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Published 28 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Career Transition Partnership (CTP) Contract Award Notice

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 4 public authorities

Framework agreementServicesNegotiated with publication of a contract notice
Framework ceiling (notional)£131,750,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue · 1 value update
Submissions closed 10 Oct 2022awarded 22 Dec 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The primary purpose of the Career Transition Service is to assist ( through the provision of career advisory and training services) eligible regular and full-time reserve personnel leaving the Armed Forces(Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force) to make a successful transition to civilian employment,

including self-employment, appropriate to their skills, knowledge, and experience and/or in accord with their aspirations. The service shall also include preparations for civilian life for Service Leavers who do not wish to find employment e.g. those planning to retire or those going into full-time education. This includes advice on the financial aspects of resettlement, the housing market.

  • Recurrence: Approximately Oct/Nov 2022 and March/July 2023

CPV: Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services · Military defence services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
4 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
Framework value
£131,750,000

What it takes to win
i

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
Conditions of participation6
  • Suitability

    The Authority will apply all the offences listed in Article 39(1) of Directive 2009/81/EC (implemented as Regulation 23(1) of the Defence and Security Public Contract Regulations (DSPCR) 2011 in the UK) and all of the professional misconducts listed at Article 39(2) of Directive 2009/81/EC (see also Regulation 23(4) in the DSPCR 2011) to the decision of whether a Candidate is eligible to be invited to tender.

    A full list of these criteria are at

    www.contracts.mod.uk/delta/project/reason… ↗ Exclusion.html#dspr

    Candidates will be required to sign a declaration confirming whether they do or do not have any of the listed criteria as part of the pre-qualification process.

    Candidates who have been convicted of any of the offences under Article 39(1) are ineligible and will not be selected to bid, unless there are overriding requirements in the general interest (including defence and security factors) for doing so.

    Candidates who are guilty of any of the offences, circumstances or misconduct under Article 39(2) may be excluded from being selected to bid at the discretion of the Authority.

    Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:

    1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)
    • Browse to the eSourcing Portal
    • Click the “Click here to register” link
    • Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”
    • Enter your correct business and user details
    • Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete
    • You will shortly …
  • Suitability

    Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:

    1. Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)
    • Browse to the eSourcing Portal
    • Click the “Click here to register” link
    • Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”
    • Enter your correct business and user details
    • Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete
    • You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)
    1. Express an Interest in the tender
    • Login to the portal with the username/password
    • Click the "PQQs Open to All Suppliers" link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires open to any registered supplier)
    • Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content.
    • Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page.
    • This will move the PQQ into your “My PQQs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only)
    • Click on the PQQ code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box
    1. Responding to the tender
    • You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting)
    • You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification
    • Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ
    • There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available)

    If you require any furt…

  • Economic & financial standing

    As specified in the pre-qualification questionnaire document at Section 1,11 Part 1: Form D – Economic and Financial Standing.

  • Economic & financial standing

    As per above

  • Technical & professional ability

    As specified in the pre-qualification questionnaire document at Section: 1.13 PART 1: FORM E - Technical and Professional Ability.

  • Technical & professional ability

    As specified in the pre-qualification questionnaire document at Section: 1.13 PART 1: FORM E - Technical and Professional Ability.

Legal form for consortia
In the event of a group provider submitting an acceptable offer, the MoD requires one of the following: (a) the group of bidders to take a legal form; or (b) one bidder to take Prime Contractor responsibility; or (c) that each member of the group undertakes joint and severable liability for the performance of the agreement.
Second stage candidates
3–6 candidates invited to tender
Successive reduction
Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
What this means for your bid
  • “Career Transition Partnership (CTP) Contract Award Notice” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Negotiated with publication of a contract notice
Legal basis
CELEX · 32009L0081 Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 (Directive 2009/81/EC)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · Approximately Oct/Nov 2022 and March/July 2023
First published
28 Jan 2022, 22:45 GMT
Last source update
25 Jan 2024, 12:27 GMT
Award evaluation window
1 Mar 2023 – …
Authority reference
702705451
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-002580
Classification (CPV)
Defence services, military defence services and civil defence servicesMilitary defence services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0310d6 Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

Potential Providers must note the mandatory requirement for electronic trading using the Contracting, Purchasing & Finance (CP&F) electronic trading tool. All payments for deliverables under the contract shall only be made via CP&F. Details can be found at

www.gov.uk/government/publicati… ↗

Contract terms
Other terms

This procurement is restricted to companies registered in UK or Gibraltar under DSPCR 2011 Reg 23(4)(k) (i)as amended under The Defence and Security Public Contracts (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019).

The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.

www.gov.uk/goverment/publicatio… ↗

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

In accordance with Part 9 of the Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011

Publisher note: Contract is awarded for 7 years plus 2 plus 2 option years

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
10 Oct 2022, 23:59 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Deposits and guarantees

A Parent Company Guarantee and/or Performance Bond in a form to be provided by the MoD may be required. Details will be included in the Tender Documentation, if applicable.

Timeline

10 Oct 2022 → 25 Jan 2024 · 2 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    10 Oct 2022, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published
    25 Jan 2024, 12:27 GMT

Notice history

7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Sept 2022
  1. Published value published: £131,750,000
    8 Sept 2022, 15:32 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    8 Sept 2022, 15:32 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    8 Sept 2022, 15:32 BST
  4. Deadline published: 10 Oct 2022, 23:59 BST
    8 Sept 2022, 15:32 BST
  5. Buyer details updated
    8 Sept 2022, 15:32 BST
  6. Buyer details updated
    24 Jan 2024, 15:01 GMT
  7. Buyer details updated
    25 Jan 2024, 12:27 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextInformation on value of contract · V.4Total value£110,000,000 Awarded Value £1,210,000,000Total value £110,000,000 Awarded Value £110,000,000

1 amendment published without a description.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2022-01: 1 release · 28 Jan 2022

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Dec 2023

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Contract 002441-2024-702705451-1

    Signed
    22 Dec 2023
    Value
    £1,210,000,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence Ministry of Defence HOCS Commercial, Level 2,Kentigern House, 65 Brown street, Glasgow, G2 8EXContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • As aboveReview contact point
  • MoDReview body GlasgowContact email

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments