Official UK procurement notice
28577 - Intensive Schools Engagement
Authority: Plymouth City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPlymouth City Council, "The Authority", is seeking suitably qualified and experienced Suppliers to tender for the re-procurement of its Intensive Schools Engagement Programme.
Objectives
The overall aim of the programme is to increase the number of young people travelling to school actively and/or sustainably with a particular focus on areas that have seen infrastructure improvements and with a particular focus on the strategic growth areas.
The objectives are to:-
- Reduce the number of young people travelling to school by car - with a shift to active travel modes or use of public transport.
- Raise awareness of the benefits of active travel in schools and amongst the wider school community of teachers, parents and siblings.
- Create a culture of active travel within project schools and the wider school community of teachers, parents and siblings that can be sustained after the project has finished
- Work in partnership with the City's Bikeability provider, in order to maximise the benefits of all programmes.
- Maximise awareness of, and participation in, activities associated with the Authority led behavioural change programme, 'Plymotion', amongst schoolchildren and the wider school community.
The objectives are achieved through delivery of a wide range of events, activities and sessions run in Plymouth schools, such as:
- bike and scooter skills training
- led rides, including transition rides to secondary school and college
- Dr Bike and bike maintenance training
- curriculum-linked sessions on active travel
- incentive schemes for classes and individuals
- various competitions such as inter-school competitions (Big Walk and Wheel)
- Be Safe Be Seen and other safety sessions
- bike powered smoothie maker and other fun sessions on active and healthy living
- sessions to encourage Year 6 pupils making the transition to secondary school to cycle and travel safely
- Not divided into lots: The Authority has considered whether to divide this procurement into lots and has concluded that a single contract award represents the most appropriate delivery model. The programme requires a coordinated and consistent approach across all participating schools, alignment with the Authority's wider behavioural change initiatives, and clear accountability for achieving engagement and modal shift outcomes. Dividing the requirement into lots could introduce additional management overheads, reduce operational flexibility, and increase the risk of inconsistent delivery across the programme.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 31 Jan 2029, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Safety education services · Training services · Various school services · Youth education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£192,000
- Economic & financial standing
As detailed within the Procurement documents
- Technical & professional ability
As detailed within the Procurement documents
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 (3)
- Method Statements: 35%
- Total Tender Sum (£): 60%
- Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (3)
- Method Statements: The sub-weightings of individual Method Statement Questions are set out within the Procurement documents.
- Social Value: Total Social Value Commitment (£) - 2.5% Social Value Method Statement - 2.5%
- Total Tender Sum (£): Based on the total cost for all years to provide the minimum services as set out within the Specification (Excluding VAT), and Excluding TUPE Costs.
- Economic & financial standing
As detailed within the Procurement documents
- Technical & professional ability
As detailed within the Procurement documents
- Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 31 Jan 2029
- First published
- 6 Aug 2026, 16:17 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Aug 2026, 16:17 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Oct 2026
- Authority reference
28577- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-074947- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06de52Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 9 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 26 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
All submissions must be submitted via the Supplying the South West Portal - www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗
The procurement opportunity advert can be found at:
procontract.due-north.com/Advert ↗
This procurement will be managed electronically via the Authority`s chosen e-procurement portal - Supplying the South West.
To participate in this procurement, Suppliers interested in this opportunity must register on the Supplying the South West procurement portal (www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk ↗). Once registered and logged in, Suppliers should search for the opportunity by title or reference number (DN825175), register their interest, and download the procurement documentation.
Registration is free and enables access to all tender documents, the ability to raise clarification questions, and submission of responses through the portal.
The Authority would like to make Suppliers aware that the Supplying The South West portal is not administered by the Authority. If a Supplier requires assistance or further information to be able to use the online portal process they should log a support ticket on the PROACTIS Supplier Support Portal.
If a Supplier continues to experiences issues they are to contact [email protected] requesting guidance.
If you encounter any difficulties whilst using the system you can contact the In-tend support team by phoning +44 8442728810 or e-mailing [email protected].
Timeline
6 Aug 2026 → 1 Jan 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published81 days ago6 Aug 2026, 16:17 BST
- Clarification questions by61 days ago26 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline47 days ago9 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 3 days30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 65 days1 Jan 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published6 Aug 2026, 16:17 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications The procurement Documents are available unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=e9d6cc38-a291-f111-813c-005056b64545&p=696a9836-1895-e511-8105-000c29c9ba21
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender