Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
MOD
Abbey Wood
Bristol
BS34 8JH
Contact
Emily Wolfe
Telephone
+44 3001696620
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ3 - Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Provision of Mechanical Craft Apprentice Training for Defence Munitions Gosport
Reference number
DM/00168
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 80000000 - Education and training services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Defence Munitions (DM) (‘the Authority’) requires the Contractor to provide ongoing provision to train, assess and educate up-to 6 Apprentices towards successful attainment of a Level 3 Mechanical Craft Apprentice Apprenticeship programme of vocational/academic training.
The DM Gosport standards based apprentice training scheme is completed over 3 phases with the 1st Phase “off the job” or foundation training being completed by a subcontracted training provider. The new contract will commence September 2021 and is required to run for 3 years with a one year plus one year option.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- IE05 - Southern
Main site or place of performance
Southern
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Defence Munitions (DM) (‘the Authority’) requires the Contractor to provide ongoing provision to train, assess and educate up-to 6 Apprentices towards successful attainment of a Level 3 Mechanical Craft Apprentice Apprenticeship programme of vocational/academic training.
The DM Gosport standards based apprentice training scheme is completed over 3 phases with the 1st Phase “off the job” or foundation training being completed by a subcontracted training provider. The new contract will commence September 2021 and is required to run for 3 years with a one year plus one year option.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
16 March 2021
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section six. Complementary information
six.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
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