Provision of End Point Assessment Services to Service Personnel Undertaking the Level 3 Engineering Technician Apprenticeship Standard

  • Ministry of Defence

F14: Notice for changes or additional information

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-012020

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04103b

Published 12 April 2024, 3:06pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Ministry of Defence

Army Headquarters, Marlborough Lines, Monxton Road

Andover

SP11 8HJ

Email

armycomrcl-procure-aap-mailbox@mod.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.contracts.mod.uk


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Provision of End Point Assessment Services to Service Personnel Undertaking the Level 3 Engineering Technician Apprenticeship Standard

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 80000000 - Education and training services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

This contract for a supplier to deliver End Point Assessment (EPA) services in connection with the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Army Apprenticeship Programme. EPAs will be delivered to service personnel of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME), Royal Marines (RM), Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) and Infantry undertaking a Level 3 (L3) Engineering Technician apprenticeship standard (ST0457).


Section six. Complementary information

six.6) Original notice reference

Notice number: 2024/S 000-011977


Section seven. Changes

seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice

Section number

II.2.5)

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Quality criterion - Name: Technical / Weighting: 70

Quality criterion - Name: Commercial / Weighting: 30

Cost criterion - Name: Understanding the military context / Weighting: 9

Cost criterion - Name: Support to apprentices / Weighting: 9

Cost criterion - Name: EPAO staff / Weighting: 9

Cost criterion - Name: EPA delivery / Weighting: 9

Cost criterion - Name: Governance / Weighting: 9

Cost criterion - Name: Quality Assurance and Continual Improvement / Weighting: 9

Cost criterion - Name: D&I, Safeguarding and PREVENT / Weighting: 9

Cost criterion - Name: Communications with AAP Stakeholders / Weighting: 9

Cost criterion - Name: Communications with Apprentices & Analysis of Performance Data and Feedback to AAP Stakeholders / Weighting: 18

Cost criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10

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Non-Cost Criteria:

Technical = 60%

1. Understanding the military context / Weighting: 9

2. Support to apprentices / Weighting: 9

3. EPAO staff / Weighting: 9

4. EPA delivery / Weighting: 9

5. Governance / Weighting: 9

6. Quality Assurance and Continual Improvement / Weighting: 9

7. D&I, Safeguarding and PREVENT / Weighting: 9

8. Communications with AAP Stakeholders / Weighting: 9

9. Communications with Apprentices / Weighting: 9

10. Analysis of Performance Data and Feedback to AAP Stakeholders / Weighting: 9

Social Value = 10%

1. Reduce the disability employment gap / Weighting: 5

2. Tackle workforce inequality / Weighting: 5

Price Criterion Weighting = 30%

Section number

V.2.2)

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Number of tenders received from SMEs: (SME – as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC):

1

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States:

0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States:

0

Number of tenders received by electronic means:

2