Published date: 30 July 2019

Last edited date: 30 July 2019

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: 16 August 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Training simulators - 34152000

  • Personnel-training services - 79632000

  • Training services - 80500000

    • Specialist training services - 80510000

    • Training programme services - 80521000

    • Vocational training services - 80530000

    • Industrial and technical training services - 80531000

    • Industrial training services - 80531100

    • Technical training services - 80531200

    • First-aid training services - 80562000

    • Personal development training services - 80570000

Location of contract

DY1 1HF

Value of contract

£60,000 to £130,000

Procurement reference

C025

Published date

30 July 2019

Closing date

16 August 2019

Contract start date

1 January 2020

Contract end date

31 December 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Council wishes to collect information relating to the provision of Driver CPC Training and Licencing Compliance and help it in determining how the market would respond to a formal competitive tender for provision of services that would deliver the following objectives:


•Provision an up to date, modern, and robust, CPC Training
•Maximise the opportunity for further scalability, flexibility and development including adding additional modules should the Council consider expansion of further shared working / selling of services

More information

Links

Additional text

The Council would like organisations to respond to this soft market test by confirming attendance to a market engagement event at Dudley MBC, Unit 1, Hurst Business Park, Narrow Boat Way, DY5 1UF on 5th August and 19th August by booking a slot from 09:00am to 17:00pm.
A limited number of suppliers may be invited to discuss and demonstrate their driver training solutions. Again, any such dialogue and discussions will not be scored, and will solely be used by the panel to refine the Council's requirements. As stated above, attendance at the market engagement session will have no bearing on any procurement exercise, and will not be scored.
The exercise will not include or preclude any organisation from participating in any future procurement exercise that might subsequently be undertaken.

Please submit your responses peter.cooper@dudley.gov.uk copying Karen.bull@dudley.gov.uk and les.lownes@dudley.gov.uk


The deadline for responses is Friday 2nd August 2019.


Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : Yes

About the buyer

Contact name

Ronny Tigere

Address

Priory Road
Dudley
West Midlands
DY1 1HF
United Kingdom

Telephone

01384 812683

Email

ronny.tigere@dudley.gov.uk

Website

www.dudley.gov.uk