Delivery of Training for Policing, including the Police Education Qualifications Framework (PEQF)

Concepts

• higher education
• peqf
• manchester
• delivery of training for policing
• delivery of training
• police education qualifications framework
• delivery of training for policing and associated academic and support services
• education and training
• college of policing peqf
• police constable degree apprenticeship

Location

Manchester

Description

Delivery of training for policing and associated academic and support services, including initial police training defined by the College of Policing PEQF curriculum, i.e. the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA) and Degree Holder Entry Programme (DHEP) leading to a Graduate Diploma in Professional Policing Practice. The contract also includes the provision of a part-time option for the above programmes, and a number of academic and training-related services to support the ongoing professionalisation of police training across the wider Force. The contract may, in future, include education and assessment, for additional related pathways which are not (at the time of contract award) fully known and therefore are not fully detailed within the contract.

Total Quantity or Scope

GMCA has awarded a single contract for the delivery of all services under this procurement, but welcomed bids from groups of economic operators (partnerships, consortia, SPVs or those proposing delivery through a prime/sub-contractor mechanism), subject to a full assessment of the contractual risk of each specific arrangement. Full details of the Requirements of this contract were available as part of the tender documents, however the chosen supplier will: lead academic learning for the Force and deliver this within the Greater Manchester footprint; deliver training year-round with periodic student intakes; deliver high quality learning programmes whilst minimising abstraction (i.e. the time officers are unavailable for duty); provide the technologies needed to deliver learning through online methods; manage the learning data required for accreditation; manage the programmes to ensure apprenticeship rules are met; help the Force to achieve wider learning transformation through the design of the programme; and support the Force to increase the diversity and social mobility of recruits. The contract primarily incorporates two defined elements: 1) Development and delivery of initial training for policing under the PEQF (including the option of a programme for Special Constables); and 2) A programme of Professional Development Transformation (PDT), consisting of CPD for existing Constables, a leadership training offer for all staff and officers, and Academic Governance to support the professionalisation of training in-line with the Force’s People Strategy. The PEQF and PDT elements of the contract were assessed and scored separately, with weightings applied according to the methodology outlined, along with the Requirements, in the tender documents. The initial contract term will allow for student intakes up to five (5) years from the date of contract award. The contract may be extended to allow intakes for a further two (2) years. The chosen provider will accommodate inflight students to complete their course beyond the final intake. The maximum contract term will therefore depend on the run off period required for inflight intakes.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 80300000 - Higher education services
• 80000000 - Education and training services
• 80400000 - Adult and other education services
• 80430000 - Adult-education services at university level
• 80500000 - Training services
• 80510000 - Specialist training services
• 80511000 - Staff training services
• 80530000 - Vocational training services

Indicators

Other Information

For the delivery of PEQF programmes (including Special Constables), the estimated spend over the full contract period, based on projected recruit numbers, is circa GBP 38 100 000. The drawing down of additional elements (under the PDT programme) is optional and will be subject to separate governance and spend approval. Based on projected numbers these additional elements could total GBP 26 100 000 over 7 years. The service procured falls under the ‘light touch regime’ set out in regulations 74-76 (inclusive) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Pursuant to regulation 76(7) of those Regulations, the Authority elected to follow a competitive procedure akin to the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation, but this is not to be taken as acceptance by the Authority that any part of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 apply, other than those parts which apply to the light touch regime. Whilst the ‘Customer’ is Greater Manchester Combined Authority, the services are essentially being delivered to Greater Manchester Police who will be the main users of the services. Therefore the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police will be given equal rights to the Authority to enforce the provisions of the Contract, under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.