Published date: 14 September 2023

Last edited date: 14 September 2023

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: 17 October 2023, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£750,000

Procurement reference

tender_388574/1258450

Published date

14 September 2023

Closing date

17 October 2023

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

24 November 2023

Contract end date

23 November 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Office for Product Safety & Standards (OPSS) was established by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) Strategy in 2018 and is the national regulator for product safety, legal metrology and construction products.

Our purpose is to protect people and places from product-related harm, ensuring consumers and businesses can buy and sell products with confidence

Local Authority Regulatory Services (LARS1) also have statutory obligations for the delivery of regulation with regard to product safety, legal metrology and construction products.

As national regulator for Product Safety and Legal Metrology, OPSS provides national capacity and supports local authority enforcement and coordination of national and local regulation. As the national regulator for Construction Products, it is building the national regulator function and establishing local authority capability.

The requirement is for Development and delivery of a specialist annual Learning & Development (L & D) programme in accordance with a detailed specification including, sourcing trainers, development of specialist technical course resources, all course administration including booking venues and delegate management.

To register for this opportunity and submit a bid, please sign up to our procurement platform Jaggaer: https://uktrade.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html. The ITT reference number for this opportunity is itt_511. If you have any issues signing up to the platform, please contact Cara Jenkins (cara.jenkins@businessandtrade.gov.uk).

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Building Local Authority Capability in Product Safety, Legal Metrology and Construction Products

  • Early engagement
  • Published 17 March 2023

About the buyer

Contact name

Department for Business and Trade

Address

Old Admiralty Building
London
SW1A 2DY
England

Email

paul.farthing@businessandtrade.gov.uk