Army Apprenticeship Programme (AAP) Future End Point Assessment (EPA) Service Opportunities

Tender description

The AAP provides apprenticeships to 15 Cap Badges across the Army, each Cap Badge runs multiple Standards to enable them to offer a high-quality Apprenticeship Programme for their soldiers. This Prior Information Notice is to inform of the Department's intention to procure 3 Apprenticeship Standards EPA service contracts for the AAP covering 13 different Standards grouped as shown below. All Interested parties are to note: • All the information on Standards below is subject to change and figures indicate current forecast throughflow. They are for illustrative purposes only and are also subject to amendment. • Where multiple Cap Badges are listed on a single Contract, individual Cap Badges may not deliver all the listed Standards. Full details of which Standards are used by each Cap Badge will be provided in the Tender pack. • It is intended that contracts will be awarded for 3 years with an option of up to a further 12 months with a subsequent option of up to a further 12 months, (3 years + up to 12 mths + up to 12 mths), a maximum of 5 years. • EPA elements to be conducted at employer premises or remote where agreed by the Cap Badge and allowable under the Assessment Plan. • Under current plans, Army anticipates commencing the tendering for the EPAOs to the approximate timings below. A competition for each of these requirements, under the Open Procedure, will be launched with release of the appropriate Contract Notice’s on the Defence Sourcing Portal. • This PIN is to alert the market to this potential future requirement and is not a formal request for Expressions of Interest (EOI). A Contract Notice and Dynamic PQQ may be issued in due course to request EOIs which shall reference this PIN. Lot 1: COMBINED LOGISTICS EPA Cap Badges: Royal Logistics Corps; Royal Air Force; Royal Engineers; Royal Signals; Royal Artillery (RA); Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Standards, with Forecast Assessments per year: • L2 Supply Chain Warehouse Operative (ST0259), 250 Assessments • L2 Express Delivery Operative (ST0103), 405 Assessments • L2 Large Goods Vehicle (LGV) driver C+E (ST0257), 860 Assessments Anticipated timing: ITT March 2024, Contract Award July 2024, First EPA February 2025 COMBINED CATERING EPA Cap Badge: Food Services Training Wing Standards, with Forecast Assessments per year: • L2 Production Chef (ST0589), 50 Assessments • L3 Senior Production Chef (ST0232), 20 Assessments • L3 Facilities Management Supervisor (ST0170), 16 Assessments Anticipated Timing: ITT April 2024, Contract Award August 2024, First EPA August 2025 COMBINED AVIATION EPA Cap Badges: Army Air Corps, RA, Royal Logistics Corps Standards, with Forecast Assessments per year: • L2 Aviation (Avn) Customer Service Operative (ST0907), 35 Assessments • L2 Avn Ground Handler (ST0908) and L2 Avn Ground Operative (ST0037), 12 Assessments overall • L3 Avn Ground Specialist (ST0038) and L3 Avn Movement Specialist (ST0954), 80 Assessments overall • L3 Avn Flight Operations Coordinator (ST1007), 10 Assessments • L4 Avn Operations Manager (ST0039), 5 Assessments Anticipated Timing: ITT April 2024, Contract Award August 2024, First EPA August 2025