Official UK procurement notice
Provision of End Point Assessment Services to Service Personnel Undertaking the Level 3 Engineering Technician Apprenticeship Standard
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract for a supplier to deliver End Point Assessment (EPA) services in connection with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Army Apprenticeship Programme. EPAs will be delivered to service personnel of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME), Royal Marines (RM), Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) and Infantry undertaking a Level 3 (L3) Engineering Technician apprenticeship standard (ST0457).
CPV: Education and training services · Industrial training services · Personal development training services · Special education services · Staff training services · Technical training services · Training programme services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The appointed End Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO) will be responsible for…Awarded
The appointed End Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO) will be responsible for delivering the following activities in connection with the apprenticeship standard:
- Assessment Design and Delivery
- Governance, Quality Assurance and Continual Improvement
- Communications with Stakeholders
- Learner Management
- Complaints, Appeals, Re-sits and Re-takes
Learner throughput for EPA in this contract is anticipated as approximately
558 over five years and it is expected that Occupation Competence
Validation Interviews (VIVAs) will take place online.
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 sub-criteria (12)
- Technical: 70
- Quality Assurance and Continual Improvement: 9
- Commercial: 30
- Understanding the military context: 9
- Support to apprentices: 9
- EPAO staff: 9
- EPA delivery: 9
- Governance: 9
- D&I, Safeguarding and PREVENT: 9
- Communications with AAP Stakeholders: 9
- Communications with Apprentices & Analysis of Performance Data and Feedback to AAP Stakeholders: 18
- Social Value: 10
Published award criteria (12)
- Technical: 70
- Commercial: 30
- Understanding the military context: 9
- Support to apprentices: 9
- EPAO staff: 9
- EPA delivery: 9
- Governance: 9
- Quality Assurance and Continual Improvement: 9
- D&I, Safeguarding and PREVENT: 9
- Communications with AAP Stakeholders: 9
- Communications with Apprentices & Analysis of Performance Data and Feedback to AAP Stakeholders: 18
- Social Value: 10
- Price carries 111 of 200 points: a 10% discount moves about 11.1 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 30 Oct 2023, 15:57 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Apr 2024, 15:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 29 Nov 2023 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-012020- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04103bFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
The contracting authority will operate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers to provide time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. Unsuccessful tenderers shall be notified by the contracting authority as soon as possible after the decision is made as to the reasons why they were unsuccessful. In the first instance, potentially aggrieved economic operators should notify the Ministry of Defence of an appeal.
Publisher note: To respond to the opportunity please follow this link: https://contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=57104
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=57104 ↗
- Submission deadline
- 29 Nov 2023, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 29 Nov 2023, 17:00 GMT
Timeline
29 Nov 2023 → 12 Apr 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline29 Nov 2023, 17:00 GMT
- Bids opened29 Nov 2023, 17:00 GMT
- Notice published12 Apr 2024, 15:06 BST
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Apr 2024- Status changed to complete12 Apr 2024, 12:45 BST
- Buyer details updated12 Apr 2024, 12:45 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextII.2.5) | Quality criterion - Name: Technical / Weighting: 70 Quality criterion - Name: Commercial / Weighting: 30 Cost criterion - Name: Understanding the military context / Weighting: 9 Cost criterion - Name: Support to apprentices / Weighting: 9 Cost criterion - Name: EPAO staff / Weighting: 9 Cost criterion - Name: EPA delivery / Weighting: 9 Cost criterion - Name: Governance / Weighting: 9 Cost criteri… | Non-Cost Criteria: Technical = 60% 1. Understanding the military context / Weighting: 9 2. Support to apprentices / Weighting: 9 3. EPAO staff / Weighting: 9 4. EPA delivery / Weighting: 9 5. Governance / Weighting: 9 6. Quality Assurance and Continual Improvement / Weighting: 9 7. D&I, Safeguarding and PREVENT / Weighting: 9 8. Communications with AAP Stakeholders / Weighting: 9 9. Communicatio… | |
| — | TextV.2.2) | — | Number of tenders received from SMEs: (SME – as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC): 1 Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0 Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0 Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2 |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Explosive learning Solutions ltdSME | £3,289,150 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of End Point Assessment Services to Service Personnel Undertaking the Level 3 Engineering Technician Apprenticeship Standard · Explosive learning Solutions ltdSME
- Signed
- 10 Apr 2024
- Value
- £3,289,150
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Explosive Learning Solutions LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria