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Dynamic Purchasing System for Foundation Apprenticeships

Buyer: Aberdeenshire Council →

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BuyerAberdeenshire Council
StatusClosed
Deadline4 Mar 2021
Value£7,500,000
Published2 Feb 2021

What is being bought

This DPS is being run by Aberdeenshire Council to procure the services of suitable providers to deliver Foundation Apprenticeships at Level 6 and Level 4/5, Pathways Apprenticeships and any other related projects. The Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) will be up to 5-year duration to provide timetabled delivery of Foundation Apprenticeships in our academies, utilising a combination of existing school staff and sub-contracted external providers. Lots will be established for the delivery of each framework (subject) area. Within each, these may be subdivided to cover separate schools (or groups of schools) within Aberdeenshire, depending on geography and pupil take-up.

Delivery location

UKM50 · UKM50 · UKM50 · UKM50

Categories

Education and training services 80000000Education and training services 80000000

Lot details

Lot 1 - Level 6 - Foundation Apprenticeships

The DPS is split into 4 lots. Lot 1 is for Level 6 Foundation Apprenticeships

Statusactive

Award criteria
Principles of Equity and Equality of Opportunity — 20
Capacity Building and Provision Gaps in the Area — 20
Sustainable Partnership Development — 20
Experience and Track Record — 20
price — 50

Lot 3 - Pathway Apprenticeships

The DPS will consist of 4 Lots, and Lot 3 will cover Pathway Apprenticeships.

Statusactive
Value£7,500,000

Award criteria
Principles of Equity and Equality of Opportunity — 20
Capacity Building and Provision Gaps in the Area — 20
Sustainable Partnership Development — 20
Experience and Track Record — 20
Innovation and Flexibility including any Options for Virtual Delivery — 20
price — 50

Lot 4 - Any Other Related Projects

The DPS will consist of 4 Lots, and Lot 4 will cover the Council’s requirement for any additional requirements associated with new projects. We would encourage all suppliers to submit for this Lot

Statusactive
Value£7,500,000

Award criteria
Principles of Equity and Equality of Opportunity — 20
Capacity Building and Provision Gaps in the Area — 20
Sustainable Partnership Development — 20
Experience and Track Record — 20
Innovation and Flexibility including any Options for Virtual Delivery — 20
price — 50

Lot 2 - Level 4 & 5 Foundation Apprenticeships

The DPS will consist of 4 Lots, and Lot 2 will cover Level 4 & 5 Foundation Apprenticeships.

Statusactive
Value£7,500,000

Award criteria
Principles of Equity and Equality of Opportunity — 20
Capacity Building and Provision Gaps in the Area — 20
Sustainable Partnership Development — 20
Experience and Track Record — 20
Innovation and Flexibility including any Options for Virtual Delivery — 20
price — 50

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Education and training servicesNot published
3Education and training servicesNot published
4Education and training servicesNot published
2Education and training servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 80. The category anchor is Education and training services (80000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 806,6562 median · 47.9 average (3,113 of 6,656 with a bid count)3.2 average (3,415 of 6,656 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer62 median · 4.7 average (3 of 6 with a bid count)4 average (3 of 6 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UKM50213 median · 8.8 average (13 of 21 with a bid count)2.2 average (13 of 21 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)2833 median · 7.8 average (4 of 283 with a bid count)6.3 average (4 of 283 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemYes
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNo
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaeconomic, technical
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-028f6a
Latest release ID002068-2021
Latest release timestampTue Feb 02 2021 14:56:02 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodselective
Procurement method detailsRestricted procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2021-03-04T12:00:00Z
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttps://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/esop/pts-host/public/pts/web/login.html
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£7,500,000
Tender lots in source4
Tender items in source4
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
2 Feb 2021tender002068-2021

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
2 Feb 2021 · 002068-2021 · tender
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