Official UK procurement notice
Professional qualification for graduate and school leaver trainees
Authority: Audit Scotland
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice. Audit Scotland will be using ICAS (institute of Chartered Accounts of Scotland) as the accounting qualification provider for trainees (graduate and school leavers entry level).
ICAS are the only provider of the CA qualification. This qualification provides the training for both graduates and school leavers in a hybrid method with teaching locations in both Glasgow and Edinburgh.
This agreement will be for four years with the option to extend for a further year.
CPV: Specialist training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) NoticeAwarded
This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice. Audit Scotland will continue to use ICAS (Institute of Chartered Accounts of Scotland) as the accounting qualification provider for trainees (graduate and entry level).
ICAS is the only provider of the chartered accountant qualification with the ‘CA’ designation and is the sole trainer for this qualification. ICAS is both the educator and examiner, including preparing the educational material used for the qualification. This includes accounting, assurance, business and ethics training to a ‘chartered’ level. The qualification is credit rated at Level 11 on the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF).
This qualification allows for the training of both graduate and entry level trainees in a hybrid method including providing face to face teaching across locations in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Jan 2023, 15:39 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Feb 2023, 14:43 GMT
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-005443- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0397e5Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 33(b)(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons as follows:
Publisher note: (SC Ref:723771)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ICAS | £925,000 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| ICAS | £925,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ICASAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.