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ID 3336901 DfE ApprenticeshipsNI 2021 Programme (Apps21)

Buyer: Department for the Economy →

BuyerDepartment for the Economy
StatusClosed
Deadline28 Apr 2021
Value£122,100,000
Published24 Mar 2021

What is being bought

The Department for the Economy (DfE) is seeking Contractors to provide a new Apprenticeship contract (Apps21) to commence in August 2021. ApprenticeshipsNI 2021 provides Level 2 and Level 3 apprenticeship training provision for employed people who are contracted to work a minimum of 21 hours or more per week. The programme provides an opportunity to work towards completing an industry approved apprenticeship framework at Level 2 and/or Level 3 including a relevant competence based qualification, a knowledge based qualification where appropriate to the apprenticeship framework, employee rights and responsibilities modules and Essential Skills if required. For apprentices aged 16 – 24 years (young person), the Client funds 100 per cent of the cost of off-the-job training under the programme. For apprentices aged 25 years and over (adult) funding is paid at a rate of 50 per cent of the young person’s rate for specific frameworks aligned to priority economic sectors.

Delivery location

UKN0

Categories

Technical and vocational secondary education services 80210000Technical secondary education services 80211000Vocational secondary education services 80212000Youth education services 80310000Safety education services 80330000Special education services 80340000Training services 80500000Training facilities 80520000Training programme services 80521000Vocational training services 80530000Industrial and technical training services 80531000Industrial training services 80531100Technical training services 80531200Management training services 80532000Computer-user familiarisation and training services 80533000Computer training services 80533100Computer courses 80533200Environmental training services 80540000Safety training services 80550000Health and first-aid training services 80560000Health training services 80561000Personal development training services 80570000Education and training services 80000000

Lot details

Lot 1

The Department for the Economy (DfE) is seeking Contractors to provide a new Apprenticeship contract (Apps21) to commence in August 2021. ApprenticeshipsNI 2021 provides Level 2 and Level 3 apprenticeship training provision for employed people who are contracted to work a minimum of 21 hours or more per week. The programme provides an opportunity to work towards completing an industry approved apprenticeship framework at Level 2 and/or Level 3 including a relevant competence based qualification, a knowledge based qualification where appropriate to the apprenticeship framework, employee rights and responsibilities modules and Essential Skills if required. For apprentices aged 16 – 24 years (young person), the Client funds 100 per cent of the cost of off-the-job training under the programme. For apprentices aged 25 years and over (adult) funding is paid at a rate of 50 per cent of the young person’s rate for specific frameworks aligned to priority economic sectors.

Statusactive
Value£122,100,000

Award criteria
AC1 Teaching and Learning — 25
AC2 Staffing — 25
AC3 Resource Access — 15
AC4 Leadership and Management — 25
AC5 Partnerships — 10
N/A — 0

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Technical and vocational secondary education services, Technical secondary education services, Vocational secondary education services, Youth education services, Safety education services, Special education services, Training services, Training facilities, Training programme services, Vocational training services, Industrial and technical training services, Industrial training services, Technical training services, Management training services, Computer-user familiarisation and training services, Computer training services, Computer courses, Environmental training services, Safety training services, Health and first-aid training services, Health training services, Personal development training servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 80. The category anchor is Technical and vocational secondary education services (80210000); 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 buyer224 median · 24 average (1 of 2 with a bid count)22 average (1 of 2 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UKN0282 median · 4.8 average (17 of 28 with a bid count)3.2 average (19 of 28 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)92Not publishedNot publishedNot 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 systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNo
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriatechnical
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not 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-029eaa
Latest release ID005945-2021
Latest release timestampWed Mar 24 2021 10:56:02 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2021-04-28T15:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: start2021-04-28T15:30:00+01:00
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£122,100,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release3

Notice history

DateEventReference
24 Mar 2021tender005945-2021

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
24 Mar 2021 · 005945-2021 · tender
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