Expired contract

Water Environment Worker (WEW) Trailblazer Apprenticeship Training

Details

Buyer: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Supplier(s): Bridgewater College
Value: £9,000,000
Duration: 5 years
Topic: Education and training services
Published: 25 July 2019
Source: ContractsFinder

Tender description

This is the award notice for the WEW Trailblazer Apprenticeship Training contract. The Environment Agency has chaired and led the creation of the new Water Environment Worker (WEW) Trailblazer Apprenticeship. This contract is for both the management, coordination and the delivery of the Standard to new recruits on our Area Operations Field Teams and to some existing employees who may be eligible.

Timeline

Completed: Award date15 July 2019
Completed: Award published25 July 2019
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date14 July 2024

About the buyer

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is a ministerial department that also buys through agencies such as the Environment Agency, the Rural Payments Agency and the Animal and Plant Health Agency. Suppliers register on the DEFRA eCommercial website, Atamis, to compete for contract opportunities across the department. Larger opportunities are advertised through the Find a Tender service under the Procurement Act 2023, in force since February 2025. DEFRA also procures goods and services through the Crown Commercial Service. Existing contracts and frameworks set up under the previous procurement regulations remain valid until they expire.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of DEFRA's contract awards have been in research and development, construction work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

80000000 · Education and training services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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