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Building Capability in Product Safety, Legal Metrology and Construction Products in Local Authority Regulatory Services

DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS AND TRADE

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

21 Dec 2023 at 14:46

Tender

14 Sep 2023 at 16:14

Planning

17 Mar 2023 at 14:15

Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is planning a procurement process titled "Building Local Authority Capability in Product Safety, Legal Metrology and Construction Products." This opportunity falls under the services category for training services. The contract aims to develop skills and capabilities in Local Authority Regulatory Services, including Trading Standards and Environmental Health regulators across the UK. The contract will focus on delivering training programs and e-learning packages to enhance regulatory enforcement and coordination nationally and locally.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses involved in education and training services to engage with the Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy. The contract aims to support the development of national and local regulatory skills in product safety and legal metrology. Businesses proficient in providing specialist training programs, e-learning resources, and evaluation services within the regulatory domain would be well-suited to compete for this opportunity. Key dates include the future notice date of March 17th, 2023, with planned engagement activities for interested suppliers. The contract's procurement stage is currently at the planning phase, with no specific deadline for submissions mentioned.

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Notice Title

Building Capability in Product Safety, Legal Metrology and Construction Products in Local Authority Regulatory Services

Notice Description

The Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS) was established by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) Strategy in 2018 and is the national regulator for product safety, legal metrology and construction products. Our purpose is to protect people and places from product-related harm, ensuring consumers and businesses can buy and sell products with confidence Local Authority Regulatory Services (LARS1) also have statutory obligations for the delivery of regulation with regard to product safety, legal metrology and construction products. As national regulator for Product Safety and Legal Metrology, OPSS provides national capacity and supports local authority enforcement and coordination of national and local regulation. As the national regulator for Construction Products, it is building the national regulator function and establishing local authority capability. The requirement is for Development and delivery of a specialist annual Learning & Development (L & D) programme in accordance with a detailed specification including, sourcing trainers, development of specialist technical course resources, all course administration including booking venues and delegate management.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The contract requires the Supplier to deliver the following outputs: (i) Each year develop and deliver specialist, technical and practical products, e-learning packages, tools and activities. To be set out in a programme at the beginning of each year with clear learning objectives, dates & times, delivery method, numbers and evaluation approach. (ii) Conduct ongoing evaluation of the learning and development of LARS within each year and throughout the lifetime of the contract as specified below. (iii) At the end of each financial year submit a summary report of the evaluation to be agreed with OPSS, including but not limited to: * details of activities * number of training days, * delegate satisfaction, * evidence that learning objectives have been met; * delegate and geographical take up * Diversity and inclusion (iv) Conduct and submit an annual assessment of learning and development needs ahead of each year's delivery programme. This includes an assessment in to be conducted in the final year on the contract for (see Table 1 above). (v) Provide metrics on request to support OPSS reporting and evaluation of the success of the programme. (vi) Submit a quarterly performance report, outlining what has been delivered, with metrics which demonstrate key milestones and learning objectives being met and which support the overarching aims in paragraph 1.

Renewal: This contract will be on a 1+1+1 basis, with the initial contract term being 12 months.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b3e6
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037709-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services


CPV Codes

80000000 - Education and training services

80500000 - Training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£750,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
£750,000 £500K-£1M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£749,048 £500K-£1M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 Dec 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
17 Oct 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
17 Mar 2023Expired
Award Date
6 Dec 20232 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS AND TRADE
Additional Buyers

DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, ENERGY & INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY

Contact Name
Cara Jenkins, Jackie Fitzsimons
Contact Email
dbtprofessionalservices@businessandtrade.gov.uk, lau.opss@beis.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
N/A
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
TLI London, TLI32 Westminster

Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

CHARTERED TRADING STANDARDS INSTITUTE

FAAB TRAINING

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