Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence, C&C, C&C
Greenhill House, Defence Academy
Shrivenham
SN6 8LA
UK
E-mail: defcomrclcc-jfc9b@mod.uk
NUTS: UKK14
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.da.mod.uk
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
Defence
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
CIPS Corporate Award Practitioner Courses.
Reference number: jfc9/00005
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80500000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Defence Academy, part of the UK Ministry of Defence intends to award a contract to The Chartered Institute for Procurement and Supply (CIPS) to deliver a unique Corporate Award Practitioner Programme, CIPS accredited induction course. The duration of the contract will be to 31.1.2018 for an initial quantity of 10 courses of which 3 are a 4-week block and 7 are modular based learning over a 6 month period. There is an option for an additional 3 modular courses which will extend the duration of Contract to 30.9.2018. It is considered that this contract can be awarded using the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 32(2)(b)(i) of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the UK Public Contracts Regulations 2015) for technical reasons.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
765 079.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKK14
Main site or place of performance:
Swindon.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
A key deliverable of the Commercial Professionalism Programme (CPP) is a CIPS accredited ‘Induction’ Course. This unique 4-week block Corporate Award Practitioner (CAP) programme, which is equivalent to the CIPS Level 4 Diploma, has been developed by CIPS on behalf of MOD. The course reflects an acceptable balance of CIPS generic Level 4 material (approximately 80 %), augmented by specific MOD material and input from subject matter experts (SMEs) from the Department (remaining 20 %). The course is assessed by 2 exams taken during the course, and 2 written assignments, 1 of which is completed / submitted at the end of the 4 week period; the other 6 weeks after the course has completed.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
There is an option for 3 additional Modular CIPS Accredited Corporate Award Practitioner Courses in FY 2017/18. This will extend Contract end date to 30.9.2018.
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
The Defence Academy, part of the UK Ministry of Defence intends to award a Contract to The Chartered Institute for Procurement and Supply (CIPS) to deliver a unique Corporate Award Practitioner Programme, CIPS accredited induction Course. The duration of the contract will be up to 31.1.2018 for an initial quantity of 10 courses of which 3 are a 4-week block and 7 are modular based learning over a 6 month period. There is an option for an additional 3 modular courses which will extend the Contract duration to 30.9.2018.
It is considered that this contract can be awarded using the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 32(2)(b)(i) of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the UK Public Contracts Regulations 2015) for technical reasons.
CIPS are the design authority for these CIPS accredited courses and this Commercial Professionalism Programme has been developed by CIPS on behalf of MOD. The Intellectual Property Rights for Contextualisation and Development of these courses will be owned by MOD. The course reflects an acceptable balance of CIPS generic Level 4 material (approximately 80 %), augmented by specific MOD material. Completion of this course is a requirement for entry onto subsequent courses for which MOD has already contracted. No other providers are able to provide an equivalent course which would give access to this further training.
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:
2016/S 161-291171
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: Jfc9/00005
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
17/08/2016
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply
Easton House, Church Street, Easton on the Hill
Stamford
PE9 3NZ
UK
NUTS: UKK14
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 765 069.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications
Advertising Regime OJEU: This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk GO Reference: GO-2016929-DCB-8868053.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Ministry of Defence, C&C, C&C
Swindon
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Ministry of Defence, C&C, C&C
Swindon
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
29/09/2016