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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: THE PROVISION OF APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING TO SOLDIERS OF THE BRITISH ARMY THOUGH SERVICE PROVIDER CONTRACTS UNDER THE ARMY APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMME
2. Awarding Authority: Ministry of Defence, GB Email: drew.baker155@mod.gov.uk. (Drew Baker)
3. Contract type: Service contract
Restricted
Prior Information Notice
4. Description: Prior Information Notice (PIN) following the Department’s programme Industry Relaunch and Briefing Event to provide the Q&A document and attendee list which have been compiled after the event.
To alert the market of the first planned procurements to place four (4) new Tranche One (1) contracts for delivery of apprenticeships under the AAP. The Army is one of the largest Employers of apprentices and operates as an Employer Provider with a mixed delivery model contracting out significant elements of Training and administration of the programme to Training Providers who are listed on the RoATP.
The AAP, having met its original contract placement strategy, held an education and briefing session with prospective Training Providers who hold a current listing on RoATP to advise the programmes aims, generic delivery requirements going forward, timelines and how best to engage in the contracting process.
Timing: Tuesday 10 May 2022 – 10.30 to 12.30 hours
5. CPV Code(s): 80500000, 80000000, 80521000
6. NUTS code(s): UKK, UKK1, UKK15
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Location: The Lecture Theatre, Army HQ, Marlborough Lines, Andover, SP11 8HJ
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Project Code 10002000
2022/S 000-015177
2022/S 000-010369
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Listing Deadline 31.8.2022 (17:00:00).
11. Address to which they must be sent: You must register or log in at Web: to participate in this tender.
12. Other information: Notes
Interested parties are to note:
The Relaunch Event was to allow the AAP Technical and Commercial teams an opportunity to update interested parties on the changes since the original programme began and introduce it to those Training Providers who may wish to work with the Department in the future.
This PIN is also to alert the market to the future requirement under AAP Tranche One (1) and is NOT a formal request for Expressions of Interest (EOI). A Contract Notice and Dynamic PQQ will be issued in due course to request EOIs which shall reference this PIN.
The Authority will be conducting the competition via the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP).
The Department anticipates commencing the procurement of the Tendering for the Tranche 1 requirement with the publication of a Contract Notice by August 2022. Under current plans, a competition for this requirement under the PCR 15 Restricted Procedure will be launched in late August 2022 with release of a Dynamic Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (DPQQ).
Procurement Route Restricted procedure
Please refer the website above for documentation
TKR-2022819-EX-1869065