Official UK procurement notice
WP3875a - Finance Training Provider Framework
Authority: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Council wishes to procure a number of Providers for the delivery of Finance Qualification Training. As part of the Framework Providers will be expected to support Council staff undertaking the qualifications, with all the necessary requirements including but not limited toProvision of TrainingEnsuring QualityManaging End Point AssessmentsMonitoring LearnersIt is the Council’s intention to divide these requirements into 3 Lots as followsLot 1 – CIPFA (Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy) Accountancy QualificationsLot 2 – CIMA (the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) Business Accountancy Qualification Lot 3 – ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) Accountancy Qualification
CPV: Adult and other education services · Education and training services
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1CIPFA Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy)’s Accountancy Qualifications.Renewal
Providers will be expected to support Council staff undertaking the CIPFA Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy)’s Accountancy Qualifications, with all the necessary requirements including but not limited to:Provision of TrainingEnsuring QualityManaging End Point AssessmentsMonitoring Learners
Lot #2CIMA (the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants)’s Business Accountancy QualificationRenewal
Providers will be expected to support Council staff undertaking the CIMA (the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants)’s Business Accountancy Qualification, with all the necessary requirements including but not limited to:Provision of TrainingEnsuring QualityManaging End Point AssessmentsMonitoring Learners
Lot #3ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants)’s Accountancy QualificationRenewal
Providers will be expected to support Council staff undertaking the ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants)’s Accountancy qualifications, with all the necessary requirements including but not limited to:Provision of TrainingEnsuring QualityManaging End Point AssessmentsMonitoring Learners
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)
- Non-price Criteria: 75%
- Price: 25%
Published award criteria (2)
- Non-price Criteria: 75
- Price: 25
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “WP3875a - Finance Training Provider Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 21 Mar 2023, 16:58 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 Mar 2023, 16:58 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 21 Apr 2023 – …
- Authority reference
WP3875a- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-008228- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b4deFind a Tender
- Review procedure
The Council will incorporate a standstill period at the point when information on the proposed award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of ten calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. Aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by any breach of the Council’s obligations may take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Publisher note: Interest in this contract process should be expressed via the Council’s e-Tendering Portal – https://in-tendhost.co.uk/walsallcouncilThe Council reserves the right to cancel the procurement and not to proceed with the contract. The Council also reserves the right not to award a contract or to award a contract for parts or part of the services only.The Council will not, under any circumstances, reimburse any expense incurred by bidders in preparing their SSQ or tender submissions.This is a voluntary contract notice.Under this [procurement / project] the [contractor / developer] is required to actively participate in the economic and social regeneration of the locality of and surrounding the place of delivery for the [procurement / project]. Accordingly contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/walsallcouncil ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 21 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 21 Apr 2023, 00:00 BST
Timeline
21 Mar 2023 → 1 Jun 2023 · 4 dates- Notice published21 Mar 2023, 16:58 GMT
- Bids opened21 Apr 2023, 00:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown21 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Jun 2023, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- See V1.4.3Review body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.