Published date: 7 July 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: 14 August 2023, 3pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Technical testing services - 71632000

  • Provision of services to the community - 75200000

  • Miscellaneous services - 98300000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£20,000 to £174,000

Procurement reference

C25072 OISC Competence Assessment Contract

Published date

7 July 2023

Closing date

14 August 2023

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

1 September 2023

Contract end date

31 August 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 of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC), through the Home Office intends to make an amount of up to £174,000 for a 3-year term, available to a Provider to provide a competence assessment service to test those applying to become regulated Immigration Advisers. OISC requires an external organisation to write, mark and moderate immigration and asylum question papers at all Levels (1-3) in order to adequately assess a candidate's knowledge of immigration and asylum. OISC will review draft papers produced to ensure that they are in line with our Guidance on Competence and to quality assure the papers prior to a final paper being confirmed.
Assessments include both multiple choice sections and scenario exercises aimed at testing the broad area of work in which an Immigration Adviser is expected to be competent. Payment will be based on some set unit costs to compile and mark tests, but also contains variable costs dependent on candidate numbers applying to be qualified.

More information

Additional text

This Award is aimed at UK based and registered organisations.

This is an online competition managed via the Home Office eSourcing Portal, Jaggaer. If you are interested in finding out more about this opportunity below is a guide on how to register in order to gain access to the competition and its documentation on the Jaggaer. We will not be sending any offline material pertaining to this competition.

1. Interested organisations must first be registered as a 'Supplier' on the Home Office e-Sourcing portal ttps://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html
2. To register bidders must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet [D&B]) for the organisation which they are registering on behalf of.
3. If you do not have a DUNS number, please contact D&B UK directly on 0870 243 2344 (option 3), or online at http://www.dnb.co.uk/duns-form.asp.
4. Once registered on the portal, please email malcolm.allan@homeoffice.gov.uk and ask to be added to the event stating, "C25072 OISC Competence Assessment Contract - Portal Access" in the subject title.
5. Please note the email address used to register on the portal must be the same one used to advise "malcolm.allan@homeoffice.gov.uk" as it is this email address that will be provided with access to the event.
6. The Home Office eSourcing portal will send you a notification when you are linked and Bidders must then accept this invitation to view the competition suite of documents . From this point all further communications including the submission of your online bid will be managed via the portal.
7. If you have any IT technical difficulties concerning the Home Office eSourcing portal please contact the Supplier e-Sourcing Helpdesk (via the link in point 1).
8. It is imperative you test your portal connection and become familiar with how to submit your bid in advance of the deadline date. It is conceivable that because the portal operates on the web, internet traffic may affect performance of the portal and this cannot be cited as reason to seek an extension to the submission deadline date.

The HO Jaggaer e-Sourcing portal is independent of other e-Sourcing portals. Therefore, if you have registered on the Crown Commercial Service Jaggaer e-Sourcing portal, you will also need to register on the HO Jaggaer eSourcing portal. Please note that bids will only be accepted via the HO Jaggaer e-Sourcing portal. Any bids received outside of this system will not be considered by the Authority.

About the buyer

Contact name

Malcolm Allan

Address

Peel Building, Marsham Street
LONDON
SW1P4DF
England

Email

Malcolm.allan@homeoffice.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of-the-immigration-services-commissioner