Official UK procurement notice
Apprenticeship Management - Water Industry Standards
Authority: THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe scope of this procurement is to award a framework agreement for a provider to manage and deliver our apprenticeship programs relating to Water Industry Standards.
CPV: Education and training services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 2 suppliers · 1 appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£720,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 55%
- Commercial: 45%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 55
- Commercial: 45
- Suitability
Providers must be able to deliver apprenticeships to government standards as a minimum.
- Technical & professional ability
Must be a registered and approved apprenticeship training provider.
- Legal form for consortia
- Consortia may be required to form a legal entity prior to award.
- Shortlisting
- As detailed in section VI.3 and PQQ.
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- Price carries 45 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 55 of 100: the paper moves it further than the discount.
- “Apprenticeship Management - Water Industry Standards” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 2 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 10 Dec 2021, 13:53 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Oct 2022, 13:49 BST
- Authority reference
FA1706- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-030514- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ffdeFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
Specified in Invitation to Negotiate Document.
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As Detailed in the ITN.
- Review procedure
Thames Water Utilities Limited will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (SI 2016 No 274) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Publisher note: ** This is a Contract Award Notice ** Thames Water Utilities Limited will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 14 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- document
- Deposits and guarantees
- Bonds and/or parent company guarantees of performance and financial standing may be required.
Timeline
14 Jan 2022 → 28 Oct 2022 · 2 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown14 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published28 Oct 2022, 13:49 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Oct 2022- Status changed to complete28 Oct 2022, 13:49 BST
- Buyer details updated28 Oct 2022, 13:49 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Apprenticeship Management Water Industry Standards
- Signed
- 9 Aug 2022
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Thames Water Utilities Ltd TownReview bodyReview contact point
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Watertrain LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria