Published date: 20 May 2019

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 18 January 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Specialist training services - 80510000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£369,308

Procurement reference

tender_168497/752262

Published date

20 May 2019

Closing date

18 January 2019

Contract start date

10 April 2019

Contract end date

9 April 2021

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?

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

Previous notice about this procurement

THE PROVISION OF RAPID DEPLOYMENT TEAM TRAINING (RDT) FOR CRISIS MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT (CMD)

  • Opportunity
  • Published 11 December 2018, last edited 11 December 2018

Award information

Awarded date

10 April 2019

Contract start date

10 April 2019

Contract end date

9 April 2021

Total value of contract

£369,308

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Ground Truth Consulting Limited

Address

The Granary, Pippingford Park, Nutley, Sussex, TN22 3HW

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Craig Wormleighton

Address

FCO Commercial, Room K.2.11, King Charles Street
London
SW1A 2AH
England

Email

craig.wormleighton@fco.gov.uk

Website

www.gov.uk/fco