Market Engagement Event for Skills Bootcamps Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)

Description

The purpose of this notice is to invite interested Suppliers to an engagement event in respect of the current live opportunity to apply to the Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for Skills Bootcamps. This PIN is for market engagement for the DPS only. It does not signify the commencement of any call for competition process and does not constitute any commitment by the Department for Education. The DPS launched on 21st November 2022 and will be running for a duration of up to 6 years with an indicative overall value of approximately £1.5bn. To be invited to call-off competitions for Skills Bootcamps, suppliers must first undergo the qualification process (SQ) as part of the DPS. DPS categories align with IfATE's (Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education) 15 occupational maps, and Skills Bootcamps DPS call-off competitions would be run in some of these skills categories. DPS categories include, for example, business and administration; care services; construction; creative & design; digital; engineering & manufacturing; sales, marketing & procurement; transport & logistics (HGV). The DfE would like to invite suppliers who have not yet qualified on to the DPS to attend this engagement event. It will take place on Microsoft Teams on Monday 3rd April from 10:30am to 11:30am. To register your attendance please go to: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8584f6c6-cd7b-48e0-b5f6-97a4d1de0fb1@fad277c9-c60a-4da1-b5f3-b3b8b34a82f9 The event will aim to: - Clarify the DPS Selection Questionnaire (SQ) process which has already been published - Indicate some of the skills categories which may be procured in future. - Encourage DPS applications to be submitted - Provide an opportunity for Questions. The Skills Bootcamps DPS is open to applications. More details can be found on Jaggaer. https://education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html The opportunity and all guidance material can be found in the "Opportunities and Notices" list or can be searched for using reference "project_7693".