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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: PROVISION OF AN EXTERNAL TRAINING PROVIDER TO THE NBC(D) APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMME
2. Awarding Authority: Ministry of Defence, Naval Base Command Devonport (NBC(D) team, GB Email: mollie.guest102@mod.gov.uk. (Mollie Guest)
3. Contract type: Service contract
FTS Open Procedure
4. Description: The awarding authority are creating an Apprenticeship Programme, with an initial focus on Engineering. This Apprenticeship Programme aims to enable a resilient, Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel (SQEP), capability that can be built and maintained at a local level, to support future ships and submarine operations at the specified location
The Authority are seeking a local Training Provider to support initial delivery of six (6) Level 3 Engineering Technician (ST0457) Apprenticeships (as set out in Engineering technician / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education).
The Apprenticeship is to commence at the start of the academic year in September 2024 and support apprentices for the duration of circa 42 months IAW Institute for Apprenticeship and Technical Education standards for the Level 3 Engineering Technician ST0457 Apprenticeship.
Additional Procurement Information
This procurement is operating under the Public Contracting Regulations PCR (2015), as amended, subject to the Open Procedure.
Tenderers are invited to self-assess their suitability to the requirement and particularly the Technical Capability need for the supplier to be located within a 75-mile radius of HMNB Devonport.
The Contract expiry date shall be without prejudice to any other term or condition of the Contract and subject at all times to the continued availability of ESFA Funding / Apprenticeship Levy funding, the duration of Contract in accordance with Schedule 2 Section 3 (Pricing Information) shall be 4 years. The Contract Implementation date shall be 01st September 2024.
This procurement includes Options as detailed within the Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation.
5. CPV Code(s): 80500000
6. NUTS code(s): UKJ, UKJ3, UKJ31
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: HMNB Devonport
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: 710758450
2024/S 000-005724
9. Estimated value of requirement: Estimated Value of Contract
210,000 Pound Sterling
10. Listing Deadline: 22.3.2024 (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: Procurement Route: FTS Open Procedure
Contract Start Date
05/04/2024
Contract Duration
48 Months
TKR-2024228-EX-1707817