Published date: 17 February 2021

Last edited date: 17 February 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 30 April 2021, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Vocational training services - 80530000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£750,000

Procurement reference

tender_211041/926185

Published date

17 February 2021

Closing date

30 April 2021

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

1 June 2021

Contract end date

30 May 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Restricted Procedure

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The ESFA is procuring a Framework Agreement for a small number of high-quality End Point Assessment Organisations (EPAO), who would be ready to act on an emergency basis as EPAO for Apprentices on a named apprenticeship Standard. This could occur if there is no EPAO already in place, for example if an Apprentice's planned EPAO had exited the market. EPAOs that are awarded a place on the Framework Agreement are called "Framework Suppliers".
The ESFA wants to ensure that it has appropriate coverage for assessment of every Standard and every geographical location in England.
The Framework also presents an opportunity for Framework Agreement Suppliers to support the assessment market.

This tender will be ran through the Jaggaer portal where documents can be accessed via this link - https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html

More information

Links

About the buyer

Address

Department for Education, Sanctuary Buildings
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

esfaprocurement.help@education.gov.uk