Social and other specific services – concessions
Prior information notice
Section I: Contracting
authority/entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Qualifications Wales
Q2 Building, Pencarn Lane, Imperial Park
Newport
NP10 8AR
UK
Telephone: +44 1633373205
E-mail: procurement@qualificationswales.org
NUTS: UKL2
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.qualificationswales.org
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA41978
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Commissioning of the Development & Award of the Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales Level 3 Qualification
Reference number: QW212201
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The purpose of this PIN is to initiate engagement with the market for the potential commissioning of a concession contract for the development and award of an Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales Level 3 qualification available in Welsh and English.This qualification would be primarily designed for learners aged 16 to 19 in Wales.This PIN is not being used as a call for competition.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
5 949 474.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80200000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
Main site or place of performance:
Schools and colleges across Wales.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
On 23 February 2021 we published a notice of our Intention to Restrict the qualification we wish to develop to one form and to secure its development and delivery via a commissioning route (https://www.qualificationswales.org/media/7136/intention-to-restrict-notice.pdf). The deadline for representations has now passed. We would like to speak to awarding bodies that may be interested in developing a qualification in this area.
The information that we gather will be used to inform the development of the contract specification which would be used if we decide to proceed with the procurement process.
We will be arranging Teams meetings with potential bidders to take place between 28 April and 14 May. The meetings will take the form of a structured discussion with us. This will involve us asking participants a series of questions which we will provide in advance. Responses will be informal and not be considered in or form part of any subsequent procurement process.
Questions that participants put to us during the dialogue will be collated so that when we are in a position to respond, we will issue one set of information to all interested parties at the same time.
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
5 949 474.00
GBP
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Parties interested in participating in pre-tender engagement with us should email procurement@qualificationswales.org to book a Teams meeting, Please insert ‘Advanced Skills Baccalaureate Wales pre-tender engagement’ in the subject area of the email, state your interest and the names, job titles and email addresses of those who will take part from your organisation.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation
Interested parties should email procurement@qualificationswales.org to request participation in the pre-tender engagement.Please contact us at your earliest convenience to secure your slot.
When you contact us to arrange a meeting, we will send you the questions, a briefing note, the draft contract specification, the draft qualification approval criteria and the terms and conditions that will apply to the concession contract, for you to review and prepare your responses prior to your meeting with us.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
Only awarding bodies recognised by Qualifications Wales will be able to deliver this contract therefore interested parties must either already be recognised awarding bodies or achieve
recognition by Qualifications Wales within a period starting from the notification of intention to award a contract. The period for achieving recognition will be confirmed in the contract notice should we proceed to tender
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
30/04/2021
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Participants in the pre-tender engagement will not be committed to taking part in any subsequent tender exercise.
Should we proceed to the formal procurement process, we will publish another notice (anticipated to be June 2021) and we will run the process using the electronic tender system etenderwales (https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk).
Eligible organisations that do not participate in the pre-tender engagement will still be able to participate in any subsequent tender exercise
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=109410.
(WA Ref:109410)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079477501
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
13/04/2021