Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-12-18
Buyer: Crown Commercial Service
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000 | 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services | 75121000 | 75130000 | 79420000
Estimated value: 315000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-02-04
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: We are running this competition using the ‘open procedure’. The procurement is being conducted under the Light Touch Regime (‘LTR’) therefore subject to limited regulation and will be conducted in accordance with regulations 74 to 76 PCR 2015.
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is seeking to establish a framework contract to support delivery of learning and development on behalf of the Minister for the Cabinet Office. The framework agreement will be available for use by UK public sector bodies as described in the customer list.
Suppliers will be required to to provide the deliverables (good and services) set out in the specification, the full specification is set out in the ITT.
The combination of lots that a bidder can be awarded is detailed in the ITT. Bidders have to inform CCS at selection of their preference should they be successful on a number lots. Please refer to paragraph 3 of Attachment 1 — about the framework.
This lot covers the provision of a service integrator who will act as the first point of contact for CSHR customers (from the individual learner to departmental and profession leads) and the design and delivery of a curriculum contextualised for the civil service. The cross-civil service curriculum will be commissioned by CSHR and designed in conjunction with departmental and profession leads to ensure that the learning meets the common needs across the civil service. The supplier shall deliver, through a range of training providers, a central provision including and not limited to the following key curriculum areas:
— introductory learning on professions topics for non-professionals e.g. finance, commercial, digital, project delivery.
The requirement is for the provision of a comprehensive service that enables access at scale to a diverse, modern central learning provision for civil servants across departments, professions, functions, grades and geographies.
The framework term is for an initial period of 36 months, with the option to extend by 1 further period of 12 consecutive months.
Lot 1: Service Integration and Cross Civil Service Curriculum Service Integrator scope, which is for CSHR purposes only and
cross civil service curriculum products, which on a case by case basis, can individually be made available to other contracting authorities under this framework agreement, with the agreement of CSHR.
This lot covers the requirement for a supplier to manage, administer and maintain a service to provide access to commodities learning. ‘Commodities’ is defined as an existing learning product that will include qualifications or a standardised learning solution that is already in existence and where the content stands alone. The requirement will include the provision of a catalogue of ‘off the shelf’ courses/qualifications and products delivered through a flexible supply chain. The supplier shall note learning solutions that require civil service contextualisation will be part of Lot 1’s cross-civil service curriculum, or Lot 4’s learning design and delivery’.
The framework term is for an initial period of 36 months, with the option to extend by 1 further period of 12 consecutive months.
This lot covers the requirement for a high-quality, flexible and value for money combined Lot 1 Cross Civil Service Curriculum and Lot 2 Commodity Learning provision and the authority expects to see the benefits of the increased economies of scale reflected in the pricing.
The framework term is for an initial period of 36 months, with the option to extend by 1 further period of 12 consecutive months.
This lot covers the requirement for a supplier to provide access to a dynamic pool of best in class learning design and delivery specialist resource to work on targeted learning interventions to meet specific or bespoke business requirements. The supplier shall work with a range of expert learning design and delivery specialists that can support customers access to the design, facilitation and technical expertise needed to meet their specific learning needs. The range of support may vary from supporting the scoping and strategy to support transformational change programmes to providing excellent facilitation alongside internal experts.

Eligibility requirements: We will use a credit reference agency (Dun and Bradstreet) to obtain a financial risk score (D&B Failure Score) for you and any members of your consortium or any nominated guarantor(s). Bidders will be assessed in accordance with the invitation to tender (ITT), The financial risk score associated with this framework is: Lot 1 — 70 Lot 2 — 55 Lot 3 — 70 Lot 4 — 70 Lot 5 – 55 Lot 6 — 70 or more or if there is an equivalent international score, you will receive a pass for this question. If the score for Lots 1, 3, 4 and 6 is less than 70 or for Lots 2 and 5 less than 55 or no financial risk score is available then we will ask for copies of your financial statements, audited if applicable, for the 2 most recent years. If there are no financial statement available then the authority may take into account the following information: — a statement of turnover, profit and loss account/income statement, balance sheet/statement of financial position and statement of cash flow for the most recent period of trading, — forecast financial statements and cash for the current year and a bank letter outlining the current cash and credit position, and/or — an alternative means of demonstrating financial status.

Award value: 315000000