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news - Simpler replacement for QPF
 Message
from Senior Responsible Officer,
at Buyer Organisation Learning and Skills Council
The next freeze date for the QPF is 10 September 2010.
This is to accommodate the launch of ACTOR, the Approved
College and Training Organisation Register, which is
replacing the QPF from October 2010.
ACTOR is simpler and less bureaucratic than the QPF. It is a
single stage process with fewer questions and
multiple-choice answers covering both the pre-qualifying
stage and the programmes and provision offer.
This will mean that, once colleges and training
organisations are registered on ACTOR, they can be
considered for new contracted provision without the need for
individual tenders.
No providers should be disadvantaged by this change.
Providers who have been told that they were successfully
registered on the QPF and have refreshed their
pre-qualifying documents on BRAVO since 11 September 2009
need do nothing until after ACTOR goes live during October
2010.
Providers successfully registered on the QPF that have not
refreshed their pre-qualifying documents via BRAVO since 11
September 2009 should do so before 10 September 2010.
Failure to do so will mean that they cannot be automatically
migrated across to ACTOR.
Organisations that have previously been unsuccessful in
their application for registration on the QPF should wait
until ACTOR is launched in October to apply for
registration.
Once ACTOR is available, all providers migrated to ACTOR
will have to enter ACTOR before 31 December 2010 and respond
to questions raised regarding the programmes and provision
for which they wish to be considered for funding. |