Resilience Training

Concepts

• education and training
• edinburgh
• spcb
• delivery of a training programme
• training services
• resilience training
• resilience-related business
• range of resilience topics
• resilience
• cyber security

Location

Scotland: Holyrood, Edinburgh and remotely

Description

The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) requires a contractor to support the design and delivery of a training programme aimed at developing skills and knowledge around resilience.

Total Quantity or Scope

The SPCB recognises that there are a range of risks which could potentially affect the ability of the organisation to fulfil its role. As part of the mitigation for and response to these risks we provide training opportunities for our staff and other stakeholders to help develop expertise and experience across a range of resilience topics including, but not limited to: - Business Continuity - Emergency Response - Incident/Critical Event Management (Strategic, Tactical and Operational and Secretariat) - Cyber Security (end-user and incident management, not technical) - Incident Communications - Risk Management To assist with the delivery of this approach the SPCB requires a Contractor (possibly with the support of subcontractors) to: - take a resilience-related business need identified by the Parliament and design and deliver a development programme to meet that business need - evaluate the success of programme delivery - ensure that programmes are consistent with and build on those previously delivered Methods of delivery may include, but are not limited to: workshops (classroom/virtual), e-learning and exercises (table top or live). Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Renewal Options

Initial contract period 3 years with option to extend by up to 36 months at the sole discretion of the SPCB

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 80000000 - Education and training services
• 80500000 - Training services

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are available.
• Financial restrictions apply.
• Technical restrictions apply.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Please note there are minimum requirements at tender stage concerning: 1. Cyber Security - Tenderers will be required to complete an online Supplier Assurance Questionnaire using the Cyber Security Procurement Support Tool (CSPST). A link to CSPST can be found here: https://cyberassessment.gov.scot/ The questionnaire will be aligned to a Cyber Risk Profile that has been established for the contract, based on the Contracting Authority’s assessment of cyber risk. Further details will be set out in the procurement documents. A contract condition for this procurement requires the Tenderer to comply with the minimum cyber security requirements. 2. Prompt Payment in the Supply Chain - Tenderers must confirm their acceptance of obligations relating to prompt payment within the supply chain. 3. Approach to Key Personnel/Subcontactors - Tenderers must achieve a score or 2 or above in relation to their approach to identifying Key Personnel and/or subcontractors. Full details and scoring matrix will be provided in the tender documents. The tender stage for this procurement will be conducted through PCS-Tender. If the bidder relies on the capacities of other entities in order to meet the selection criteria, completed SPDs must be provided for these other entities. Please review the guidance available in the Suppliers Area of the Public Contracts Scotland website for how to download a copy of the SPD. In relation to 4C.1.2 of the SPD, this question is split into 6 sections with individual subweighting as follows: (i) Summary of the client brief, 10%, (ii) How you worked with the client to develop the approach, 20%, (iii) How you selected appropriate subject matter experts,15%, (iv) Description of the delivered output (e.g. contents of designed programme or number, format, and duration of events, number of delegates at each event), 20%, (v) How you evaluated success against objectives, 20%, (vi) Feedback from delegates/client, 15%. In relation to question 4C6 of the SPD, this will be evaluated on a pass/fail basis. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=704547. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-pr... A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Tenderers will be asked to propose relevant and proportionate community benefits. Full details provided in the tender documentation. (SC Ref:704547) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=704547