Provision of BSc Hons Environmental Health Training

The Authority would like to notify you of a potential future upcoming requirement, and by doing so we are keen to understand where the market stands in terms of the requirement outlined below.

This Request for Information (RFI) seeks input relating to the following:

An academic Supplier to support the DMAcad as an Academic Partner to co-deliver and validate the BSc (Hons) in Environmental Health Studies, commencing September 2025 to cover 3 intakes.

The expectation is for this course design to be achieved and accredited (CIEH) between April 2025 and end of July 2025. The provider must:

Be delivering an existing (CIEH) accredited BSc/MSc programme.

Be able to provide the partnership and support throughout the proposed term of contract.

Be able to provide tuition in accordance with the validated Programme Handbook.

Be able to train up to 16 military students per year in accordance with the BSc (Hons) programme.

OUR AIMS - WHAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE FROM THIS RFI

The Authority is looking to understand the shape of the current market and whether one or more Potential Providers can deliver the outline requirement as attached to this RFI. To that end the Contracting Authority has a number of questions it would like a Potential Provider to respond to the Authority as follows:

Is this requirement something your organisation would potentially be interested in?

Can your organisation meet the full requirements as set out above?

If so, please give a brief description of how you can meet them

If not, please outline which elements cannot be met and why

Please provide any feedback/questions you may have regarding the requirement above.

Please refer to the attached RFI and statement of requirements for complete details.