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Published 16 Nov 2023, 14:32 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Business Support Services to the Army Apprenticeship Programme (Corrigendum)

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Services
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Planned pipeline value£9,287,890pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 10 Jan 2024from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Corrigendum (amended planned Contract Notice date to January 2024; amended Contract Start Date to 1st December 2024; updated Communication URL).

CPV: Administrative educational services · Education and training services · System quality assurance assessment and review services · Training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Prior Information Notice (PIN) of the Department's intention to procure a contract for…Planned

Prior Information Notice (PIN) of the Department's intention to procure a contract for Business Services Support (BSS) for the Army Apprenticeship Programme (AAP).

The Army Apprenticeship Programme (AAP) currently offers English Apprenticeships at Levels 2, 3, 4 and 6 with around 15,000 Apprentices on programme at any one time, primarily in UK locations but also overseas.

The AAP is predominately an Employer Provider using mixed delivery with subcontracted RoATP listed Service Providers (SP) covering some elements of Training and the majority of learner administration of the programme. The AAP is delivered in 13 separately governed and managed cap badge ( eg Infantry ) apprenticeship sub-programmes.

To support this mixed delivery model the AAP subcontracts Business Services Support to administration, delivery and quality assurance of apprenticeships against ESFA regulations. Additional information: The Business Services Support contract is managed by Army HQ Andover and will cover :

  • Provision of subject matter expert (SME) advice and guidance to the Army to identify and assure external and internal delivery, financial compliance and quality of delivery.
  • Provision of SME advice on all aspects of English Apprenticeships regulations including advising on impact of all changes to such reg
Delivery: UK
72225000 System quality assurance assessment and review services75121000 Administrative educational services80000000 Education and training services80500000 Training services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
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
16 Nov 2023, 14:32 GMT
Last source update
20 Nov 2023, 14:35 GMT
Authority reference
708726451_PIN_FTS_Cor
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-034281
Classification (CPV)
Administrative educational servicesEducation and training servicesSystem quality assurance assessment and review servicesTraining services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-041a79 Find a Tender

Publisher note: For further information on this opportunity please follow the following link: https://www.contracts.mod.uk/go/92562333018BD876668A

How it was run

Official notice
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Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.contracts.mod.uk/go/92562333018BD876668A ↗

Submission deadline
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Timeline

20 Nov 2023 → 10 Jan 2024 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    20 Nov 2023, 14:35 GMT
  2. Tender notice expected
    10 Jan 2024

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Buyer details updated
    20 Nov 2023, 14:35 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextInterested Parties are to note, Bullet Point 3 · II.1.4)1st August 20241st December 2024
—TextInterested parties are to note, Bullet Point 4 · II.I.4)October 2023January 2024
—TextPublished Web URL (ignore original URL, replacement issued with this notice) · I.3https://www.contracts.mod.uk/go/92562333018BD876668Ahttps://contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=57317 (if this link is inactive, you can copy and paste it into the address bar of your web browser)

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence Andover, UKContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.