DUD-Tender for the Provision of Apprenticeship and Skills Framework for Dudley MBC Workforce and Mantained Schools

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (The Authority) is putting in place an Apprenticeship Training Framework Agreement for own use and accessible to other UK public sector bodies identified on this link https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council permitted organisations.

Additional information: This exercise is being conducted in electronic format (e-tender). If you wish to take part please register withDudley MBC e-tendering website www.blackcountrybusiness.co.uk and use the Register / Sign In button whichislocated on the left hand side of the page and complete the registration forms. Following registration, an e-mailwill be sent to you advising of your user ID along with a reminder of your e-mail address and password. Details of the project are located under the All Opportunities link which is also where you can express aninterest and receive the documentation. Once you have done this you must log back into the website using the details provided following registration and locate the contract document under Tenders, My Tenders on the menu. The Tender should be received no later than Monday 8.10.2018 at (noon) 12:00 and will be available for download until 23:59 hours on Sunday 7.10.2018. URL: www.blackcountrybusiness.co.uk To access documents bidders are required to register with the website. This may be done in 2 ways;

1. use the Register/Sign In button located on the Home screen or
2. find the project under the All Opportunities link and use the Express Interest button. Companies who have previously registered with the website will be invited to input their login detail.

Once an expression of interest has been accepted by the system, Users MUST log back into the system to access documents. Now they will appear under the My Tenders tab. Further assistance with the system may be obtained by contacting the System Administrator on 01384 814862 or contracts@dudley.gov.uk Guidance documents are also published under the Help screen which can be found on the home screen atwww.blackcountrybusiness.co.uk

The Council expressly reserves the right:

• i)Not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;
• ii)To make whatever changes it sees fit to the content and structure of the tendering competition;
• iii)To award contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the requirement covered by this notice; and
• iv)To award contract(s) in stages and in no circumstances will the Council be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : Yes