Pharmacy Technician Apprenticeship Training - Level 3

The Ministry of Defence (the Authority) is the largest employer of Apprentices in England, with circa 8,000 gaining an apprenticeship every year. This Prior Information Notice is of the Department's intention to engage Contractors to deliver the L3 Pharmacy Technician (ST0300) apprenticeship, specifically for up to 10 apprentices per year. Historically the Defence Medical Services have seconded military students (based at the Defence Medical School, Lichfield) to NHS Trusts based within 1 hour of Lichfield to undertake the Pharmacy Technician training. These students are returned to the Services fully trained and licenced to practise. The new requirement will be for similar model of secondment to the NHS Trusts, within 1 hour of Lichfield. The NHS Trust will be expected to provide on the job training, End Point Assessment (including the L3 Pharmacy qualification), and; licence to practice. The students shall then return to DMS as qualified apprentices. NHS Trusts wishing to tender for the opportunity to deliver to the Services must be registered as a Main Provider when tendering for this opportunity. Failure to register as a Main Provider shall result in a submitted Tender being non-compliant. Interested parties are to note: • This PIN is to alert the market to this potential future requirement and the requirement to register with the Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) as a Main Provider. This is not a formal request for Expressions of Interest (EOI). Should th Authority decide to progress with the requirement, a Contract Notice shall be issued that references this PIN.