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Prior Information Notice

General Information
Country:   United Kingdom
City/Locality:   CARDIFF
Notice/Contract Number:   eu:74009-2010
Publication Date:   Mar 12, 2010
Buyer:   THE WELSH ASSEMBLY GOVERNMENT ON BEHALF OF THE WELSH MINISTERS
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   THE WELSH ASSEMBLY GOVERNMENT ON BEHALF OF THE WELSH MINISTERS
CARDIFF, WALES
United Kingdom
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Notice Type: 2200 - Prior Information Notice
Regulation of Procurement: European Communities, with participation by GPA countries
EU Official Journal Publication: 50/2010, #74009-2010
Contract Nature: Service contract
Procedure Type: Prior information or periodic indicative notice
Type of Bid Required: Not defined
Awarding Criteria: Not applicable

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PRIOR INFORMATION NOTICE
Services
SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY
I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): The Welsh Assembly Government
on Behalf of the Welsh Ministers, Welsh Assembly Government, DCELLS -
Business Improvement and Resource Investment, 2nd Floor, Ffynnon Las, The
Orchards, Ilex Close, Llanishen, Attn: Julie James, Cardiff CF14 5EZ,
UNITED KINGDOM. Tel. +44 2920926075. E-mail: wbltender@wales.gsi.gov.uk.
Further information can be obtained at: As in above-mentioned contact
point(s).
I.2) TYPE OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY AND MAIN ACTIVITY OR ACTIVITIES:
Body governed by public law.
Economic and financial affairs.
Education.
Environment.
General public services.
Health.
Housing and community amenities.
Public order and safety.
Recreation, culture and religion.
Social protection.
The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting
authorities: no.
SECTION II.B: OBJECT OF THE CONTRACT (SUPPLIES OR SERVICES)
II.1) TITLE ATTRIBUTED TO THE CONTRACT BY THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY: Work
based learning 2011 to 2015.
II.2) TYPE OF CONTRACT AND PLACE OF DELIVERY OR OF PERFORMANCE: Services.
Service category: No 24.
Main place of performance or of delivery: Wales.
NUTS code: UKL.
II.3) SHORT DESCRIPTION OF NATURE AND QUANTITY OR VALUE OF SUPPLIES OR
SERVICES: The Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and
Skills (DCELLS) has a range of programmes aimed at supporting learners in
Wales and currently supports in excess of 60 000 individuals on its work
based learning (WBL) programmes.
II.4) COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY (CPV): 80000000, 80500000, 80530000,
80212000.
II.5) SCHEDULED DATE FOR START OF AWARD PROCEDURES: 2.8.2011.
II.6) CONTRACT COVERED BY THE GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT (GPA):
Yes.
SECTION III: LEGAL, ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION
III.2) CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
III.2.1) Reserved contracts: No.
SECTION VI: COMPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
VI.1) CONTRACT RELATED TO A PROJECT AND/OR PROGRAMME FINANCED BY
COMMUNITY FUNDS: No.
VI.2) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The purpose of this notice is to notify the
market of this forthcoming proposed tender opportunity; and to invite
interested suppliers to a market sounding event (full details are below).
The market sounding event is intended to aid the process of assessing the
reaction of the market to the Welsh Assembly Government’s proposed
requirement and procurement approach prior to its official launch.
The Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills
(DCELLS) has a range of programmes aimed at supporting learners in Wales
and currently supports in excess of 60 000 individuals on its work based
learning (WBL) programmes.
The Department intends to launch a tender process to establish its new
network of training providers for up to 4 years 2011 to 2015. This network
will deliver work based learning training provision on behalf of the Welsh
Assembly Government from August 2011. It is expected that these programmes
will be part-financed by the European Social Fund. However our intention
is that we will be publishing a full contract notice through Sell2Wales as
a part B Open OJEU tender process in the near future.
The tender process will allow for the selection of training providers on
grounds of quality (the price is set by the Welsh Assembly Government and
future contracts will be allocated based on the Welsh Assembly Government
Work Based Learning allocation methodology). Full details will be in the
formal tender documents when advertised on sell2wales in the near future.
Through the tender process DCELLS also aims to enhance
regional/sub-regional planning of work-based learning provision –
including alignment with DCELLS’ Transformation policy and, where
appropriate, Department for Work and Pensions delivery. DCELLS also aims
to facilitate collaboration of training providers and their integration
into the 14-19 Learning Partnerships now established in each local
authority area.
The future tender process is intended to be conducted on
www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk - a website that provides the
facility for electronic tendering which is available to the Welsh public
sector. Contractors will be required to register their details on the
www.etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk site when tendering, however full
details will be provided in the sell2wales contract notice when the
contract requirement is advertised. The tender process is intended to be
open from July to September 2010.
Prior to the tender being advertised all interested parties are invited to
a market sounding seminar to discuss the Welsh Assembly Government’s
proposed requirement and procurement approach prior to its official
launch.
The dates and venues of the seminars are:
Monday 22 March 2010.
Ruthin Castle Hotel.
Ruthin.
Denbighshire.
LL15 2NU.
UNITED KINGDOM.
OR.
Thursday 25 March 2010.
Waterton Centre.
Waterton Industrial Estate.
Bridgend.
CF14 3WT.
UNITED KINGDOM.
If you are interested in attending one of the events listed above, you
should contact Julie James by e-mail only at wbltender@wales.gsi.gov.uk
stating the:
— Name/s of those attending,
— Organisation,
— Contact details,
— Your preferred date.
Frequently asked questions and WBL information can be viewed on the Welsh
Assembly Government web address at www.wales.gov.uk/wbl this will be
updated after the seminars and during the period prior to publishing a
full contract notice.
Buy4Wales reference number: 20622.
VI.4) DATE OF DISPATCH OF THIS NOTICE: 10.3.2010.
Please note that this notice is for your information only.
We try our best to have the most accurate and up-to-date information available on our web site, but we cannot guarantee that all of the information provided is error-free.
If you have any suggestions for updates/corrections for this notice, please let us know.