Management (CLM) training courses for officers and non-commissioned officers in both the Royal Navy (RN) and the Royal Marines (RM). These courses are undertaken at various military training establishments within the UK. Owing to the nature of the courses, the NS is looking for qualifications in the areas of leadership and management.
Each course must gain its own award without the introduction of additional work either during the course or after completion of the military training. The awards must be recognised by the Office of Qualifications and Examination Regulation (Ofqual) and sit on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF). The volume and academic level of each award will depend upon the ability of the awarding body to map the RN and RM training to their standards; however, the NS will be seeking the greatest levels of credit within the Ofqual guidelines. In addition, the contractor will be required to support the development of an assessment and verification regime that will satisfy the academic rigour required for the proposed qualifications.
The Authority reserves the right to increase the number of suppliers invited to tender, at its discretion, depending on responses received.
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. 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.
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Award value: 466000