Clarifications

210. Please can you confirm that in the case of a call to competition via "standard award" that suppliers' submitted Attachment 5 Pricing Matrix does not apply and that a new price based is submitted based on the contracting authorities requirement, as the delivery model may change? i.e. the Attachment 5 pricing matrix only applies for Rapid Award for a "off the shelf" delivery model available from the supplier

209. Good afternoon, I am completing the questionnaire for services provided and the question below only allows for one number to be submitted. We are registered with three organisations. EPAONo. City and GuildsEPA0008 EALEPA0010 The Institute of the Motor IndustryEPA0023 Please provide your End-Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO) NumberThis is a 7 digit number starting with 3 letters followed by 4 numbers, e.g. EPA0123. Details of how to register as an End-Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO), can be found here My question is: which one do we enter and is there a way to put multiple entries in? Regards Ian

208. Hi, We are in the process of completing the questionnaire on the Apprenticeship Training Dynamic Marketplace. We have come to question 21 regarding frameworks. We are no longer offering frameworks but are offering standards. Do we ignore these questions or is there a question we have answered previously which has triggered this set of questions? Thanks

207. Dear Team, 1) DMP Agreement, Section G, Clause 27.3. To note, as a Supplier and HEI we would be equally subject to FOIA but this is not reflected in this clause. In the event of us as a Supplier being required to disclose information under the FOIA, we would seek co-operation under FOIA from CCS. 2) DMP Agreement, Section G, Clause 27.4.13. There is a small but material error which we believe should be corrected: The sentence should read " The Authority may, at any time on one less than 30 Working Days' notice, revise this clause....." The clause currently states "The Supplier....." 3) Call Off Contract, Section A, Clause 5. The numerical sequencing of this clause is incorrect. Could you please correct? 4) Call Off Contract, Section J, Clause 25.4 (a). The reading of this clause suggests that there may be missing sections of the clause as surely the Customer is not only liable if an event occurred in the first Contract Year,where liabilities arise beyond the first Contract Year . As currently drafted, there is nothing to stipulate the liability of the Customer. Therefore there would be a strong argument to say that the Customer will not be liable. Could CCS confirm what the meaning of this clause should be? 5) Call Off Contract, Contract Schedule 1. There is an error in the first sentence- the correct reference should be Clause 1.1. Also the entire section of words defined beginning from "Contract Commencement Date" - "Contract Order Form" have been inserted at the wrong alphabetical sequence. Is it possible for these to be corrected? 6) Call-off contract Clause 22.9 a) - We note the requirement contained within this clause, i.e. the Customer's right to sub-licence Supplier background IPR to a third party, including any replacement supplier. We also note previous CQs raised on this issue. We would however like to point out that this clause is of concern to us as if this clause became applicable we would have to share our background IPR with a competitor. We therefore request this clause is removed. If the clause is unable to be removed, would it be possible to have reference to any sub-licence/assignment/transfer of Supplier background IPR to a Replacement Supplier removed within the Order Form following a call-off? Many thanks

206. I have been asked to put our Registered Company Number as we are a university we don't have one. I tried putting N/A but it won't accept it, can you tell me what to do?

205. Hello, Please can you confirm the number of learners enrolled on the previous framework across the programmes available and CCS's overall retention rate for apprenticeships?

204. We do not currently have Cyber Essentials certification but are in the process of getting it. Would this be sufficient.

203. Question 5 requires us to submit our Registered Company No. However, as we were created through The Education (Further Education Corporations) Order 1992 we were/are not required to register. How should we respond please to allow us to continue with the form?

202. With regard to EPA, as this cost is due to change annually and dependent on which provider the employer will use how do we record the % of the breakdown as this could change and some of our standards have not engaged as yet with providers or we have but they are not on line as yet as being developed etc.

201. Generic prospectus questions 87: Experience in training and 88: Experience in Apprenticeship training Can you clarify what information we need to include in our responses to these questions? Thanks.

200. In terms of the Sub-Contractor obligations contained in clause 25 of the DMA and clause 18 of the Call Off Contract, is an End Point Assessment Organisation (EPAO) seen as a "Sub-Contractor" for these purposes where the supplier is the training provider?

199. We are completing the Generic Prospectus questions as part of the CCS Apprenticeship framework bid. Please could you define 'technical skills' in the context of the following question: 2.Please provide the following information about your organisation's experience in training. (300 words) • Experience in Training • Previous experience in the development and delivery of technical skills • Previous experience in work based and/or commercial training

198. What evidence is suitable for question 178?

197. Q178 PPN 14/15 - DB Please can you confirm what you are expecting to see as documentary evidence for this question? We have not been asked to provide this before so would appreciate some guidance.

196. IfATE reserves the right to undertake a review of and implement changes to the occupational standard and associated high level assessment plan for each standard and the funding band assigned to it. In some instances, the current version of the occupational standard and high level assessment plan is made defunct and is replaced by a new or updated occupational standard and/or high level assessment plan. This can result in a change to the EPA operational delivery model where prices may go up or down. In such circumstances where an EPAO may be forced to align to a new high level assessment plan, can CCS confirm what scope an EPA supplier on the DPS has for: i. Making changes to delivery when an occupational standard and/or high level assessment plan is removed by IfATE. ii. Updating the pricing matrix for that particular standard where it falls outside of the Quarterly Adjustment Schedule. iii. Making a change to the pricing during the term of an existing contract awarded through this DPS for both rapid and standard award.

195. As a training provider would this be proof of our ROATP register for 179/180 below? We were wondering around what documentary evidence is sufficient alongside what certificates? Any additional clarification here would be really helpful. 179. Upload documentary evidence for a list of relevant principal contracts for goods and/or services provided in the last three years 180. Upload documentary evidence for a certificate for each principal contract for goods and/or services provided in the last three years How necessary is it to upload this document? Who will have access to this? just as our cash flow is not in the public domain we want to double check the importance of uploading this document to move forward with our application? Are there ever other documents that can be uploaded as an alternative? 185. Upload documentary evidence for cash flow for the most recent year of trading for the organisation

194. We are potentially looking at using the apprenticeship framework, however all suppliers for the Cyber Security Technologist apprenticeship are registered as not providing End Point Assessments - Does this mean that they don't offer this service or they can't offer this service?

193. Please can you clarify the following two points with regard to the CCS- Cabinet Office Supplier Registration Portal (for Digital Apprenticeship). 1. Do we need to complete the sections on End Point Assessments if we only provide these as part of our own integrated Degree Apprenticeships - ie we are not offering an EPA service for other delivery organisations? 2. There is an associated pricing matrix to complete for End Point Assessments. Again, is this required when the EPA is included as an element of our own Integrated Degree Apprenticeship?

192. Good afternoon Is there a word limit for the generic prospectuses and the individual prospectuses?

191. Please can you confirm that "Attachment 7 DMP Schedule 4 Annexes 1 and 2 .v2.pdf" are the final terms that buyers should use to form a call off agreement with a supplier from the marketplace, and that this is the legally binding terms to be used between a buyer and the suppliers. The watermark "DRAFT" implies that this is not the final agreement.