Official UK procurement notice
Emergency End Point Assessment Framework Agreement
Authority: Department for Education (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe ESFA is procuring a Framework Agreement for a small number of high-quality End Point Assessment Organisations (EPAO), who would be ready to act on an emergency basis as EPAO for Apprentices on a named apprenticeship Standard. This could occur if there is no EPAO already in place, for example if an Apprentice’s planned EPAO had exited the market. EPAOs that are awarded a place on the Framework Agreement are called “Framework Suppliers”.
The ESFA wants to ensure that it has appropriate coverage for assessment of every Standard and every geographical location in England.
The Framework also presents an opportunity for Framework Agreement Suppliers to support the assessment market.
CPV: Education and training services · Industrial and technical training services · Vocational training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£750,000
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 70%
- Price: 30%
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Emergency End Point Assessment Framework Agreement” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, 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
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 17 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-003231- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029406Find a Tender
Publisher note: Interested economic operators (Potential Contractors) are required to register on the Authority’s e-tendering portal. Applicants can access this system at https://education.app.jaggaer.com where the details of how to register and the terms of free registration are provided. Potential Contractors are referred to the procurement documents accompanying this Contract Notice for additional information on this procurement and in relation to this Contract Notice. The Authority reserves the right to withdraw from or discontinue the procurement process, which shall include the right to not award a Contracts or Contracts as a result of this call for competition. Tenders and all supporting documentation for the contract must be in English and priced in sterling. The Authority will not be liable for any bid costs, expenditure, work or effort incurred by a Potential Contractor in proceeding or participating in this procurement, including if the procurement process is terminated or amended by the Authority. This is a 2 stage open procurement commencing on the 17th February 2021. Deadline of receipt of SSQ is 26th March 2021 Issue of ITT is 9th April 2021 Deadline for receipt of Tender is 30th April 2021 The full timeline can be viewed in the procurement documentation. It is the preliminary view of the contracting authority that TUPE does not apply to this procurement.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 26 Mar 2021, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
Timeline
17 Feb 2021 → 1 Jun 2021 · 4 dates- Notice published17 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown26 Mar 2021, 17:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected9 Apr 2021, 00:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Jun 2021, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria