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The University of Keele

Specialist Academic Support for Railway Operations Apprenticeships

EducationCPV 80300000
Value£500k
Deadline13 Sept 2024
Published12 Aug 2024
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 12 Aug 2024ClosedCloses 13 Sept 2024
Who to contact
Darren Pearce
d.pearce@keele.ac.uk
+44 1782734124

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£500ktotal contract value
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this tender£0£2.4m

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The brief

Tenders are invited for the provision of Specialist Academic Support for Railway Operations Apprenticeships.

Since 2019, Keele University has been delivering a Senior Leader Apprenticeship and seeks to extend its provision to provide a specialist award for rail sector leaders, hereafter the SLA (Railway Ops).

The University wishes to offer two specialist rail operators start points on the apprenticeship in February and September, for a maximum of 50 learners (25 per start point) per academic year.

The Service Provider will be required to provide a comprehensive set of support services to the SLA (Railway Ops) in accordance with the Tender Specification in Section 2 of the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Since 2019, Keele University has been delivering

Since 2019, Keele University has been delivering a Senior Leader Apprenticeship and seeks to extend its provision to provide a specialist award for rail sector leaders, hereafter the SLA (Railway Ops).

02

The Service Provider will be required

The Service Provider will be required to provide a comprehensive set of support services to the SLA (Railway Ops) in accordance with the Tender Specification in Section 2 of the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document.

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1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

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Since 2019, Keele University has been delivering a Senior Leader Apprenticeship and seeks to extend its provision to provide a specialist award for rail sector leaders, hereafter the SLA (Railway Ops).

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Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
025509-2024
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