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title: "Diplomatic Academy Trade Faculty Expert Level Curriculum"
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# Diplomatic Academy Trade Faculty Expert Level Curriculum

Buyer: FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-affa7f55-1485-4884-a3b6-8742e460c1e7

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## Summary

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is conducting an open procurement process for the "Diplomatic Academy Trade Faculty Expert Level Curriculum", falling under the category of education and training services. This tender, aimed at enhancing training for civil servants in the UK across various departments, includes a budget of £249,190. The tender period concluded on 5 March 2018, while the contract was awarded on 4 April 2018, with the contract effective from 3 April 2018 and lasting until 2 April 2020. The service delivery location is London, United Kingdom.

This opportunity presents significant potential for businesses specialising in education and training services, particularly those with experience in developing curriculum and training programmes for governmental organisations. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) could benefit from collaboration or by positioning themselves to deliver similar services or specialised training modules as part of future tenders. Companies capable of providing innovative solutions tailored to government training needs would be well-suited to compete in such procurement processes.

## Notice

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Trade Policy and Negotiations Faculty currently offers foundation, practitioner and expert level training to civil servants across all government departments. Practitioner The practitioner programme is available across all UK government departments, including overseas, and is designed for officials to apply knowledge gained in support and delivery of the UK's international trade policy priorities, and its trade negotiating agenda in different fora. The practitioner programme currently comprises 11 units of online training (approximately 45 minutes per unit) and this is complemented with face to face learning. The content is available to all staff working for HM Government in the UK or overseas. The practitioner programme covers: (i) characteristics of modern trade, (ii) political economy of trade policy, (iii) the WTO framework and principles, (iv) free trade agreements, (v) trade dispute settlement, (vi) trade policy tools for goods, services and investment, (vii) tariffs and quotas, (viii) trade in services, (ix) foreign investment, (x) non-tariff measures, (xi) trade negotiation processes. The face to face workshops are delivered through cohorts for UK learners and by region, overseas. Learners are free to access the digital material on their own, independently of workshop availability. Expert In the summer of 2017 four expert level programmes were developed (covering: rules of origin, customs / trade facilitation, TBT and financial services). These units are being delivered through the government's Civil Service Learning framework with HM Treasury delivering the financial services component of the pilot programme, working with other government departments. There are currently nearly 60 participants (from different UK government departments) participating in these intensive 'deep dive' programmes over a six month period.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e7eb361d-8ec5-4a43-98fc-5cf384b3d7e6 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 22 May 2018 |
| Submission deadline | 5 Mar 2018 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 3 Apr 2018 |
| Contract period | 2 Apr 2018 - 2 Apr 2020 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £249,190 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £249,190 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1A 2AH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | LINKLATERS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 22 May 2018 at 10:12 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e7eb361d-8ec5-4a43-98fc-5cf384b3d7e6

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e7eb361d-8ec5-4a43-98fc-5cf384b3d7e6
  22nd May 2018 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- http://www.gov.uk/fco

## Provenance

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