Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Department for Business and Trade
Old Admiralty Building
London
SW1A 2DY
Contact
Cara Jenkins
dbtprofessionalservices@businessandtrade.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKI32 - Westminster
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-and-trade
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
Building Capability in Product Safety, Legal Metrology and Construction Products in Local Authority Regulatory Services
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 80000000 - Education and training services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS) was established by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) Strategy in 2018 and is the national regulator for product safety, legal metrology and construction products.
Our purpose is to protect people and places from product-related harm, ensuring consumers and businesses can buy and sell products with confidence
Local Authority Regulatory Services (LARS1) also have statutory obligations for the delivery of regulation with regard to product safety, legal metrology and construction products.
As national regulator for Product Safety and Legal Metrology, OPSS provides national capacity and supports local authority enforcement and coordination of national and local regulation. As the national regulator for Construction Products, it is building the national regulator function and establishing local authority capability.
The requirement is for Development and delivery of a specialist annual Learning & Development (L & D) programme in accordance with a detailed specification including, sourcing trainers, development of specialist technical course resources, all course administration including booking venues and delegate management.
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: £749,048.01
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKI - London
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The contract requires the Supplier to deliver the following outputs:
(i) Each year develop and deliver specialist, technical and practical products, e-learning packages, tools and activities. To be set out in a programme at the beginning of each year with clear learning objectives, dates & times, delivery method, numbers and evaluation approach.
(ii) Conduct ongoing evaluation of the learning and development of LARS within each year and throughout the lifetime of the contract as specified below.
(iii) At the end of each financial year submit a summary report of the evaluation to be agreed with OPSS, including but not limited to:
• details of activities
• number of training days,
• delegate satisfaction,
• evidence that learning objectives have been met;
• delegate and geographical take up
• Diversity and inclusion
(iv) Conduct and submit an annual assessment of learning and development needs ahead of each year’s delivery programme. This includes an assessment in to be conducted in the final year on the contract for (see Table 1 above).
(v) Provide metrics on request to support OPSS reporting and evaluation of the success of the programme.
(vi) Submit a quarterly performance report, outlining what has been delivered, with metrics which demonstrate key milestones and learning objectives being met and which support the overarching aims in paragraph 1.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2023/S 000-027259
four.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
6 December 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: Yes
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Chartered Trading Standards Institute
Basildon
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKH3 - Essex
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
FAAB Training Limited
Cottingham
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKE1 - East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £749,048.01
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Department for Business and Trade
Old Admiralty Building
London
SW1A 2DY
dbtprofessionalservices@businessandtrade.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom