Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: CYBER SECURITY SHORT-COURSE TRAINING PROVIDER TO RETRAIN CAREER TRANSITIONERS INTO THE CYBER SECURITY PROFESSION

UK-London: Specialist training services.


Preliminary Questions
   This notice is for prior information only: Yes
   This notice aims at reducing time-limits for receipt of tenders: No
   This notice is a call for competition: No
         
Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
       Department for Culture, Media and Sport
       4th Floor, 100 Parliament Street, London, SW1A 2BQ, United Kingdom
       Email: commercial@culture.gov.uk
       Main Address: www.gov.uk/dcms
       NUTS Code: UKI1
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
   The contract involves joint procurement: No.
   The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: Yes .

I.3) Communication          
   Further information can be obtained from: the above mentioned address

I.4) Type of the contracting authority    
   Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity:    
   Other activity: Cyber Security Skills

Section II: Object
      
II.1) Scope of the procurement - 1
   II.1.1) Title: CYBER SECURITY SHORT-COURSE TRAINING PROVIDER TO RETRAIN CAREER TRANSITIONERS INTO THE CYBER SECURITY PROFESSION    
          Reference number: 100677
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      80510000 - Specialist training services.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   II.1.4) Short description:    
      As part of the National Cyber Security Programme, this pilot scheme requires the design and delivery of a training course(s), retraining individuals as competent cyber security professionals. The provider will be expected to manage the process of introducing students to potential UK employers.          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value: Not Provided
   II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No          
      Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: Not Provided       
      The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description    
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UK - UNITED KINGDOM    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      As part of the National Cyber Security Programme, this pilot scheme requires the design and delivery of a training course(s), retraining individuals as competent cyber security professionals. The provider will be expected to manage the process of introducing students to potential UK employers.    
   II.2.14) Additional information          
      A briefing event will be held on 27 June 2016 at 10am at 100 Parliament Street, London, SW1A 2BQ, United Kingdom. Please contact nabil.ali@culture.gov.uk by Monday 20th June at 17:00 (GMT) with the all the names and contact details of attendees, if you wish to attend.

This event is not mandatory. Information provided on the day will be provided to all Tenderers upon issue of the ITT.

All costs and expenses incurred will be covered by the attendees. Under no circumstances will DCMS be liable for any costs or expenses borne by or on behalf of the Tenderer/Company/attendee or any party associated with this procurement process.    


II.3) Estimated Date of publication
         30/06/2016
      
      
Section IV: Procedure   

IV.1) Description       
   IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - YES

Section VI: Complementary Information    
VI.3) Additional Information:       
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GO-201661-PRO-8294568 TKR-201661-PRO-8294567        

VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 01/06/2016