Notice Information
Notice Title
The Environment Agency Learning Experience / Management System Defra.
Notice Description
The Environment Agency currently uses an application known internally as Learning Zone (LZ), to provide employees with a single point of access to learning content required to develop capability in their roles. Learning Zone is a Totara based application that provides access to over 2500 face to face and virtual learning events per year, over 500 e learning and technology-based learning products for the 11,200 employees within the EA. In addition, learning is provided for circa 6000, employees with an incident Management (IM) role, responsible for responding to local and major incidents as Category 1 responders.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The current commercial contract is due to expire in 2023. It is therefore essential that EA procures a new application which will deliver the current service but meet future requirements. The future requirements, over and above the core functionality the EA has today including: User experience and AI Competency, Capability & Professional Membership Stakeholders (Internal (EA), Defra, External) Intelligent management information (MI) and reporting Social learning and content curation The additional functionality will ensure that the EA has good people data on learning and skills/capability of their employees to deliver challenging business outcomes and build their careers. In addition, it creates the capacity for the EA to assure itself that employees are trained and competent to carry out many of their activities which are high risk such as working near water on flood defenses, responding to incidents. Employees will be able to access their learning, in the flow of their work with the use of AI and machine learning and connect and engage with others to share expertise and grow continue to grow. Improved functionality to integrate virtual classroom technology will not only create opportunities for all to be able to access learning at a time and place that works for them, but also reduce carbon emissions and training costs for travel and subsistence. The overall high-level scope of the procurement will require the Authority to procure to procure the Licenses for Learning Application Software, Hosting, Implementation, Service Support and Training Services. Additional information: The Environment Agency announces it will hold a Defra Tender Microsoft Teams Briefing event on the 13th October 2021 further details are in the additional information section below. Interested suppliers will have an opportunity to ask some general questions about the forthcoming OJEU tender at the end of October 2021.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-02e0cd
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023123-2021
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
48000000 - Software package and information systems
48100000 - Industry specific software package
80420000 - E-learning services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £1,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 16 Sep 20214 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 28 Oct 2021Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL
- Contact Name
- Tim Carter
- Contact Email
- tim.carter@defra.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2072385921
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 3JR
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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