Procurement
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Procurement Toolkit
As employers you select which training provider you want to use to train your apprentices from the Register. It is your chance to select the right provider, someone you feel you can work with and who can meet your requirements. Sometimes this may mean moving away from selecting providers you have used in the past and forging new partnerships. The government are very keen for you to feel empowered to spend your apprenticeship funds effectively so that you get the right training, when you need it, delivered in a way that fits with your priorities.
Resources:
- Health Education England Procurement toolkit
- NHS Employers article: What apprenticeships are and how to use them and the Value of apprenticeships in the NHS
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APAR (Apprenticeship Providers and Assessment Register) (Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP))
The Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers (RoATP), is a list of organisations from which employers can choose to buy their apprenticeship training. All providers who want to deliver apprenticeship training must be on the Register and employers must choose a provider from the Register.
Providers must meet a clear set of criteria in order to be included on the Register – financial health, capacity/capability, and quality. If a provider does not meet these criteria they will not be included on the Register.
Resources:
- Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers
- Apply to the APAR as an apprenticeship training provider
From 1st August 2023, RoATP (Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers and RoEPAO (Register of End Point Assessment Organisations) have merged and is now called APAR (Apprenticeship Providers and Assessment Register).
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Non-levy employer apprenticeship funding
For non-levied employers, such as most Primary Care providers, both the employer and the government pay the training provider for apprenticeship training – 5% from the employer and 95% from the Government from April 2019.
All apprenticeships that started before 1 April 2019 will continue at the previous co-investment rate of 10%.
Providers without a non-levy contract can continue to provide training directly to levy-paying employers and to non-levy payers if the employer is receiving transferred funds or they are providing training as a sub-contractor.
Non-levy paying employers receiving transfers from larger levy paying employers, can use these transferred funds to cover 100% of apprenticeship costs.
NHS employers are advised to use a formal procurement process to ensure compliance with NHS Procurement Rules. Health Education England have designed a toolkit to help you navigate the procurement process.
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