Official UK procurement notice
121 Specialist Technical Advisors
Authority: Advance Northumberland Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo appoint a supplier that can provide a pool of Technical Advisors to work alongside the Rural Business Growth Service (RBGS) 2019-22 project. The selected supplier will facilitate the provision of 1-2-1 advice to eligible businesses identified by the project and accepted onto the RBGS Programme.
In order to deliver the 1-2-1 specialist support effectively, we wish to appoint a supplier that can provide a pool of Technical Advisors in the following areas of specialist knowledge;
- Cashflow and financial forecasting
- Taxation and exemptions
- International trading – practices and law
- Market opportunities and demand
- Supply chain efficiencies and requirements
- State Aid guidance
- Procurement advice
- Sales strategies and work winning
- Funding requirements
Please note: award of this contract is subject to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) approval of the project. Should the funding not be approved, no contract will be awarded.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (5)
- Understanding of the Context: 15%
- Proposed methods of Delivery: 15%
- Staff Arrangements: 15%
- Management Arrangements: 15%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (5)
- Understanding of the Context: 15
- Proposed methods of Delivery: 15
- Staff Arrangements: 15
- Management Arrangements: 15
- Price: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Dec 2021, 15:49 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Dec 2021, 15:49 GMT
- Authority reference
DN442143- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-031649- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030318Find a Tender
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northumberland Business Service LimitedSME | £382,690 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 031649-2021-1 · Northumberland Business Service LimitedSME
- Signed
- 13 Dec 2019
- Value
- £382,690
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids · 5 electronic | 5 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- European UnionFunder
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Northumberland County CouncilReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Northumberland Business Services LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.