Re-Opening of the Multi-Provider Light Touch Regime Framework agreement for the Provision of Trainin

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Norfolk County Council (‘the Council’) has entered into framework agreements for the provision of training for the early years and childcare workforce in Norfolk as detailed in this Invitation to Tender and in the Contract Notice.The Light Touch Regime Framework is being let under Regulations 74 to 77 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (Light Touch Regime), under which the Council has flexibility as to the process or procedure to be used when purchasing certain services, of which training is one. In this instance, the Council is establishing a framework agreement with multiple suppliers that will set out the terms and conditions for making specific purchases (call-offs). The Light Touch Regime Framework Agreement differs from those let under the non-Light Touch Regime in that the Council, exercising its flexibility, may periodically open the framework for new applicants.The framework agreements let have been done so under the re-opening of the framework.