Published date: 21 March 2024

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: 22 April 2024, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Administration services - 75100000

  • Event services - 79952000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£500,000

Procurement reference

tender_421921/1332247

Published date

21 March 2024

Closing date

22 April 2024

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

22 June 2024

Contract end date

22 June 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Open Tender

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

National Apprenticeship and Skills Awards (NASA)

Opportunity Notice:

To note: The DfE will be launching this opportunity on the by C.O.P on the 21st March 2024. This will commence a competitive process and will be published via Jaggaer.
Deadline for this ITT will be on the 22nd April 2024.

Purpose of this notice:

The purpose of this PIN is to inform the market that DfE is considering the options for the continuing delivery of The National Apprenticeship and Skills Awards which is an existing awards process that celebrates its 21st year of delivery in 2024. Alongside National Apprenticeship Week and the Top 100 Apprenticeship employers, it forms an integral part of a 3-point employer and stakeholder celebration strategy within the Department for Education.

This project continues to receive significant support from a range of sectors and stakeholders at Ministerial and board level through to individual students and apprentices. The aim of the project is to keeping growing the prestige of the awards and then generate best practise examples to inspire and influence others to deliver high quality apprenticeships and T Levels.

Service required:

We are looking for an end-to-end quality assurance supplier that includes;
1. Quality assurance of all awards entries
2. Management of regional and national judging panels
3. Management of awards helpline
4. Update awards category criteria when needed
5. Design integration/guidance for potential applicants.

How to bid:

The Authority is using e-Tendering for this Procurement. Jaggaer is the Authority's e-Tendering Platform. It can be accessed via your web browser page at Jaggaer https://education.app.jaggaer.com then locate the ITT reference code ITT: itt_2933 - National Apprenticeship Awards Entries and Quality Assurance ITT 2024 and commence bidding process.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

National Apprenticeship Awards Entries and Quality Assurance ITT 2024

  • Early engagement
  • Published 14 March 2024

Links

About the buyer

Address

Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Telephone

44

Email

Commercial.HELPDESK@education.gov.uk