Planning

703902450 - Driver Training Project

  • Ministry of Defence

F16: Prior information notice for contracts in the field of defence and security

Notice identifier: 2023/S 000-004030

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-03a456

Published 9 February 2023, 1:45pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)

Ministry of Defence

Bldg 95, Waterloo Lines, Imber Road

Warminster

BA12 0DJ

Contact

Deborah Orchard

For the attention of

Orchard Deborah

Email(s)

ArmyComrcl-LWC-Mailbox@mod.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 3001512403

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

General address of the contracting authority/entity

www.contracts.mod.uk

Further information

Further information can be obtained from the above mentioned contact point(s)

one.2) Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions

one.3) Main activity

Defence

one.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities

The contracting authority/entity is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities/entities:

No


Section two: Object

two.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority/entity:

703902450 - Driver Training Project

two.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services

Service category No 3: Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance

National

NUTS code

  • UK - United Kingdom

two.4) Short description of nature and scope of works or nature and quantity or value of supplies or services

DRIVER TRAINING PROJECT (DTP) – SOR BI–LATERAL ENGAGEMENT (BI-LATS)

The Driver Training Project (DTP) will consider the provision of wheeled driver training from 1 Apr 26, encompassing the civilian driving licence acquisition elements delivered under the Future Licence Acquisition Training System (FLATS), Minimum Test Vehicles (MTV) contracts and additional aspects delivered by Defence School of Transport (DST), as confirmed by DST Case for Change in particular resource, requirement setting and pipeline management, leading to a more agile delivery solution. The project has betterment as one of its core tenets and therefore will take a holistic view of improving effect in delivering training. The output of which will be a coherent wheeled driver training solution from Apr 26.

The Defence School of Transport’s vision is:

“The Defence School of Transport (DST) will set the example for industry and within Defence as a ‘centre of excellence’ in delivering practical driver operator skills, specialist vehicle and transport management training whilst fully exploiting learning technology to reduce the MOD’s carbon footprint. DST goes further than its civilian counterparts, embedding training within a military context and teaching a breadth of skills which prepare students for operations in all environments and conditions. By doing so, DST enables Defence and security capability to be delivered by members of the Armed Services and other government departments in peace or conflict; in support of UK Interests at home and throughout the world whilst leveraging partnership and income generation opportunities for the benefit of Defence.”

Following on from the EME day on 23 Jun 22, the DTP Project Team will be hosting Bi-Laterals discussions as detailed below:

Date: 27 – 31 Mar 23

Time: To be allocated.

Location: via MS Teams.

The bi-lateral discussions will be a held via MS Teams and limited to two (2) persons per organisation. If you wish to attend with another organisation/ syndicate team (group of suppliers), please make the project team aware. All presentational material and questions and answers will be captured by the project team to inform the procurement.

The aim of the discussions will be to build upon previously supplied information via the market engagement event held Jun 22 and provide potential service providers the opportunity to provide feedback on the draft Statement of Requirement (SoR).

In support of this the draft SoR will be published on AWARD along with the RFI question set.

Please details of your organisation’s POC for access to DTP AWARD Data room – a maximum of two (2) per organisation.

Name

Email address

Company

Role

Please provide expression on interest in attending NLT 20 Feb 23. An invitation and admin instruction will then be sent NLT 27 Feb 23.

Lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.5) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

  • 75220000 - Defence services

Section six: Complementary information

six.1) Information about European Union funds

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

six.2) Additional information

The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise, please visit www.contracts.mod.uk for full details and to register your interest in this procurement.