Official UK procurement notice
4878000.00 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Home Office (Central government)
The International Strategy and Capabilities (ISC) sits in the International Directorate of the UK Home Office (HO). ISC delivers strategic capability development programmes overseas on behalf of the Home Office and is seeking suitable organisations to provide and manage UK based Immersive English Language (EL) training to its customers. The Home Office is seeking to award up to seven (7) Contracts to different organisations to ensure sufficient capacity and capability to deliver its Immersive English Language Training needs. Tendering EL schools are required to hold appropriate accreditation from a recognised UK accrediting body for running EL courses in UK.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe International Strategy and Capabilities (ISC) sits in the International Directorate of the UK Home Office (HO). ISC delivers strategic capability development programmes overseas on behalf of the Home Office and is seeking suitable organisations to provide and manage UK based Immersive English Language (EL) training to its customers.
The Home Office is seeking to award up to seven (7) Contracts to different organisations to ensure sufficient capacity and capability to deliver its Immersive English Language Training needs. The Authority expects to have multiple cohorts of (typically) 5-10 learners.
Tendering EL schools are required to hold appropriate accreditation from a recognised UK accrediting body for running EL courses in UK.
The procurement documents set out the full requirements for UK-based EL schools/organisations, tendering to provide immersive EL training to learners.
Interested parties will be required to complete a non-disclosure agreement before accessing the procurement documents. See Section VI.3 (additional information) for further details.
CPV: For training purposes · Training services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 175 suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Home Office would like to invite suppliers to submit a tender to award up to seven…
The Home Office would like to invite suppliers to submit a tender to award up to seven (7) Immersive English Language Training (IELT) Contracts. Additional information: Under regulations 53(4) and 21(3), the authority will require interested parties to complete a non-disclosure agreement on the Home Office eSourcing portal (address in Section I.3 of this notice), before obtaining free, direct access to the full procurement documents in order to protect the confidential nature the requirements.
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).
- “4878000.00” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 175 suppliers, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 12 Oct 2022, 20:57 BST
- Last source update
- 12 Oct 2022, 20:57 BST
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-028760- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03753aFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering
Publisher note: Under regulations 53(4) and 21(3), the authority will require interested parties to complete a non-disclosure agreement on the Home Office eSourcing portal (address in Section I.3 of this notice), before obtaining free, direct access to the full procurement documents in order to protect the confidential nature the requirements. This procurement will be managed electronically via the Authority's eSourcing Portal (JAGGAER). To participate in this procurement, participants must first be registered on the eSourcing Portal. If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Portal, this can be done online at https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com by following the link 'To register click here'. Please note that, to register you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Once you have registered on the eSourcing Portal, ppq_190 Titled: 'C21170 - ISC Specialist Support & Resource Framework - Non Disclosure Agreement ' will become visible to you in the PQQ section. You will be required to complete the non-disclosure agreement and returning using the messaging function as an attachment, within the PQQ on the eSourcing portal before gaining access to the selection questionnaire and procurement documents. For technical assistance on use of the eSourcing Portal please contact the JAGGAER Supplier Helpdesk at [email protected] or 0800 069 8630 (08.00-18.00). The closing date for completed selection questionnaire submissions will be 11th November 2022 at 17.00 GMT. Non-disclosure agreements should be completed as early as possible to allow sufficient time to complete the selection questionnaire which is the responsibility of interested parties. In light of the situation with Covid-19 we reserve the right to delay or adjust our timetables or such other aspects of the procurement as we consider appropriate. We will therefore keep the situation under constant review and will notify all bidders of any changes as and when these are required. The authority is not responsible for any bidding costs incurred by potential suppliers in respect of this procurement. The authority reserves the right to abandon the competitive process and not award any contract; make any changes it sees as reasonable to the competition; remove and/or amend element(s) from the scope of the requirements; and accept or reject any tender.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 11 Nov 2022, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- document
Timeline
12 Oct 2022 → 11 Nov 2022 · 4 dates- Invitations to tender expected12 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST
- Notice published12 Oct 2022, 20:57 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown11 Nov 2022, 17:00 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until11 Nov 2022, 23:59 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria