Notice Information
Notice Title
RES/Bristol Apprenticeship Service DPS
Notice Description
This is a notice for social and specific services in accordance with Directive 2014/24/EU Article 74. The notice is for Schedule 3 Education & Training Services. Establishing of a pseudo open dynamic purchasing system. Those permitted to apply to be admitted may be limited to those admitted to the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP) - please refer to the tender documents for further information. This DPS will comprise a number of 'lots' categorised by ESFA framework/standards. These services may be delivered to young people and adults. Providers will be required to demonstrate their ability to safeguard young people and vulnerable adults. These services will be provided directly to individuals, following call-off from the DPS service users will, where possible, choose their preferred provider from those available/suitable.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Bristol City Council reserve the right to consider application to be admitted to the DPS periodically and not upon request as with DPS operating within the Public Contracts Regulations (34). Additional lots may be added throughout the life time of the DPS where additional or new frameworks or standards become available or applicable - those participating in the DPS will be notified of any changes of this nature. This DPS will run for one year initially with the option to be extended twice, for up to but not beyond March 2020, this will allow for review of the use of the DPS as this new approach to delivering apprenticeships evolves. In addition to the arrangements set out above it is our intent to undertake selection (using the Crown Commercial Service or equivalent recognised by the EU Procurement Regulations and UK Public Contracts Regulations) and quality evaluation criteria when establishing the DPS and in further requests to participate. The ESFA maximum funding 'bands' per framework/standard will not be exceeded in contracting with providers. For the avoidance of doubt Bristol Apprenticeship Service is responsible for the timely and effective identification, commissioning and delivery of apprenticeship training activities on behalf of Bristol City Council, organisations for whom Bristol City Council process payroll and other employers in the local area.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-033c3a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013717-2022
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Dynamic
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
80000000 - Education and training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £3,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 May 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 31 Aug 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Mr Tom Allen
- Contact Email
- tom.allen@bristol.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 0
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- BS3 9FS
- Post Town
- Bristol
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK5 West of England
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK51 Bristol, City of
- Delivery Location
- TLK11 Bristol, City of
-
- Local Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Electoral Ward
- Bedminster
- Westminster Constituency
- Bristol South
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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