Published date: 29 March 2018
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Opportunity (published 29 March 2018)
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Contract summary
Industry
Specialist training services - 80510000
Location of contract
London
Value of contract
£0
Procurement reference
tender_168497/663297
Published date
29 March 2018
Closing date
27 April 2018
Contract start date
15 June 2018
Contract end date
14 June 2021
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
To provide a comprehensive training solution which enables the FCO to deploy staff at short notice into difficult operating environments across the world with the right skills and knowledge to be able to assist British people living, travelling and working around the world when they are most in need.
To assist delivery of the following elements of the RDT recruitment process:
- To sit on the interview panel as an independent member alongside FCO colleagues.
- To conduct telephone role-plays with an agreed script using actors and psychosocial support specialists. To provide feedback to participants and rate performance against a set of criteria provided by the FCO.
To train at least 72 new team members per year, including participants from the British Red Cross and other Government Departments. 18 or more will require training as Team leaders. Training to be delivered at least 3 times per year in classes of 24 participants.
To provide refresher training as required to existing RDT members who attended the course more than x years previously and have not been deployed. Timings, number of staff will be at the discretion of the FCO. This training is not covered in the current contract; however, we would like to consider options for delivering this training going forward, budgets permitting.
Further detailed information can be found in the full Invitation To Tender pack.
More information
Additional text
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Interested potential providers can access the full Invitation To Tender Pack from the FCO's proprietary e-procurement portal, Bravo Solution:
https://fco.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login
Registration to access the ITT is required, takes approximately 5 minutes and is FREE of charge.
References:
Project_1688 / ITT_2257
Communication during the tender process must be carried out using the e-procurement portal's messaging function within the project / itt shown above.
About the buyer
Contact name
Craig Wormleighton
Address
FCO Commercial, Room K.2.11, King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
England
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