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The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service

Apprenticeships Training Marketplace Extension Notice

EducationCPV 80000000
Value£800.0m
Deadline28 Oct 2028
Published15 Nov 2024
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 15 Nov 2024827 days leftCloses 28 Oct 2028
Who to contact
supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
+44 3454102222

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
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Contract value in context
£800.0mtotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£864.0m

This is a large award for Education & Training — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 23,516 valued Education & Training tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

CCS set up a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for a period of 48 months with the extension option of 24 months.

A further extension period of 43 months has been implemented.

The total duration of this DPS is 9 years and 7 months and the end date is 27 October 2028.

Bidders can request to participate for this DPS for its 115 month duration including any extension periods.

This DPS is being procured under the Light Touch Regime (LTR), and is subject to limited regulations, in accordance with Regulations 74-76 PCR2015.

This DPS provides central government and wider public sector with the opportunity to procure services within the scope of the existing and new Apprenticeship Standards for England (SASE) live Frameworks, Apprenticeships Standards, End Point Assessments (EPAs); and related services via a number of Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) registered suppliers on the Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP) Register and or the Register of EPA Organisations (RoEPAO).

CCS reserve the right to reduce, extend or terminate the DPS period at any time during its life time; as set out in the terms of the DMP Agreement.

What it takes to bid this

4580 daysof bid-team effort
£30.8k£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b6e9
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
037043-2024
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