TC1141 - Apprenticeship Training and Assessment Providers

Concepts

• training services
• manchester
• apprenticeship training
• apprenticeship
• apprenticeships
• additional apprenticeship training and assessment providers
• apprenticeship training and assessment providers
• assessment register
• training
• further details

Location

Manchester

Description

- To provide a route to buying Apprenticeship training and assessment that complies with Public Contract Regulations (2015). - To provide a route that aligns with the Department for Education (DFE) funding requirements. - To ensure only those providers who meet the standards expected by Manchester City Council building on the minimum standards set by the Apprenticeship Provider and Assessment Register (APAR) deliver apprenticeships. - To create a system that allows the authority easy and speedy access to Apprenticeship training and assessment providers. - To create a system that allows additional Apprenticeship training and assessment providers to join at any time as the authority’s requirements change

Total Quantity or Scope

Further details are set out in the procurement documents.

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 80500000 - Training services

Indicators

• Bids should cover the whole contract.
• Renewals are not available.
• Award on basis of price and quality.

Other Information

The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk. Applicants will need to electronically submit their completed tender documents, including the online questionnaire, via the online portal by 11 am on 2nd April 2024 as referred to in IV.2.2. The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk. Once registered, applicants will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the documentation relating to this opportunity. Applicants will need to electronically submit their completed tender documents, via the online portal by 11 am on 2nd April 2024 as referred to in IV.2.2. Any clarification queries must also be submitted via the Chest website by the date referred to in the tender documentation. The contracts will be for 2 years, expected to commence on 22nd May 2024 with an option to extend for up to an additional 2 years. The successful supplier will be required to actively participate in the economic and social regeneration of the locality of, and surroundings of, the place of delivery of the contract. Therefore, selection and award criteria, specification requirements and contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations as relevant to the subject matter of this project. The Council reserves the right not to award the framework, as a result of this Contract Notice. The Council shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any organisation in responding to this notice or in tendering for the proposed framework. All submissions must be in English, with any clarifications or discussions conducted in English. Tenders and supporting documents must be priced in pounds sterling and all payments under the proposed contract will be made in pounds sterling.