Army Apprenticeships and Work-Based Learning for Ministry of Defence

The Army holds an agreement with the Skills Funding Agency of England (SFA) to provide a grant towards the delivery of Apprenticeships and other work-based learning qualifications to servicemen and women as part of their continuing professional development.

United Kingdom-Andover: Education and training services

2014/S 068-117022

Contract notice

Services

Directive 2004/18/EC

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Ministry of Defence, C&C
DE&S C&C Army Commercial Proc 2, Ramillies Bldg, IDL 437, Army HQ Marlborough Lines, Monxton Road
Contact point(s): Army HQ Commercial Proc 2
For the attention of: Mr Keith Hazell
SP11 8HT Andover
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1264383093
E-mail: DES-Comrcl-CC-ArmyHQ-Proc2-C1@mod.uk
Fax: +44 1264381218

Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Specifications and additional documents (including documents for competitive dialogue and a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions

I.3)Main activity

Education

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

The Delivery of Apprenticeships to servicemen/women of the Army Intelligence Corps.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
Service category No 24: Education and vocational education services
NUTS code UKJ33

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves a public contract

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Education and training services. The Army holds an agreement with the Skills Funding Agency of England (SFA) to provide a grant towards the delivery of Apprenticeships and other work-based learning qualifications to servicemen and women as part of their continuing professional development. This requirement covers delivery of Apprenticeship qualifications to soldiers of the Intelligence Corps.
The Authority is seeking to select a Contractor to deliver this requirement. Because SFA funding is provided on an annual basis, any Contract would be let on the basis of one year certain with 4 optional one year periods or parts thereof commencing 1 August 2014. As the SFA funding methodology may change as at the commencement of any funding year, the Authority reserves the right to review the funding methodology to reflect changes to the SFA funding. It should be noted that delivery of this requirement is wholly dependent upon the continuing availability of SFA funding.
Potential Contractors will be required to ensure that their proposal for delivery allows for incorporating emerging Government initiatives. The Authority also reserves the right to review either or both the delivery and funding methodology in response to the implementation of new apprenticeship standards/formats, regulations governing delivery/assessment or new funding regulations arising from the Government’s response to the Richards Review and other studies. The Contractor will be required to comply with all current and future Government and Army requirements in areas such as safeguarding of learners and protection of data. In addition, the Contractor will be required to adhere to current and future Army Apprenticeships quality standards and processes.
Delivery will commence during the Phase 2 Trade Training at the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre (DISC) and continue into Field Army service in accordance with the Intelligence Corps Whole Life Development Strategy.
The information given below is based upon historic figures, is indicative only and cannot be guaranteed. There will be no carry in learners as this is a new requirement for the Intelligence Corps.
The Intelligence Corps is based throughout the UK, Germany, Cyprus and the Middle East. Soldiers are to be inducted onto a newly-created Higher Apprenticeship in Intelligence Operations during Phase 2 training at the DISC at Chicksands, Bedfordshire and will continue into service in the Field Army. For 2014/15 the estimated delivery is based upon a profile of 84 starts at Level 4.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

80000000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

II.1.8)Lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

II.2.2)Information about options

II.2.3)Information about renewals

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Duration in months: 60 (from the award of the contract)

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

III.1.2)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: (a) Appropriate statements from banks or, where appropriate, evidence of relevant professional risk indemnity insurance.

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:
(b) a list of the principal deliveries effected or the main services provided in the past three years, with the sums, dates and recipients, whether public or private, involved. Evidence of delivery and services provided shall be given: – where the recipient was a contracting authority, in the form of certificates issued or countersigned by the competent authority, – where the recipient was a private purchaser, by the purchaser’s certification or, failing this, simply by a declaration by the economic operator.
(f) The educational and professional qualifications of the service provider or contractor and/or those of the undertaking’s managerial staff and, in particular, those of the person or persons responsible for providing the services or managing the work.
(j) An indication of the proportion of the contract which the services provider intends possibly to subcontract.
Responses to all questions in Part 1 of the PQQ and section 6.1 are to be marked on a Pass/fail basis. Economic Operators that are assessed as having failed any of these questions will not be invited to Tender. Questions in Part 2 of the PQQ will be evaluated using the following matrix: 0=No Answer; 1=Poor; 2=Satisfactory; 3=Good; 4=Very Good and 5=Excellent.
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
A minimum score of 2 is required against 6.2; 7.1.1; 8.1.1; 9.1.1 and 11.1.1. Applicants that do not achieve these minimum scores will not be invited to Tender. Should there be more than 6 applications that score above the the minimum levels set out above, the Authority reserves the right to raise the marking until the maximum of 6 prospective tenderers is achieved.

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Restricted

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Envisaged minimum number 2: and maximum number 6
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: The Most Economically Advantageous Tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications contained in the Invitation To Tender.

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

ARMYHQ2/00018

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

9.5.2014 – 16:00

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

2.4.2015

IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

VI.3)Additional information

Suppliers interested in working with the Ministry of Defence should register on the MOD Supplier Information Database (SID) Register, available at www.contracts.mod.uk. The MOD SID is a database of active and potential suppliers available to all MOD and UK Defence procurement personnel, and is the main supplier database of MOD Procurement organisations. Please note: the registration and publication of a company profile on the MOD SID does not mean or imply that the supplier has in any way been vetted or approved by the MOD. Suppliers wishing to compete for advertised MOD contracts must respond to any specific call for competition by submitting a separate expression of interest in accordance with the instructions of the purchasing organisation.

From 2.4.2014 the Government is introducing its new Government Security Classifications Policy (GSC) to replace the current Government Protective Marking Scheme. A key aspect of this is the reduction in the number of security classifications used. All suppliers to the Department are encouraged to make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact on this Requirement. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the new GSC.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications

The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise.
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VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

Ministry of Defence, C&C
ArmyHQ Commercial Proc 2, Ramillies Bldg, Army HQ Marlborough Lines, Monxton Road
SP11 8HT Andover
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1264383093

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Ministry of Defence, C&C
ArmyHQ Commercial proc 2, Ramillies Bldg, ArmyHQ, Marlborough Lines, Monxton Road
SP11 8HT Andover
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1264383093

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained

Ministry of Defence, C&C
ArmyHq Commercial Proc 2, Ramillies Bldg, ArmyHQ, Marlborough Lines, Monxton Road
SP11 8HT Andover
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1264383093

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:

2.4.2014