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Published 21 Mar 2024, 16:06 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

National Apprenticeship Awards Entries and Quality Assurance ITT 2024

Official notice

Authority: Department for Education (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£500,000≈ £125k / year
Submissions closed 22 Apr 2024
Contract term 4 yrsends 22 Jun 2028 · starts 22 Jun 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

National Apprenticeship and Skills Awards (NASA)

Opportunity Notice:

To note: The DfE will be launching this opportunity on the by C.O.P on the 21st March 2024. This will commence a competitive process and will be published via Jaggaer.

Deadline for this ITT will be on the 22nd April 2024.

Purpose of this notice:

The purpose of this PIN is to inform the market that DfE is considering the options for the continuing delivery of The National Apprenticeship and Skills Awards which is an existing awards process that celebrates its 21st year of delivery in 2024. Alongside National Apprenticeship Week and the Top 100 Apprenticeship employers, it forms an integral part of a 3-point employer and stakeholder celebration strategy within the Department for Education.

This project continues to receive significant support from a range of sectors and stakeholders at Ministerial and board level through to individual students and apprentices. The aim of the project is to keeping growing the prestige of the awards and then generate best practise examples to inspire and influence others to deliver high quality apprenticeships and T Levels.

Service required:

We are looking for an end-to-end quality assurance supplier that includes;

  1. Quality assurance of all awards entries
  2. Management of regional and national judging panels
  3. Management of awards helpline
  4. Update awards category criteria when needed
  5. Design integration/guidance for potential applicants.

How to bid:

The Authority is using e-Tendering for this Procurement. Jaggaer is the Authority's e-Tendering Platform. It can be accessed via your web browser page at Jaggaer education.app.jaggaer.com ↗ then locate the ITT reference code ITT: itt_2933 - National Apprenticeship Awards Entries and Quality Assurance ITT 2024 and commence bidding process.

CPV: Administration services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1 4 yrs
Contract period: 22 Jun 2024 – 22 Jun 2028 (4 yrs)
Delivery: UK
Variant bids: not allowed

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open 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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
21 Mar 2024, 16:06 GMT
Last source update
21 Mar 2024, 16:06 GMT
Award evaluation window
23 Apr 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-009243
Classification (CPV)
Administration services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-044b5c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://education.app.jaggaer.com ↗

Submission deadline
22 Apr 2024, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
23 Apr 2024, 08:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

21 Mar 2024 → 22 Jun 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    21 Mar 2024, 16:06 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    22 Apr 2024, 17:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    23 Apr 2024, 08:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    22 Jun 2024, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Education

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsEducation Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street, London, UK, SW1P 3BTContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Department for Education PiccadillyReview body Manchester

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.