Clarifications

63. Some of our sub-contractors (Training Professionals) are Sole Traders and so are not registered with Companies House. However, the registration number is a required field within the sub-contractors section. Does this mean we cannot use these sub-contractors? Or is there a means of including them at a later stage?

62. The DPS needs does not state Product Liability insurance is needed however the portal requires us to complete this section. Can you please advise the minimum amount you require?

61. Hello. If we answer "Yes" to question 127 and Question 129 of the SQ do we the need to respond to Question 128? Reading paragraphs 51 to 54 of the READ FIRST document in Bid Pack 1, it would appear that the additional Statement of Turnover, and/or Statement of Cash Flow and a Bank Letter will not be required if we have a D&B score of 50 or more (Para 53 states that if we have a D&B of 50 or above then our Request to Participate will proceed to the DPS selection process). Question 129 asks us to confirm that we meet the minimum level for economic and financial standing, which is specified elsewhere (and in a clarification response) as a D&B score of 51 and above. Thanks.

60. RM6219 Education Services Prospectus v1.0 Payment Models For this section can you please confirm if we can select one or more options and if its free text to state advantages and disadvantages. Do you want to see a current breakdown of our payment model or what we anticipate for this DPS?

59. Good morning. In a response to one of yesterday's clarification questions it is indicated that there is a further Supplier Evidence section of the SQ that is only accessible once the first part of the SQ is completed. Access to the DPSQ won't be possible until the Supplier Evidence section is completed. Please can you advise exactly what will be needed in terms of Supplier Evidence? Is this information provided anywhere in the Bid Packs? Will we, for example, need to submit individually the published accounts of each of our proposed subcontractors? Thank you.

58. Q84- Subcontractors only allows a maximum of 100 words, when all the other text boxes have a limit of 300 words. Please confirm.

57. Is there a specific time on 29th October that is the deadline for submission?

56. For Q 173 in the SQ evidence section (insurance certificate) the portal does not seem to allow us to upload a file. Please confirm if this is a technical issue and how we can submit the required info.

55. On submitting the SQ, a new area of the portal opened up where we can upload SQ evidence. Please confirm if we have to complete this before we can progress with the DPSQ.

54. DPSQ question 51 is "Please confirm if you intend to use a supply chain for this contract." Please clarify your definition of supply chain. Is it the same as subcontractor? Or, does it mean any supplier we may buy goods and services from to deliver the framework (e.g. printing course materials). Thank you

53. Is there only a pricing submission for the Off-the-shelf lot?

52. Are there any documents to sign as part of the on boarding process?

51. Must the prospectuses be completed and submitted in the format they are in when I first accessed them the bid pack? Or do we have free reign to format them and present them as we see fit? Is there any benefit of formatting the prospectuses professionally? How is the information from the prospectuses translated into the DPS?

50. The organisation I represent is planning to bid for Bespoke Training & Learning Technology lots under this Framework. Can you please confirm that all we have to submit during the on boarding process is 1) the SQ, 2) the DPSQ and 3) a General, Bespoke & Learning Technologies prospectus?

49. Please clarify if there is any scoring criteria attached to the DPSQ responses. Our understanding is that once we have passed the pass/fail criteria in the SQ and entered into the agreeing phase, you will not then "score" our DPSQ responses like in a competitive tender process. Instead, these responses will form part of the profile that DPS customers can browse and filter when looking for a supplier. Please confirm if this understanding is correct. Thank you.

48. Please clarify if our case studies and contract examples will remain confidential or if they will be distributed to potential DPS customers.

47. Can CCS please clarify how it will work if we want to add subcontractors at a later stage after the DPSQ submission?

46. Attachment 1 PRICING - we understand that completion of Table 2 is mandatory. But please can you clarify how it will form part of the DPS Agreement to ensure price transparency and assist verification of value for money in provision of the Services? Will this be publicly shared with other providers? On the portal? With buyers?

44. We note in previous clarification answers that the target audience for this framework RM6219 is "the Wider Public Sector by which we mean Local Authorities, NHS, Emergency Services, Charities, Not for Profit, Devolved Admins". We also note in previous clarification answers that "the services offered through RM6219 are intended to compliment RM6145 and not compete with it." As the existing RM6145 framework agreement is "open to all UK public sector organisations, including all associated bodies within Central Government, Arm's Length Bodies (ALB's) and Agencies, Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPB's), National Health Service (NHS) Bodies, Emergency Services, Local Authorities, Devolved Administrations and the Wider Public Sector (WPS)" our question is, as an existing supplier on the RM6145 framework agreement, what is the benefit to the end client if they were to access our services via this RM6219 framework instead of the existing RM6145 framework? Thank you.

43. We are now completing Generic Prospectus questions 37 onwards however there seems to be a character count of 300 which is only paragraph to cover all bullets within the questions, is this correct as 300 characters will only cover minor part of the question. Also on the pricing Please can you clarify when it asks for RRP should we be stating our full RRP or do they want the prices we would charge to their organisations (we would be offering discounted rates). Also, can you kindly clarify when it says a pricing matrix for each training category can they confirm by learning category. Is Health and Safety' one learning category. Or would first aid be one training category, manual handling one category, fire warden one category etc