Official UK procurement notice
Corporate Learning and Development Framework
Authority: Welsh Government
What is being bought10 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Welsh Government has a diverse workforce of around 5500 civil servants responsible for supporting Welsh Ministers to deliver their priorities across all aspects of life in Wales. It is crucial that we invest in developing, improving and maintaining a broad range of skills, knowledge and experience to ensure Welsh Government staff have the capability and expertise required to successfully deliver current and future policies, services and commitments, alongside our statutory duties as an employer. In order to meet those aims, the Welsh Government wishes to establish a framework agreement for a corporate learning and development provision for its staff, working with highly experienced, engaging and collaborative providers who can deliver an efficient, cost effective and learner-orientated service. Bidders are invited to bid to provide the service requirements detailed in the main specification and relevant annex(es).
-Lot 1 – Health & Safety learning solutions
-Lot 2– First Aid learning solutions
-Lot 3 – Well-being & Resilience learning solutions
-Lot 4 – Personal & Team Development learning solutions
-Lot 5 – Core Skills for Civil Servants learning solutions
-Lot 6 – Equality, Diversity & Inclusion learning solutions
-Lot 7 – Digital & Data learning solutions
-Lot 8 – Policy Making, including Government Business and Legislation and Constitutional Affairs learning solutions
-Lot 9 –Facilitation
-Lot 10 – Provision of Coaches and Executive Coaches
CPV: Coaching services · Equal opportunities consultancy services · Executive and legislative services · Health and first-aid training services · Information technology services · Staff training services · Training services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 44 suppliers · 18 bids on the busiest of 9 lots (0.4 per place) · 22 appointed
Lots and requirements (10)Procurement structure
10 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Health and Safety learning solutionsAwardedRenewal
Lot 1 – Health & Safety learning solutions
Bidders are invited to submit Bids to be awarded a place on the Welsh Government's Learning & Development Framework.
Lot 1 will cover the provision of high quality learning and development solutions to ensure health and safety compliance, accreditation and knowledge. Courses required include Manual Handling, IOSH, Evacuation Chair, Fire Marshall and general Health and Safety.
Lot #2First Aid learning solutionsAwardedRenewal
Lot 2– First Aid learning solutions
Bidders are invited to submit Bids to be awarded a place on the Welsh Government's Learning & Development Framework.
Lot 2 will cover the provision of high quality learning and development solutions to ensure compliance with the relevant regulations in first aid provision, accreditation and knowledge. Courses required include First Aid at Work, Emergency First Aid at Work, Defibrillator operator and Medical Gases.
Lot #3Well-being & Resilience learning solutionsAwardedRenewal
Lot 3 - Well-being & Resilience learning solutions
Bidders are invited to submit Bids to be awarded a place on the Welsh Government's Learning & Development Framework.
Lot 3 will cover the development and delivery of the Welsh Government’s Well-being and Resilience curriculum through learning and development solutions intended to equip officials with the necessary skills, knowledge and behaviours required to focus on strengthening personal well-being and resilience.
Lot #4Personal & Team Development learning solutionsAwardedRenewal
Lot 4 – Personal & Team Development learning solutions
Bidders are invited to submit Bids to be awarded a place on the Welsh Government's Learning & Development Framework.
Lot 4 will cover the development and delivery of the Welsh Government’s personal and team learning and development curriculum, including a range of learning solutions such as leadership, performance management, emotional intelligence and the provision of recognised psychometric, feedback and strengths profiling tools.
Lot #5Core Skills for Civil Servants learning solutionsAwardedRenewal
Lot 5 - Core Skills for Civil Servants learning solutions
Bidders are invited to submit Bids to be awarded a place on the Welsh Government's Learning & Development Framework.
Lot 5 will cover the development and delivery of learning and development solutions to equip officials with the necessary skills, knowledge and behaviours required to focus on delivering the core business of government. Learning provisions will include Communication skills, Analytical skills, Administrative and organisational skills, Customer service skills and Recruitment and Selection training.
Lot #6Equality, Diversity & Inclusion learning solutionsAwardedRenewal
Lot 6 - Equality, Diversity & Inclusion learning solutions
Bidders are invited to submit Bids to be awarded a place on the Welsh Government's Learning & Development Framework.
Lot 6 will cover the development and delivery of the Welsh Government’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion learning and development curriculum, and intends to equip officials with the necessary skills, knowledge and behaviours required to support a fair and inclusive workforce and workplace. Training will be required to include general Equality and Human Rights awareness, Understanding biases and their impact on the workplace, protected groups awareness and positive role-modelling on behalf of under-represented groups.
Lot #7Digital & Data learning solutionsCancelledRenewal
Lot 7 - Digital and Data learning solutions
4.1 Bidders are invited to submit Bids to be awarded a place on the Welsh Government's Learning & Development Framework
Lot 7 will cover the provision of the development and delivery of bespoke learning and development solutions for the Welsh Government in the subject areas of Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT). Courses include Digital Awareness, Digital Leadership, Working with Data, Open Data, ‘Big Data’ and professional qualifications and specialist/role specific technical training for the DDaT profession.
Lot #8Policy Making, including Government Business and Legislation and Constitutional Affairs learning solutionsAwardedRenewal
Lot 8 - Policy Making, including Government Business and Legislation and Constitutional Affairs learning solutions
Bidders are invited to submit Bids to be awarded a place on the Welsh Government's Learning & Development Framework.
Lot 8 will cover the provision of the development and delivery of learning and development solutions so as to equip officials with the necessary skills, knowledge and behaviours required for their roles so that they can effectively develop and implement policy and legislation, support government business matters and understand constitutional matters relating to Wales. Training will be required to cover policy context and policy framing, advising, briefing and drafting skills, legislative and legal frameworks, evaluating policy and working with Ministers.
Lot #9FacilitationAwardedRenewal
Lot 9 - Facilitation
Bidders are invited to submit Bids to be awarded a place on the Welsh Government's Learning & Development Framework
To provide expert facilitation services as part of the Welsh Government’s corporate programme of learning and development, and to provide access to a highly skilled pool of experienced facilitators and trainers who will deliver a range of learning and development courses using the Client’s own existing content and materials, in addition to facilitating action learning sets or development programme cohorts.
Lot #10Provision of Coaches and Executive CoachesAwardedRenewal
Lot 10 - Provision of Coaches and Executive Coaches
Bidders are invited to submit Bids to be awarded a place on the Welsh Government's Learning & Development Framework.
To provide a skilled pool of coaches who can support individuals and groups with career and executive level coaching, enabling to staff to reach their potential and strengthen our diverse pipeline of future leaders.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 70%
- Commercial: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 70
- Commercial: 30
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Corporate Learning and Development Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 44 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 5 Feb 2021, 16:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Nov 2021, 17:04 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 26 Mar 2021 – …
- Authority reference
C183/2020/2021- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-029383- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0290c8Find a Tender
Publisher note: (WA Ref:114918)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 26 Mar 2021, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en, cy
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 26 Mar 2021, 15:00 GMT
Timeline
26 Mar 2021 → 25 Nov 2021 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown26 Mar 2021, 14:00 GMT
- Bids opened26 Mar 2021, 15:00 GMT
- Notice published25 Nov 2021, 17:04 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete25 Nov 2021, 17:04 GMT
Published amendments (1)
Incorrect value included in notice Please be advised that the value included in this notice was incorrect. The correct value is 2,200,000 GBP, not 220,000 GBP. The correct value was issued in the tender documents and was available at the same time as this notice was published.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast9 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £200,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Lot 9 – Facilitation
- Signed
- 8 Sept 2021
- Value
- £240,000
- Status
- active
Lot 6 – Equality, Diversity & Inclusion learning solutions
- Signed
- 8 Sept 2021
- Value
- £100,000
- Status
- active
Lot 1 - Health and Safety learning solutions
- Signed
- 8 Sept 2021
- Value
- £100,000
- Status
- active
Lot 10 – Provision of Coaches and Executive Coaches
- Signed
- 8 Sept 2021
- Value
- £160,000
- Status
- active
Lot 2 - First Aid learning solutions
- Signed
- 8 Sept 2021
- Value
- £100,000
- Status
- active
Lot 3 - Well-being & Resilience learning solutions
- Signed
- 8 Sept 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Lot 4 – Personal & Team Development learning solutions
- Signed
- 8 Sept 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Lot 5 – Core Skills for Civil Servants learning solutions
- Signed
- 8 Sept 2021
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Lot 8 – Policy Making, including Government Business and Legislation and Constitutional Affairs learning solutions
- Signed
- 8 Sept 2021
- Value
- £600,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Health and Safety learning solutions | 6bids · 6 electronic · 6 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 2 · First Aid learning solutions | 7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad | 5 | — | — |
| 3 · Well-being & Resilience learning solutions | 8bids · 8 electronic · 8 from abroad | 5 | — | — |
| 4 · Personal & Team Development learning solutions | 18bids · 18 electronic · 18 from abroad | 10 | — | — |
| 5 · Core Skills for Civil Servants learning solutions | 12bids · 12 electronic · 12 from abroad | 7 | — | — |
| 6 · Equality, Diversity & Inclusion learning solutions | 6bids · 6 electronic · 6 from abroad | 5 | — | — |
| 8 · Policy Making, including Government Business and Legislation and Constitutional Affairs learning solutions | 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 9 · Facilitation | 7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad | 5 | — | — |
| 10 · Provision of Coaches and Executive Coaches | 15bids · 15 electronic · 15 from abroad | 9 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
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Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria