Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of End Point Assessment Services to Service Personnel Undertaking the Level 3 Engineering Technician Apprenticeship Standard
Notice Description
This contract for a supplier to deliver End Point Assessment (EPA) services in connection with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Army Apprenticeship Programme. EPAs will be delivered to service personnel of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME), Royal Marines (RM), Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) and Infantry undertaking a Level 3 (L3) Engineering Technician apprenticeship standard (ST0457).
Lot Information
Lot 1
The appointed End Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO) will be responsible for delivering the following activities in connection with the apprenticeship standard: * Assessment Design and Delivery * Governance, Quality Assurance and Continual Improvement * Communications with Stakeholders * Learner Management * Complaints, Appeals, Re-sits and Re-takes Learner throughput for EPA in this contract is anticipated as approximately 558 over five years and it is expected that Occupation Competence Validation Interviews (VIVAs) will take place online.
Options: Two options to extend the contract in 12 month periods.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04103b
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012020-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
80000000 - Education and training services
80340000 - Special education services
80511000 - Staff training services
80521000 - Training programme services
80531100 - Industrial training services
80531200 - Technical training services
80570000 - Personal development training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £7,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £3,289,150 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Apr 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 29 Nov 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 9 Apr 20241 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
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- armycomrcl-procure-aap-mailbox@mod.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- ANDOVER
- Postcode
- N/A
- Post Town
- Salisbury
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ36 Central Hampshire
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Test Valley
- Electoral Ward
- Andover Millway
- Westminster Constituency
- North West Hampshire
Further Information
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