Education and training services

Tender description

We are running this competition using the ‘open procedure’. The procurement is being conducted under the Light Touch Regime (‘LTR’) therefore subject to limited regulation and will be conducted in accordance with regulations 74 to 76 PCR 2015. Crown Commercial Service (CCS) is seeking to establish a framework contract to support delivery of learning and development on behalf of the Minister for the Cabinet Office. The framework agreement will be available for use by UK public sector bodies as described in the customer list. The framework consist of the following lots: Lot 1: Service Integrator and Cross Civil Service Curriculum; Lot 2: Commodity Learning; Lot 3: Combined Lot 1 and Lot 2; Lot 4: Learning Design and Delivery; Lot 5: Subject Matter Expertise and Coaching; Lot 6: Combined Lot 4 and Lot 5. Suppliers will be required to to provide the deliverables (good and services) set out in the specification, the full specification is set out in the ITT. This lot covers the provision of a service integrator who will act as the first point of contact for CSHR customers (from the individual learner to departmental and profession leads) and the design and delivery of a curriculum contextualised for the civil service. The cross-civil service curriculum will be commissioned by CSHR and designed in conjunction with departmental and profession leads to ensure that the learning meets the common needs across the civil service. The supplier shall deliver, through a range of training providers, a central provision including and not limited to the following key curriculum areas: — leadership, line management and change leadership, — personal effectiveness — including mandatory learning, well-being, diversity and inclusion, — introductory learning on professions topics for non-professionals e.g. finance, commercial, digital, project delivery. The requirement is for the provision of a comprehensive service that enables access at scale to a diverse, modern central learning provision for civil servants across departments, professions, functions, grades and geographies. This is a single supplier lot. The framework term is for an initial period of 36 months, with the option to extend by 1 further period of 12 consecutive months. This lot covers the requirement for a supplier to manage, administer and maintain a service to provide access to commodities learning. ‘Commodities’ is defined as an existing learning product that will include qualifications or a standardised learning solution that is already in existence and where the content stands alone. The requirement will include the provision of a catalogue of ‘off the shelf’ courses/qualifications and products delivered through a flexible supply chain. The supplier shall note learning solutions that require civil service contextualisation will be part of Lot 1’s cross-civil service curriculum, or Lot 4’s learning design and delivery’. This is a single supplier lot. The framework term is for an initial period of 36 months, with the option to extend by 1 further period of 12 consecutive months. This lot covers the requirement for a high-quality, flexible and value for money combined Lot 1 Cross Civil Service Curriculum and Lot 2 Commodity Learning provision and the authority expects to see the benefits of the increased economies of scale reflected in the pricing. This is a single supplier lot. The framework term is for an initial period of 36 months, with the option to extend by 1 further period of 12 consecutive months. This lot covers the requirement for a supplier to provide access to a dynamic pool of best in class learning design and delivery specialist resource to work on targeted learning interventions to meet specific or bespoke business requirements. The supplier shall work with a range of expert learning design and delivery specialists that can support customers access to the design, facilitation and technical expertise needed to meet their specific learning needs. The range of support may vary from supporting the scoping and strategy to support transformational change programmes to providing excellent facilitation alongside internal experts. This is a single supplier lot. The framework term is for an initial period of 36 months, with the option to extend by 1 further period of 12 consecutive months. This lot covers the requirement for a supplier to manage, administer and maintain a centrally managed access to a dynamic pool of best in class subject matter experts who can deliver the following services: — executive coaching, — thought leaders to speak at events, — experienced facilitators to support the delivery of customer learning events. This is a single supplier lot. The framework term is for an initial period of 36 months, with the option to extend by 1 further period of 12 consecutive months. This lot covers the requirement for a high-quality, flexible and value for money combined Lot 4 Learning Design and Delivery and Lot 5 Subject Matter Expertise and Coaching. The authority expects to see the benefits of the increased economies of scale reflected in the pricing. This is a single supplier lot. The framework term is for an initial period of 36 months, with the option to extend by 1 further period of 12 consecutive months.