Contract

DE&S F&A Apprenticeship SCHEME (AAT ST0002 Level 3 & AAT ST0003 Level 4)

  • MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (DE&S)

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-034387

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-038ac0

Published 5 December 2022, 3:58pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (DE&S)

MOD ABBEY WOOD, FILTON

BRISTOL

BS34 8JH

Contact

Kirsty Tarling

Email

kirsty.tarling100@mod.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://des.mod.uk/

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority

one.5) Main activity

Defence


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

DE&S F&A Apprenticeship SCHEME (AAT ST0002 Level 3 & AAT ST0003 Level 4)

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 80000000 - Education and training services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Call off contract for ST0002 and ST0003 apprenticeships under Apprenticeships Training Dynamic Marketplace (RM6102)

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £968,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

ST0002 Assistant Accountant Level 3 and ST0003 Professional Accounting or Taxation Technician Level 4, WITHIN 10 MILES OF BS34 8JH, MAX 30 students PER INTAKE OVER 2 COHORTS. Blended learning.

EACH COHORT TO DO 3 YEARS. 2 YEARS ST0002 AND 1 YEAR ST0003. 1 ADDITIONAL COHORT MAX 20 TO UNDERTAKE ST0003 LEVEL4 FOR 1 YEAR COMMENCING FEB 2023

1. DE&S Finance and Accounting (F&A) has a requirement for a training provider of a Finance and Tax Apprenticeship Training and Related Services under RM6102. F&A require a blended approach to the training with a suitable amount of the training deliv-ered face to face (via Workshops, study sessions, etc) and the rest to be delivered via other appropriate methods.

2. The training provider is required to provide the following Options for consideration by DE&S (the Authority) that must be costed within the Government funded Apprenticeship Training Levy:

a) An option for training provision for the 21/22 Intake of F&A Apprentices (20 Apprentices) for the last year of their 3 year Apprenticeship, to complete their L4 qualifications from end February 2023 following on from L3 training provi-sion and qualification achievement.

b) An option for the training provision for the 22/23 Intake of F&A Apprentices for the duration of the full 3 year Apprenticeship (Level 3 and Level 4 for 25 Ap-prentices) from 10th October 2022 (start date may vary +/- up to 3 weeks).

c) An option for the training provision for the 23/24 Intake of F&A Apprentices for the duration of the full 3 year Apprenticeship (Level 3 and Level 4 for up to 30 Apprentices).

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

Competition was run under CCS framework RM6102 using the Dynamic Purchasing System.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

CCCT/769

Title

DE&S F&A Apprenticeship Scheme (AAT ST0002 Level 3 & AAT ST0003 Level 4)

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

15 September 2022

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 2

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

FIRST INTUITION

BRISTOL

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Companies House

07485751

The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £968,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (DE&S)

BRISTOL

Country

United Kingdom