Official UK procurement notice
Graduate Scheme as a Service
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionGraduate Scheme as a Service. Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in Find a Tender.
CPV: Technical training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Defence Nuclear Organisation is to sponsor one cohort of 17 graduates for 2 years…
The Defence Nuclear Organisation is to sponsor one cohort of 17 graduates for 2 years through the Energus Nuclear Graduate Scheme (ENG). Energus is a not-for-profit subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. This scheme provides graduates on placement into Defence across a range of both technical and non-technical disciplines for a period of 2 years including placements within both Defence and the Defence supply chain.
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).
- Lowest price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Aug 2024, 15:14 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Aug 2024, 15:14 BST
- Authority reference
712177450- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-026330- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0491ccFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to competitive dialogue; The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
Energus is a not-for-profit wholly owned subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and the default external graduate scheme provider for the majority of the NSDG partners in the nuclear sector. DNO’s requirement for this cohort is 10.96% of Energus’ in-year provision. No other organisation is known to supply sector wide nuclear graduates. It is also the only known provider that offers the model the NSDG needs to bring in the required experience in the Nuclear Sector. The NSST (which is the new delivery arm of NSDG) will be reviewing future requirements for Graduate schemes for the sector and developing the appropriate commercial strategy in due course.
Publisher note: The Secretary of State for Defence (“MOD”) intends to award a [2] year contract to Energus for the provision of graduates on placement into Defence across a range of both technical and non-technical disciplines, each for a period of 2 years including placements within both Defence and the Defence supply chain. The value of the contract is stated above. MOD considers that this contract falls outside the scope of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 and/or the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 by virtue of the Hamburg exemption and Regulation 12(7) PCR, respectively. In the event that is deemed that the Regulations apply, MOD considers that in accordance with the provisions of The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 SI No. 2020/1319), this procurement would fall to be regulated under the provisions of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended (in particular by SI 2020/1319). Prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is no longer appropriate. It is considered that the award of the contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the UK e-notification service (as required by the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with regulation 32(b)(ii) of the PCR 2015 because competition is absent both for technical reasons.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastContracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Nuclear People and Skills Capability and TalentReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- EnergusAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.