Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Liverpool City Council
Fourth Floor, Cunard Building
Liverpool
L3 1DS
UK
Contact person: Mr Greg Nixon
Telephone: +44 1512330591
E-mail: greg.nixon@liverpool.gov.uk
NUTS: UKD72
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.liverpool.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.liverpool.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Learning and Development Framework
Reference number: DN450381
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The authority is seeking providers to deliver training requirements for internal Liverpool City Council Employees via liaison with the Learning and Development department.
Liverpool City Council is committed to being an employer of choice and an Investor in People. Development of our staff is an investment for the future and the City Council recognises that everyone needs support, training and development. The Inclusive Growth Plan, launched in March 2018, describes how our city and the Council will be transformed to deliver our vision and priorities. The Transformation plan includes an action to develop our workforce as our greatest asset and we need to ensure they are inspired and have the necessary skills to successfully deliver our transformation agenda whilst also meeting mandatory and legislative requirements and responsibilities.
Lot 1: Health and Safety,
Lot 2: Technical ICT Skills.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
340 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Health and Safety
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80560000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD72
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Liverpool City Council is committed to being an employer of choice and an Investor in people. Development of our staff is an investment for the future and the City Council recognises that everyone needs support, training our staff is an investment for the future and the City Council recognises that everyone needs support, training and development. The Inclusive Growth Plan, launched in March 2018, describes how our city and the Council will be transformed to deliver our vision and priorities. The transformation plan includes an action to develop our workforce as our greatest asset and we need to ensure they have the necessary skills to successfully deliver our transformation agenda whilst also meeting mandatory and legislative requirements and responsibilities.
To ensure our staff can access the necessary training and development required, we are currently looking for training suppliers to become part of a health and safety training framework.
Health and Safety
We require training suppliers who are able to deliver a range of health and safety courses to ensure our workforce have the knowledge and skills to minimise risk and manage safe working environments.
In order to bid for the training courses contained within this lot, suppliers must be able to offer and deliver a core set of training courses delivered either via public courses attendance or in house delivery. The appointed providers may be asked to deliver additional Health and Safety training either via public course attendance or in house delivery.
Suppliers must be able to provide public training courses at a venue within the Liverpool City Council boundary to ensure staff travel is kept to a minimum to reduce associated costs. Training courses will need to be delivered throughout the year to meet certification renewal requirements, therefore, suppliers must be able to offer a minimum of one public training course per quarter for each course listed below:
— first aid at work,
— first aid requalification,
— emergency first aid at work,
— food safety and hygiene level 2.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 70
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Technical ICT Skills
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80533100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD72
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Liverpool City Council is committed to being an employer of choice and an Investor in people. Development of our staff is an investment for the future and the City Council recognises that everyone needs support, training and development. The Inclusive Growth Plan, launched in March 2018, describes how our city and the Council will be transformed to deliver our vision and priorities. The transformation plan includes an action to develop our workforce as our greatest asset and we need to ensure they are inspired and have the necessary skills to successfully deliver our transformation agenda. We need to ensure our staff can access relevant technical and specialist ICT and project management skills whenever they need them.
We are currently looking for training suppliers to become part of a framework to deliver Technical ICT courses and project and programme management courses to ensure our staff can access the necessary training and development so they can obtain the right level of skill to enable them to support delivery of the transformation plan.
Technical ICT Skills
To ensure our ICT department have access to training to gain the knowledge and skills to be able to deliver and manage effective ICT solutions, we require training suppliers who are able to deliver a range of courses.
In order to bid for training courses contained within this lot, suppliers must be able to offer a core set of training courses via public delivery within a 40 mile radius of L3 1AH:
Suppliers may also provide the non-core services as and where available, however this will not be a prerequisite of the contract award.
Technical ICT — core courses:
• ITIL service management training up to ITIL expert level,
• Cisco fixed and wireless technologies up to CCIE,
• Microsoft desktop and server operating systems up to MCSE,
• Microsoft application software – exchange, SCCM, Office 365, etc. up to MCSE,
• VMWare up to VCAP.
Security training – core courses:
• CompTIA Security+,
• Certified Ethical Hacker V10,
• CISSP Certified Information Systems Security Professional.
Additional Technical ICT Non-core courses:
• Avaya technologies including CS1K, Meridian and Contact Centre Manager,
• Apple Technician Training for desktop technologies up to ACMT,
• Solaris operating systems up to Oracle Specialist,
• Storage (SAN and NAS), backup and archiving technologies.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 70
Price
/ Weighting:
30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 247-609565
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: DN450381
Title: Learning and Development Framework — Health and Safety
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18/08/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The Training Co.
Bolton
BL5 2RQ
UK
NUTS: UKD
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
First Response Training and Consultancy
Worcestershire
WR10 1AA
UK
NUTS: UKD
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 60 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Contract No: DN450381
Title: Learning and Development Framework — ICT
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18/08/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
QA Ltd
Slough
SL1 1SG
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 280 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
The Strand
London
WC1A 2LL
UK
E-mail: administrativecourtoffice.generaloffice@hmcts.x.gsi.gov.uk
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
High Court of England and Wales
The Strand
London
WC1A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
19/08/2020