Provision of Professional Accountancy Training to the National Audit Office
The NAO requires professional, accredited tuition for their graduate scheme. Reference number: PT2012
Deadline date: 16/02/2012
This deadline is for… Completed PQQs deadline – 17:00 hrs on 16/02/2012
Contract value: £1,500,000 – £1,700,000
Location where the contract is to be carried out: LondonTuition will be provided in bespoke arrangements in both London and Newcastle.
Is this suitable for smaller suppliers? Yes
Is this contract suitable for a voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations? No
Name of the buying organisation: National Audit Office
Description of the contract
The NAO requires professional, accredited tuition for their graduate scheme (70 graduates recruited each year) and the school leaver scheme (10 trainees recruited each year) preparing trainees for the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, ICAEW, examinations. In addition the NAO have the final year of the AAT Fast Track scheme trainees (6 trainees based in London, 4 in Newcastle) who will be studying Level 4 of the AAT qualification before progressing to the ICAEW scheme. However, both the numbers and the ratio may change and any successful supplier would need to demonstrate flexibility and adaptability to work with the NAO in a changing environment. Tuition will be provided in bespoke arrangements in both London and Newcastle. Additional services to be covered by the contract include, from time to time, the provision to allow a small number of trainees from Civil Service schemes e.g. Treasury Solicitor to join NAO classes for tuition (please note that it would be the NAO who would manage and extend (if feasible) any in-take in agreement with the successful service provider); provision of ad hoc technical accountancy training where in-house expertise is not available. Central government departments, executive agencies, and non-departmental public bodies as outlined at http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Dl1/Directories/A-ZOfCentralGovernment/index.htm. The estimated number of additional students is 5 per annum however the NAO cannot estimate a value for any additional training required by the other departments at this stage.
Documents
Classification of the contract
80000000 Education and training services
Additional information
Contract type: Services – Unspecified
Is it a framework agreement? No
Is this contract related to a programme of funding? No
Contract will be awarded based on: Most economically advantageous tender in terms of: The criteria stated in the contract documents
Estimated length of contract: 36 Months
Who to contact
Contact name Mark Fox
Address 157-197 Buckingham Palace Road, Victoria , London, SW1W 9SP
Telephone 0207 798
Extension number: 7372
Fax
Email Z3-Procurement@nao.gsi.gov.uk
Web address