Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Warwickshire County Council
Shire Hall, Warwick
Warwick
CV34 4RL
UK
Contact person: Strategic Procurement
Telephone: +44 1926736364
E-mail: procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKG13
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/procurement
I.1) Name and addresses
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Solihull
B91 3QB
UK
Contact person: Strategic Procurement
Telephone: +44 1926736364
E-mail: procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKG32
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/procurement
I.1) Name and addresses
Coventry City Council
Coventry
CV1 5RR
UK
Contact person: Strategic Procurement
Telephone: +44 1926736364
E-mail: procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKG33
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/procurement
I.1) Name and addresses
Warwick District Council
Riverside House, Milverton Hill
Leamington
CV32 5HZ
UK
Contact person: Strategic Procurement
Telephone: +44 1926736364
E-mail: procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKG13
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/procurement
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.csw-jets.co.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
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
WCC — DPS for Apprenticeship Training Provision
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Warwickshire County Council invite applications from suitably experienced operators for admission to the Dynamic Purchasing System for the provision of apprenticeship training.
The DPS will be used for the provision of apprenticeship training, to include the independent delivery of end-point assessments. The DPS can be used for this purpose by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, Coventry City Council, Warwick District Council and subject to authorisation by Warwickshire County Council, it can also be used by other Local Authorities in Warwickshire and the West Midlands.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
20 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG
Main site or place of performance:
Locations where involved authorities undertake activities.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Warwickshire County Council invites applications from training providers who are on the Skills Funding Agency Register of apprenticeship training providers. The period of validity of the DPS will be until 30 September 2025 but the Council reserves the right to amend, shorten or extend this period of validity to meet the requirements of the authorities involved.
Providers who are on the previous DPS do not need to re-apply as their place will continue on this renewed DPS.
The DPS will be used to select training providers to provide apprenticeship training, to include the independent delivery of end-point assessments. The DPS can be used for this purpose by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council, Coventry City Council, Warwick District and subject to authorisation by Warwickshire County Council, it can also be used by other Local Authorities in Warwickshire and the West Midlands.
Business opportunities will either be made available to approved operators on the DPS either by direct award or via a tender process. Tender opportunities are likely to be offered by a mini-competition exercise via an electronic procurement portal.
The estimated contract value is a high estimate allowing for potential increase in usage by the named authorities, scope for other authorities to use the DPS and should the County Council decide to extend the period of validity beyond 2025.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
20 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
01/10/2020
End:
30/09/2025
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
The period of validity of the DPS will be until 30 September 2025 but the Council reserves the right to amend, shorten or extend this period of validity to meet the requirements of the authorities involved.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The period of validity of the DPS will be until 30 September 2025 but the Council reserves the right to amend, shorten or extend this period of validity to meet the requirements of the authorities involved.
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the setting up of a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
30/09/2025
Local time: 17:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
Estimated timing for further notices to be published:
The period of validity of the DPS will be until 30 September 2025 but the Council reserves the right to amend, shorten or extend this period of validity to meet the requirements of the authorities involved.
VI.3) Additional information
During the course of the contract period the range and scope of these services may be subject to modification and variation as necessary to meet the changing needs and requirements of the Council, changes in legislation and the changing demands placed on the Council by its customers. These changes may include (but are not limited to):
• increases or decreases in the use of apprenticeships;
• the identification of additional service recipients, not originally captured by the scope of the contract;
• environmental and new technological opportunities which impact on the use of this provision and the Councils own services;
• necessary additional services, products or customer base required to maintain the provision but not identified nor required at the time of tendering.
Full details of the current service requirements can be found in the DPS Documentation.
The estimated contract value is inflated to cover potential but currently unrealised spend.
The period of validity of the DPS will be until 30 September 2025 but the Council reserves the right to amend, shorten or extend this period of validity to meet the requirements of the authorities involved.
This procurement exercise will be run electronically using the Council’s e-tendering system (CSWJETS). To participate in this procurement bidders must register and express an interest at https://intendhost.co.uk/csw-jets/aspx/Home Once registered, all correspondence for this procurement process must be via the correspondence function. However, if you are unable to register with the website please email procurement@warwickshire.gov.uk. All documentation and further information regarding the procurement can be found on this system.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Royal Courts of Justice
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Cabinet Office
70 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2AS
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/09/2020