--- title: "Provision of Apprenticeship Providers" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-4993d414-1712-419d-9464-1a79f505a656" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-4993d414-1712-419d-9464-1a79f505a656" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-4993d414-1712-419d-9464-1a79f505a656.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-4993d414-1712-419d-9464-1a79f505a656.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "THE POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR KENT" published: "2017-10-10" --- # Provision of Apprenticeship Providers Buyer: THE POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR KENT Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4993d414-1712-419d-9464-1a79f505a656 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-4993d414-1712-419d-9464-1a79f505a656) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-4993d414-1712-419d-9464-1a79f505a656.json) ## Summary The procurement process involves the Police and Crime Commissioner for Kent, seeking to procure apprenticeship training providers under the title "Provision of Apprenticeship Providers." This process falls within the education and training services industry, specifically targeting roles within both police and non-police sectors. Currently at the planning stage, key deadlines include an engagement end date of 23rd February 2018. Interested providers are encouraged to register and complete a questionnaire by 27th October 2017, via the Kent Police e-tendering portal, with services to be delivered primarily in the regions of East of England and South East. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in apprenticeship training, particularly higher education institutions, colleges, academies, vocational schools, and other educational providers. Organisations that can demonstrate their capability in police-specific training or have experience with apprenticeship schemes under public sector guidelines will be well-positioned to compete. Moreover, potential providers should be prepared to manage the security vetting of personnel delivering training at police premises, which may incur additional costs. ## Notice Kent Police and Essex Police are mindful to undertake a competition to procure Apprenticeship training providers for a range of roles within the service both Police specific and non-police specific. We are interested to know the level of interest from HEIs, Colleges, Academies, Vocational Schools and other institutes in providing such essential courses to our employees. The Public Sector Apprenticeship Levy Scheme first announced in November 2015 is intended to promote Apprenticeships within public-sector organisations and attract suitable service providers. Any such procurement required to interact with such establishments must however comply with EU Procurement Law. PS organisations will therefore be looking at innovative ways to deliver high quality and effective apprenticeships within strict budgetary constraints. For any competition undertaken, Providers will need to demonstrate their capabilities and previous experience in providing Apprenticeships in the Police market as well as ensuring they meet some of the pre-requisites necessary for inclusion within the scheme itself. As with any employer, the volume of Apprenticeships which will be required is very much dependent on the number of applicants for any post, however we have attempted to provide an estimate of our requirement (based on what we know today) for the different business areas. We would therefore very much appreciate if you could respond to the questionnaire which is on our e-tendering portal in order for us to establish the level of procurement exercise which may be required. Whilst informal, we will be looking to close off this pre-market engagement by Friday 27th October at 12:00 to allow us to collate responses and strategize our future requirements. Please note expressing an interest or otherwise would not guarantee any future involvement should a procurement exercise be undertaken but it will give us the opportunity to better target communications about our requirements going forward. The intention is, where possible, to have the apprenticeship training delivered at police premises; however it may be agreeable to have some of the training delivered at provider premises (subject to locations within a reasonable vicinity to our Police HQs in Maidstone and Chelmsford) or even via distance learning methods. Security checks of personnel delivering the training at police premises will therefore be necessary. Security vetting of said personnel currently costs in the region of PS70 and the expectation is this cost will be met by the training provider. Please register to https://kentpolice.bravosolution.co.uk to complete the questionnaire which can be found under project 17321 - Provision of Apprenticeship Providers. Additional information: Please register to Bravo Solution at https://kentpolice.bravosolution.co.uk to view and complete the pre market engagement questionnaire. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/604a54d7-8d0c-4b4a-95ec-9c311af7e524 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 10 Oct 2017 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 23 Feb 2018 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | THE POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR KENT | | Locality | NORTHFLEET | | Post town | Dartford | | Postcode | DA11 8BD | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ4 Kent | | ITL 3 | TLJ43 Kent Thames Gateway | | Local authority | Gravesham | | Electoral ward | Northfleet & Springhead | | Westminster constituency | Gravesham | | Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80000000 - Education and training services - 80500000 - Training services - 80510000 - Specialist training services - 80511000 - Staff training services - 80521000 - Training programme services - 80530000 - Vocational training services - 80531200 - Technical training services - 80532000 - Management training services - 80533100 - Computer training services ## Release History - 10 Oct 2017 at 08:46 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/604a54d7-8d0c-4b4a-95ec-9c311af7e524 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/604a54d7-8d0c-4b4a-95ec-9c311af7e524 10th October 2017 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://kentpolice.bravosolution.co.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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