Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Cabinet Office
10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf
LONDON
E14 4PU
Contact
zabeen nadarajah
cshr.apprenticeships@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office
Buyer's address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Civil Service central Apprenticeship Contract
Reference number
CSR/128
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 80000000 - Education and training services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
On the 13th August 2021, the Apprenticeship Coordination Office (ACO) who sit within the Cabinet Office published a Prior information notice (PIN) Publication reference: 2021/S 000-019718 instructing potential bidders that we intended to issue our procurement exercise using the Crown Commercial Services Apprenticeship Training Dynamic Marketplace DPS. Upon further review internally we have made the decision to issue the procurement to the wider market.
This means that we will be publishing next week ending Friday 3rd September 2021 a contract notice and the procurement exercise to all interested bidders who wish to express an interest in the opportunity .
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £63,423,800
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 80000000 - Education and training services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Please be aware that if prospective providers are interested in participating in the procurement exercise then they must ensure to be registered on the Crown Commercial Services eSourcing tool .
If your organisation isn't already registered on the eSourcing tool please register your organisation on the tool via the "Create account" link at https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk.
This will be the route for sharing all information and communicating with bidders.
However if you have recently registered on the eSourcing tool system for another Crown Commercial Services procurement you can use the same account for this new procurement.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
3 September 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: Yes