Education and training services

Tender description

The Defence Academy is seeking a Prime Contractor to provide a cadre of Associate Trainers who will enhance the current Business Schools College (BSC) functions to provide practitioner level training as and when demand for training dictates and on the basis of an annual rolling requirement. The Business Schools College (BSC) of the Defence Academy (DA) provides business skills training and education across the following key functions: Capability and Acquisition Management, Logistics, Safety, Quality, P3M and Finance. A Prime Contractor is required to provide a cadre of Associate Trainers to provide practitioner level training as and when demand for training dictates and on the basis of an annual rolling programme. The existing BSC internal team of trainers has been delivering courses for the Commercial Function, however due to significant expansion in the Requirement there is a need to bring in associate trainers with specialist knowledge commensurate with the MOD Commercial Professionalism Programme at Practitioner and Expert level. In addition, the Prime Contractor is also required to provide Associate Trainers to design, develop and deliver courses alongside in a number of functions including: Capability and Acquisition Management, Logistics, Safety, Quality, P3M and Finance. These associates will be supplied on a call-off basis to deliver on demand driven portfolio of courses. The associates will design, deliver and develop courses, against a range of outputs, alongside BSC staff and will deliver the non-MOD contextualised training. The Associate Trainers will be tasked on a Call-off basis and they will be given an eight week notice period prior to delivery and they will work in support of an annual rolling programme, which will be updated on a 3 monthly basis. The Prime Contractor will explain in detail how they will manage the Associate database and ensure the right people are acquired to perform the required tasks. The Prime Contractor will also describe the process which will be implemented to enable the Authority to confirm the right individuals have been allocated to each task. The Associate Trainers will be required to support Technology Enhanced Learning where applicable to the Training and Education portfolio and Business Skills College portfolio.