Clarifications

202. Hello, Can you please provide an estimate of timescale from DPS application submission to approval? Thank you,

201. Thank you for your response I believe this answers the first half of my question. Just to confirm for the Generic prospectus question Q79 (which is only limited by wordcount), is it only postcodes that are allowed?

200. Hello, Would it be possible to confirm that the postcode/s supplied as part of the generic prospectus (Q79) is not used in a buyers process of identifying relevant suppliers? If this is the case, is it preferred that additional information is provided as part of this question regarding the geographic scope of an organisations delivery up to the wordcount or are responses only intended to contain postcodes as the question suggests? Thank you.

199. On the pricing matrix spreadsheets that need to be uploaded for the Off the Shelf Training, in 'Table 2' of the 'Standard OTS Training' tab, we're required to enter % cost component breakdowns. Where we are providing information about multiple courses in a specific learning category are the % breakdowns to be provided as an average of all the courses in the spreadsheet? Or do % breakdowns for each separate course in the spreadsheet need to be provided?

198. Within the SOTS pricing matrix, if there are multiple formats of delivery for a course should that course be entered twice, for example if it can be delivered face to face and virtually? Similarly, if all courses can be delivered through multiple formats is it intended for each to be entered multiple times based on the number of formats it can be delivered through? This may significantly increase the number of entries.

197. we wondered if our previously submitted question (below) is in the process of having a response formulated by CCS, or if the authority have declined to respond? 196. Hello, we are an awarding body providing externally quality assured qualifications and end point assessments to the protective service sectors on a regulated or customised basis; please can you advise which service type we submit an application for, under this DPS? Thank you -- Unanswered

196. Hello, we are an awarding body providing externally quality assured qualifications and end point assessments to the protective service sectors on a regulated or customised basis; please can you advise which service type we submit an application for, under this DPS? Thank you

195. With regards to the off the shelf training template please can it be confirmed whether additional courses can be added. We provide over 100 courses across over a dozen different categories. Do all courses need to be priced and submitted?

194. On completing the SQ, Q6 asks Can you provide details of your immediate parent company? Our parent company is not in the UK and when providing the address details we get a validation error because the postcode field 'is not a valid uk postcode' how do we get past this

193. Hello DPS Team, We have responded to DPS Registration 1 and 2 and the application is in Assessing mode by DPS Email Notifications. Can you provide us with a status on whether there is anything else pending for assessment and what the next steps are? Thank-you.

192. Page 8 of the DPS Needs document states that the Selection Questionnaire is split into two distinct sections. Please can you provide a link to/copy of the latest: - standard Selection Questionnaire questions - DPSQ questions

191. Is there a fixed price point for contract opportunities published under this DPS?

190. We are having technical issues in trying to progress our application - is there someone we can speak to about this? For example, the Supplier Registration page is showing our organisation as having two live applications, and we are unable to view questions specific to the Learning and Training DPS

189. We are having technical issues in trying to progress our application - is there someone we can speak to about this?

187. Hello, Response to Clarification Q. 184 mentions "You are currently at the Registered 1 stage, you will need to complete this stage and the next (Registered 2) to get to Qualified" However, the application Reference (SQ-2RD82EZ)still shows 'Assessing' Status and the 'Assigned User' is CCS. How do we access the requirements at 'Registered 1' stage and respond to it?

186. On the standard off the shelf training spreadsheet can you please confirm what you would like added in the fields titled ' Subject area', 'Delivery Platform / Location'? Also, what do you expect to be written in the 'course length' when the 'duration in hours' has already been filled in?

184. Hello, We have offered the necessary evidence towards insurance as part of your assessment on Monday, 15th Jan. The application is still in 'Assessing' status. By when might we progress to the 'Qualified' Status?

183. Once you have completed the SQ and SQ Evidence request and the status has changed to 'completed' how do you move on to the DPSQ?

182. As a follow up to Q181 - we do meet the minimum required D&B credit score but the fields that are not required are mandatory so we are unable to skip these. are we ok to upload a blank document in order to bypass these to move to the next questions

181. In the SQ evidence submission question, if we upload our full accounts to this question: 166. Upload documentary evidence of audited accounts for the last two years Then are we required , at this stage to also answer: 167. Upload documentary evidence for a statement of the cash flow forecast for the current year 168. Upload a bank letter outlining the current cash and credit position 169. Upload documentary evidence for the forecast of turnover for the current year 170. Upload a statement of funding provided by the owners and/or the bank, charity accruals accounts or an alternative means of demonstrating financial status 171. Upload documentary evidence for parent company accounts 172. Upload documentary evidence for parent company guarantee 182. Upload documentary evidence for a statement of the turnover 183. Upload documentary evidence for profit & loss account 184. Upload documentary evidence for current liabilities and assets 185. Upload documentary evidence for cash flow for the most recent year of trading for the organisation