PROVISION OF UK BASED LANGUAGE TRAINING

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        "description": "1. Notice Title\nUK2 – Preliminary Market Engagement Notice for Languages Training\n2. Contracting Authority Details\nOrganisation Name: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) \nAddress: King Charles Street, London \nPostal Code: SW1A 2AH \nContact Person: Salim Ahmed \nEmail:  salim.ahmed2@fcdo.gov.uk \n3. Summary of Intended Procurement\nFCDO intends to procure a supplier(s) for professional language services training in up to 87 languages and management of the FCDO Language Centre. FCDO are also exploring the feasibility for Centre's of Excellence to deliver a range of language training including but not limited to French, Arabic and Spanish.\nThe new language training model has been designed to be scalable to meet the future needs of FCDO and HMG in terms of both volumes and languages available. \nFCDO is conducting a preliminary market engagement to inform the future procurement strategy, understand market capability, and ensure the designed competitive procedure is fair, accessible, and effective.\nThe Preliminary Market Engagement indicative timeline is as follows:\nIssue Pre Market Engagement Notice  \t17th April 2026 \nDeadline for Pre Market Engagement Notice Responses \t5th May 2026 \nPre Market Engagement Day \tw/c 25th May 2026\n4. Purpose of Preliminary Market Engagement\nThis engagement aims to:\n•\tUnderstand supplier expertise and capacity in delivering professional language services training including Arabic, Spanish, and French language services.\n•\tExplore innovative delivery models (digital, in-person, blended lessons i.e. a mix of online and in-person lessons).\n•\tBetter understand cost structures, timescales, and languages service models.\nParticipation is voluntary and will not influence future tender evaluation. All findings will be managed to ensure no supplier gains an unfair advantage.\n5. Engagement Activity Details\nFCDO plans the following PME activities:\n•\tFace to Face or Teams Supplier Briefing – To be confirmed \no\tBackground, overview of requirement and indicative procurement timeline\n•\tWritten Market Question - \no\tWhat are the variables that you would consider important when forming groups of students undertaking intensive language training? Please list these as bullet points in decreasing order of importance. \no\tHow would you take account of these when forming groups of students undertaking intensive language training?  \nMaximum 2 x A4 pages, Arial font size 11\n1:1 Supplier Meetings (to be scheduled either face to face or via Teams) – \no\tReview response on Written Market Question plus any further questions.\n6. Proposed Engagement Event Details \nFace to Face or Teams Supplier Briefing – To be confirmed\n•\tDate: w/c 25th May 2025\n•\tTime: 9-30 (arrival at venue or via Teams)\n•\tSession to run from 10-00 onwards to 17-00 (detailed agenda to follow)\nSuppliers wishing to participate should respond via Jaggaer confirming their attendance by noon 5th May 2026. Please include the following:\n•\tOrganisation name\n•\tContact person\n•\tEmail and phone number\n•\tWritten Market Question\n7. Future Procurement\nThis PME Notice does not constitute a tender. The full procurement process will begin with the publication of a Tender Notice under PA23 following the conclusion of this engagement.\nA Competitive Flexible Procedure is currently anticipated as the viable route to market under PA23.\nParticipation in the PME is not a prerequisite for taking part in the future tender. Suppliers who do not participate will not be disadvantaged.\n8. Publication Information Notice\nDate of publication and notice reference.\n17th April 2026, notice reference SA/01"
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