Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Cyber Protection Team SANS Vouchers
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of Cyber Protection Team SANS Vouchers
CPV: Specialist training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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).
- Price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Jun 2023, 15:23 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Jul 2023, 15:43 BST
- Authority reference
707936450- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-020152- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03d4d5Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice; The products involved are manufactured purely for the purpose of research, experiment, study or development under the conditions stated in the directive; The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
The Authority intends to award a contract to ESCAL Institute of Advanced Technologies (also known as SANS) for the procurement of Cyber Protection Team SANS vouchers. The estimated total value of the contract is £4,500,000.00 (excl. VAT) over a 36 month period. SANS are the only security-accredited provider of the specific industry-standard cyber training including the GIAC accreditation, further to this SANS do not use UK resellers.
In accordance with the provisions of The Public Procurement (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 SI No. 2020/1319, this procurement falls 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 (in accordance with the relevant legislation) is lawful in accordance with Regulation 32(2)(a): absence of tenders or suitable tenders.
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Jul 2023- Procurement method changed13 Jul 2023, 15:43 BST
- Buyer details updated13 Jul 2023, 15:43 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESCAL Institute of Advanced TechnologiesSMESubcontracting: declared | £4,500,000 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| ESCAL Institute of Advanced TechnologiesSME | £4,500,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Cyber Protection Team SANS Vouchers · ESCAL Institute of Advanced TechnologiesSME
- Signed
- 21 Jun 2023
- Value
- £4,500,000
- Status
- active
Provision of Cyber Protection Team SANS vouchers · ESCAL Institute of Advanced TechnologiesSME
- Signed
- 8 Jun 2023
- Value
- £4,500,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Army CommercialReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- ESCAL Institute of Advanced TechnologiesAwarded supplier
- ESCAL Institute of Advanced TechnologiesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.