Notice Information
Notice Title
Building Local Authority Capability in Product Safety, Legal Metrology and Construction Products
Notice Description
The Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS) is part of the Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) was created in January 2018 to deliver consumer protection and to support business confidence, productivity and growth. We regulate a wide range of products with a focus on their safety and integrity. We work with local, national and international regulators, with consumer representatives and with businesses to deliver effective protections and to support compliance. Our mission is to be a trusted product regulator for the UK. This means protecting people and places, enabling business to thrive and empowering consumers to make good choices. We will be a leader of good regulatory practice and a champion of local regulation. OPSS is: * the national regulator for all consumer products, except for vehicles, medicines and food. * the national regulator for legal metrology, ensuring weighing and measuring instruments are accurate and reliable. Further information about OPSS can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-for-product-safety-and-standards OPSS supports national and local coordination of regulation to join up regulatory delivery in its policy areas. The project will deliver a programme of activities (training and e-learning packages) to develop skills and capability in Local Authority Regulatory Services (LARS, Trading Standards officers in England, Wales and Scotland and Environmental Health officers in Northern Ireland) and support coordination of national and local regulation. Each activity will have a defined learning outcome. As a guide activities will include practical & taught, in person, e- learning and on line interactive courses including : * Increasing confidence in basic construction products regulation * Developing skills and expertise in construction products * Legal Metrology - legal updates and training; practical application and hands on experience of equipment and techniques in specified topics * Product Safety - o How to carry out Risk Assessment; using the Product Safety Database and Prism o PAS 7050 & 7100 practical workshop * Northern Ireland Regulators Learning and Development in specific specialist topics * A programme of mini webinars on specialist Legal Metrology and Product Safety topics as specified * Leadership Development for aspiring Regulatory Leaders * Developing an online e learning package which will be hosted on Regulators Companion for: o PAS 7050 o Legal Metrology (average quantity, Liquid Fuel Measuring Instruments, licensed Premises Inspection) During the lifetime of the contract the supplier will be required to evaluate learning and continually assess future needs to inform development of further programmes to be delivered each year.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Please see the description above - II.1.4. Short description. Additional information: OPSS are conducting a supplier engagement event which will provide more information about the opportunity and what we expect from suppliers. It will also give suppliers an opportunity to better understand what OPSS aims to achieve from the contract. We would like to invite prospective bidders to attend a pre-market engagement session on 1 September at 12:30 via MS Teams. Should you wish to attend, please register your interest using the contact details below.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03590a
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021857-2022
- 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
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
80500000 - Training services
80510000 - Specialist training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 9 Aug 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 25 Sep 2022Expired
- 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
- BUSINESS ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
- Contact Name
- Jackie Fitzsimons
- Contact Email
- lau.opss@beis.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1H 0ET
- 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
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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