Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence, C&C, C130J Project Team
Defence Academy, Shrivenham
Swindon
SN6 8LA
Telephone
+44 7584881837
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKK15 - Wiltshire CC
Internet address(es)
Main address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Command and Staff Academic Provision
Reference number
CSAP Early Market Engagement
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 80000000 - Education and training services
- FA01 - For educational use
- FA04 - For training purposes
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Defence Academy and The Royal College of Defence Studies are looking for a partner (or partners), to continually design, develop and deliver Command & Staff Professional Military Education including the ability to attain degrees up to QCF level 7 and potentially 8, and recognise prior accredited learning in order to achieve it. This Prior Information Notice seeks to gauge the supplier market with respect to this future Academic Provision, a question set and contact details are below. In issuing this PIN and engaging with industry and academic institutions, the Authority is not committing to carry out any procurement in relation to the requirements stated in this announcement.
Section seven. Changes
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
II.2)
Place of text to be modified
II.2.14)
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Defence Academy and The Royal College of Defence Studies are looking for a partner (or partners), to continually design, develop and deliver Command & Staff Professional Military Education including the ability to attain degrees up to QCF level 7 and potentially 8. Further information and the question set can be found in the supporting documentation. Access code P83YJC86A9
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Suppliers must read through this set of instructions and follow the process to respond to this opportunity.
The information and/or documents for this opportunity are available on https://www.dcocontracts.mod.uk/delta. You must register on this site to respond, if you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password. Please note there is a password reminder link on the homepage.
Suppliers must log in, go to your Response Manager and add the following Access Code: P83YJC86A9. Please ensure you follow any instruction provided to you here.
The deadline for submitting your response(s) is 31/01/2021 23:55. Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this invite prior to the closing date and time, especially if you have been asked to upload documents.
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seven.2) Other 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-2021115-DCB-17649262