Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-05-19
Buyer: Essex County Council
Country: UK
Region: Essex
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 80000000 | 80500000 | 80510000 | 80511000 | 80521000
Estimated value: 5000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-06-21
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: ESF

Technical requirements: Essex County Council (ECC) in conjunction with the full members of the Essex Online Partnership (EOLP) and other public bodies are looking to establish a Framework Agreement to provide access to a diverse range of providers with a variety of training, development and delivery approaches. The Framework will be for a period of 4 years.
The estimated value of this Framework indicated at II.1.5 and II.2.6 are indicative only. No level of expenditure is guaranteed under this Framework. The values stated are an estimate of the potential value of all contracts that may be entered into by ECC and other Public Sector partners named above throughout the duration of the Framework.
ECC are looking to appoint a single provider to Lot 1. This Lot will cover the development of an organisations IT Capability including the design, development and delivery of education and training interventions that build user capability, confidence and positive engagement with new technologies.
ECC are looking to appoint up to a maximum of ten (10) providers to Lot 2. This Lot will cover the development, creation, maintenance and reporting of e-learning materials.
ECC are looking to appoint up to a maximum of five (5) providers to Lot 3. This Lot will cover the provision of experienced IT trainer resources to support IT education and training work programmes as and when required on an ad-hoc basis at relatively short notice via experienced IT trainer resources. These materials and interventions will become part of the BAU portfolio as outlined in Lot 1.
ECC are looking to appoint up to a maximum of twenty (20) suppliers to Lot 4. This Lot will cover the development of IT professionals through the provision of off-the-shelf and bespoke solutions and specialist education and training for IT professionals including technical, business and soft skills.
— Ability to work with stakeholders to scope and produce bespoke training activities to meet technical or business need;
— Procurement of any training requirements that you cannot meet on any organisations behalf from reputable quality suppliers; and
An indicative timetable is set out in the SSQ. ECC reserves the right to amend timescales and change the evaluation criteria if there are genuine omissions or mistakes. ECC also reserve the right to reduce the number of bidders awarded a place on the Framework in the event that minimum standards and/or thresholds set out in the SSQ or Evaluation Methodology document are not met.
ECC is seeking to obtain flexibility with regards to its ability to allow Public Sector partner organisations (including any future successor organisation(s) to the functions exercised by any such organisations) to utilise the benefits of the Framework to act jointly and independently in undertaking IT training and development. In addition to ECC, these other public sector bodies include:
Basildon Borough Council, Braintree District Council, Brentwood Borough Council, Castle Point Borough Council, Chelmsford City Council, Colchester Borough Council, Epping Forest District Council, Essex Fire & Rescue, Essex Police, Harlow District Council, Maldon District Council, Rochford District Council, Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, Tendring District Council, Thurrock Borough Council, Uttlesford District Council, South Essex Partnership Trust, Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust.
ECC reserves the right to cancel the procurement exercise and/or not to award all or part of the Framework. ECC will not be held responsible for any costs incurred by potential suppliers (or any other person participating in the process) in relation to this procurement exercise including if the procurement exercise is cancelled. Each supplier shall be responsible for its own costs and expenses incurred in participating in this process.
Suppliers are advised that ECC is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR). If a supplier considers that any of the information supplies as part of this procurement exercise should not be disclosed because of its commercial sensitivity, confidentiality or otherwise, it must when providing this information, clearly identify the specific information it does not wish to be disclosed and clearly specify the reasons for its sensitivity. ECC shall take such statements into consideration in the event that it receives a request pursuant to FOIA or EIR which relates to information provided by a supplier. However, if the information is requested, ECC may be obliged under FOIA and/or EIR to disclose such information, irrespective of the supplier's wishes. Please note that it is not sufficient to include a statement of confidentiality encompassing all the information provided by the supplier in its response.
Expressions of interest must be by way of completion and return of the Tender pack by the time and date specified in IV.2.2. The tender documents will be available via the Supplier Portal from the 11.5.2017. The Portal will be used throughout the procurement process and all communications with ECC relating to this procurement exercise must be via the Negotiation Messaging Facility.
Please use the following link to gain access to the Supplier Portal: http://www.essex.gov.uk/Business-Partners/Supplying-Council/Pages/Supplier-portal.aspx


Award value: 5000000