Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract award notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Greater Manchester Combined Authority — GMP
GB 183 0464 15
Openshaw Complex, Lawton Street, Openshaw
Manchester
M11 2NS
UK
Contact person: Ali Cordrey
Telephone: +44 1618561333
E-mail: Ali.Cordrey@gmp.police.uk
NUTS: UKD3
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.gmp.police.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/35572
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Public order and safety
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Delivery of Training for Policing, including the Police Education Qualifications Framework (PEQF)
Reference number: A0378
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80300000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Delivery of training for policing and associated academic and support services, including initial police training defined by the College of Policing PEQF curriculum, i.e. the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA) and Degree Holder Entry Programme (DHEP) leading to a Graduate Diploma in Professional Policing Practice. The contract also includes the provision of a part-time option for the above programmes, and a number of academic and training-related services to support the ongoing professionalisation of police training across the wider Force. The contract may, in future, include education and assessment, for additional related pathways which are not (at the time of contract award) fully known and therefore are not fully detailed within the contract.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
64 200 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
80400000
80430000
80500000
80510000
80511000
80530000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD3
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
GMCA has awarded a single contract for the delivery of all services under this procurement, but welcomed bids from groups of economic operators (partnerships, consortia, SPVs or those proposing delivery through a prime/sub-contractor mechanism), subject to a full assessment of the contractual risk of each specific arrangement.
Full details of the Requirements of this contract were available as part of the tender documents, however the chosen supplier will: lead academic learning for the Force and deliver this within the Greater Manchester footprint; deliver training year-round with periodic student intakes; deliver high quality learning programmes whilst minimising abstraction (i.e. the time officers are unavailable for duty); provide the technologies needed to deliver learning through online methods; manage the learning data required for accreditation; manage the programmes to ensure apprenticeship rules are met; help the Force to achieve wider learning transformation through the design of the programme; and support the Force to increase the diversity and social mobility of recruits.
The contract primarily incorporates two defined elements:
1) Development and delivery of initial training for policing under the PEQF (including the option of a programme for Special Constables); and
2) A programme of Professional Development Transformation (PDT), consisting of CPD for existing Constables, a leadership training offer for all staff and officers, and Academic Governance to support the professionalisation of training in-line with the Force’s People Strategy.
The PEQF and PDT elements of the contract were assessed and scored separately, with weightings applied according to the methodology outlined, along with the Requirements, in the tender documents.
The initial contract term will allow for student intakes up to five (5) years from the date of contract award. The contract may be extended to allow intakes for a further two (2) years. The chosen provider will accommodate inflight students to complete their course beyond the final intake. The maximum contract term will therefore depend on the run off period required for inflight intakes.
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
For the delivery of PEQF programmes (including Special Constables), the estimated spend over the full contract period, based on projected recruit numbers, is circa GBP 38 100 000. The drawing down of additional elements (under the PDT programme) is optional and will be subject to separate governance and spend approval. Based on projected numbers these additional elements could total GBP 26 100 000 over 7 years.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Procedure involving negotiations
IV.1.11) Main features of the award procedure:
This Competitive Procure with Negotiation included 3 stages of assessment — a Standard Selection Questionnaire, an Invitation to Negotiate (Stage 1) and the submission of final bids following dialogue with shortlisted suppliers (titled Invitation to Negotiation — Stage 2).
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2020/S 170-412638
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Delivery of Initial Training for Policing (Police Education Qualifications Framework)
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
26/04/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
University of Salford
RC000666
6th Floor Maxwell Building
Salford
M54WT
UK
Telephone: +44 1612956853
E-mail: p.ward2@salford.ac.uk
NUTS: UKD3
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.salford.ac.uk
The contractor is an SME:
No
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:
: 64 200 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
The University of Salford have entered into a collaboration agreement with the University of Central Lancashire to deliver the overall requirements of this contract. The contract will be between GMCA (as the contracting authority for GMP) and the University of Salford.
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The service procured falls under the ‘light touch regime’ set out in regulations 74-76 (inclusive) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Pursuant to regulation 76(7) of those Regulations, the Authority elected to follow a competitive procedure akin to the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation, but this is not to be taken as acceptance by the Authority that any part of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 apply, other than those parts which apply to the light touch regime.
Whilst the ‘Customer’ is Greater Manchester Combined Authority, the services are essentially being delivered to Greater Manchester Police who will be the main users of the services. Therefore the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police will be given equal rights to the Authority to enforce the provisions of the Contract, under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime
Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Churchgate House, 56 Oxford Street
Manchester
M16EU
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
24/05/2021