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Published 17 Mar 2021, 16:32 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Associate Trainer and Commercial Function Enhancement

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: South West (UKK15)

Awarded value£2,875,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 16 Feb 2021

Awarded to Explosive learning Solutions ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Business Skills College which forms part of the Technology and Business Faculty of the Defence Academy (DA) provides business skills training and education across five key functions: Commercial Logistics, Safety, Quality, P3M and Finance. The BSC provides 150 courses ranging from e-learning, awareness training through to MSc level education.

A Prime Contractor is required to provide a cadre of “Associate Trainers,” who will enhance the current BSC functional training portfolio to provide awareness to expert level training as and when demand for training dictates and/or on the basis of an annual rolling requirement.

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: South West · Wiltshire CC

Extensions: The Authority has the option to extend the Call Off duration of this Contract up to 31st March 2026. This may be extended on year by year approach or for the full two years. This is dependent on the Business Skills College assessing the Training and Education need from 1 April 2024. The Authority will determine taking forward this option 6 months prior to contract end date and if applicable 6 months prior to option year 1 end date.

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more

How bids were scored

Quality: 60%Price: 40%

Published sub-criteria (2)

Technical: 60%
Price - Assessed by Rates provided: 40%

Published award criteria (2)

Technical: 60
Price - Assessed by Rates provided: 40

What this means for your bid

Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Open procedure
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 17 Mar 2021, 16:32 GMT
Last source update: 17 Mar 2021, 16:32 GMT
Authority reference: 701071373
FTS notice number: 2021/S 000-005441
Classification (CPV): Education and training services
Delivery area: South West (UKK15)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-029cb2 Find a Tender

Publisher note: GO Reference: GO-2021317-DCB-17945123

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £2,875,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 16 Feb 2021

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Explosive learning Solutions ltdSME	£2,875,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Associate Trainer and Commercial Function Enhancement · Explosive learning Solutions ltdSME
Signed
16 Feb 2021
Value
£2,875,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	1	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Ministry of Defence, C&C, C&C

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsEducation Abbey Wood, Bristol, South West, BS34 8JHContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Explosive Learning SolutionsAwarded supplier 4 The Terraces, Library Avenue, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Harwell, Didcot, South West, OX110SGContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.