Published date: 19 April 2023

Last edited date: 8 June 2023

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 29 June 2023

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

Value of contract

£0 to £1,500,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_336381/1222560

Published date

19 April 2023

Approach to market date

29 June 2023

Contract start date

1 February 2024

Contract end date

20 November 2028

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The purpose of this notice is to invite interested suppliers to an engagement event on Skills Bootcamps for HGV driving via the Skills Bootcamps Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS).

This PIN is for market engagement only. It does not constitute any commitment by the Department for Education. Suppliers can find details of an upcoming call off at the PIN published previously (link below).

The DfE would like to invite suppliers to attend an engagement event on Monday 12th June at 11:00 - 12:00.

This event will follow on from a previous market engagement event previously held on Tuesday 25th April and will focus specifically on the Skills Bootcamps payment mechanism for Skills Bootcamps in HGV driving.

The link to sign up can be found here: https://teams.microsoft.com/registration/yXfS-grGoU2187O4s0qC-Q,GxCjmwZOsEejw6ncM9R1RQ,JPrRJtJM3kmBFZ_IIARLzA,VUoiWkUtCkiwTUtScipEBA,TSYKz7u3V0iRA4KH2ZEFZA,-phFLQKlWUiLQ6jncSIReQ?mode=read&tenantId=fad277c9-c60a-4da1-b5f3-b3b8b34a82f9

The DPS launched on 21st November 2022 and will run for a duration of up to 6 years with an indicative overall value of approximately £1.5bn.

To be invited to call-off competitions for Skills Bootcamps, suppliers must first undergo the qualification process (SQ) as part of the DPS.

The Skills Bootcamps DPS is open to applications. More details can be found on Jaggaer https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html The opportunity to apply and all guidance material can be found in the "Opportunities and Notices" list or can be searched for using reference "project_7693".

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Skills Bootcamps Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) Supplier Engagement Events April 2023

  • Future opportunity
  • Published 19 April 2023, last edited 24 April 2023

Links

About the buyer

Address

2 St Paul's Pl
Sheffield
S1 2FJ
England

Email

skillsbootcamps.dps@education.gov.uk