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RESOLVED:
 
To approve
 
(a) 
The procurement of apprenticeship training through the following
frameworks:
 
? Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation
(YPO):
Apprenticeships and Associated Training Framework Agreement -
1086, for 2 years from November 2024.
? 
Crown Commercial Services (CCS): 2024.
Apprenticeship Training Dynamic Marketplace DPS - RM6102, until
expiry on 29/4/2025.
? On expiry of the CCS Apprenticeship
Training Dynamic Marketplace DPS (RM6102), the CCS Training
Marketplace Framework (RM6303) has been identified as the ongoing
replacement framework from 30/4/2025. On this basis, approval is
requested now to use this framework on expiry of RM6102.
? Further information for the CCS
Training Marketplace Framework (RM6303) is expected to be published
in February 2025. This framework has been selected because it will
cover all current apprenticeship provision and it will be adaptable
as the apprenticeship levy changes to become the Skills Levy.
? RM6303 is being designed by Crown
Commercial Services to fulfil the new funding rules that will be
set out by the newly formed Skills England for apprenticeship and
training that will be allowable in the future.
 
(b) 
The use of alternative frameworks or dynamic purchasing systems
administered by other London based Local Authorities or the NHS so
the Apprenticeship Team can supply programmes which meet specific
apprenticeship standards.
 
? These may include, but not be
limited to Public Health or Care profession apprenticeship
standards, for example, Public Health where a suitable public
sector procurement has taken place by the relevant
“lead” authority.
? Under this arrangement, we would
like to be able to utilise the procurement
 
arrangements already put into place by another public sector body,
to save
  time and
resources.
? Any situations where this arrangement would
be beneficial would still have to
 follow
public sector rules, and would be via a framework or dynamic  purchasing
system (where a services contract will be awarded following a mini
tender process or a direct award) l, but these might not
necessarily be YPO or CCS.
? There is a commonly used DPS that
many NHS and Local Authority organisations use, which is an NHS
based framework - held by Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust - S10353
Apprenticeships Training & End Point Framework. This framework
works in a very similar way to the CCS and YPO models. This
framework expires in April 2025, and as yet the replacement
framework information has not been published. We are not seeking
authority to use this framework directly. Note that this
information has been included to provide assurance that all other
Local Authorities and the NHS utilise similar arrangements and
operate under corporate standing orders and procurement rules.
? Approval is requested to utilise
frameworks or dynamic purchasing systems set up by other Local
Authorities and the NHS on a case by case basis, where there is a
need to build cohorts of apprentices across organisations and where
it would save time and resources within Hackney to follow this
protocol.
 
 (c) In
the event that neither (a) nor (b) can be utilised, flexibility is
required to use the current corporate Contract Standing Orders,
following the Hackney Procurement Framework, where no existing
contract or framework is in place. This would entail using the RFQ
process, gaining the appropriate number of written quotes using the
RFQ template and gaining endorsement from the category lead. This
should allow the flexibility to utilise the new Skills Levy to pay
for non-apprenticeship training as and when funding rules
allow.
 
Note that (c) is unlikely to be needed until
2025 at the earliest.
 
Related Decisions
 
In November 2022, the Hackney Procurement
Board approved the Apprenticeship Training Procurement Business
Case, allowing procurement via three frameworks:
 
(a) Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation
(ESPO): Apprenticeship Dynamic Purchasing System (ADPS) for 14
months from November 2022. This framework was disbanded in 2023 and
is no longer available.
 
(b) Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation (YPO):
Apprenticeships and Associated Training Framework Agreement - 833
for up to two years from November 2022. This Framework has now
expired and has been superseded by Training Framework Agreement
1086.
 
(c) Crown Commercial Services (CCS):
Apprenticeship Training Dynamic
Marketplace
DPS - RM6102, for up to two years from November
2022.