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Published 30 Mar 2022, 16:50 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Adult Education Budget · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Nottingham College (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedure
Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 29 Apr 2022awarded 31 May 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This contract notice relates to the procurement by Nottingham College of adult education services which has resulted in 8 suppliers being awarded a position on a framework for 4 years and the top 4 highest scoring being awarded a call-off for the final months remaining this year May-July22.

CPV: Adult and other education services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
15 bids received · 8 suppliers appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #18 suppliers have been awarded a position on the FrameworkAwarded

8 suppliers have been awarded a position on the Framework. Funding is dependent on the ESFA offering each year. Each year the 8 suppliers will be given an opportunity to be awarded a contract. The top highest scoring suppliers have been awarded a share of the £1m call-off for the duration May-July2022.

Delivery: East Midlands
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
i

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 more
How bids were scored
  • Price
What this means for your bid
  • “Adult Education Budget” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
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
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
30 Mar 2022, 16:50 BST
Last source update
31 May 2022, 10:50 BST
Award evaluation window
29 Apr 2022 – …
Authority reference
NC/PROC/0048
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-015158
Classification (CPV)
Adult and other education services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03283d Find a Tender

Publisher note: Nottingham College indicative Adult Education Budget (AEB) is £3.8m per year, although the final amount being delegated will only be confirmed by Department for Education (DFE) each year. This contract notice relates to the procurement by Nottingham College of adult education services, resulted in the award of multiple contracts for services for the remaining year May22 - July 22 of £250,000 per awarding contract (4 in total). 8 suppliers are also awarded a position on the Framework each being given the opportunity to submit a tender for each mini-competition process each financial year. Subject to the final AEB allocation the value for each procurement exercise may fluctuate but it is anticipated that it will be approx. £3.8m per year. Successful providers of the mini-competition exercise will enter into individual contracts to deliver a range of education and training services to D2N2 learners.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Appointment period ends
29 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
29 Apr 2022, 12:05 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

29 Apr 2022 → 31 May 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    29 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    29 Apr 2022, 12:05 BST
  3. Notice published
    31 May 2022, 10:50 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 May 2022
  1. Status changed to complete
    31 May 2022, 10:50 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    31 May 2022, 10:50 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 8admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 15
Contracts signed 8latest 31 May 2022

8 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Contract 015158-2022-1

    Signed
    31 May 2022
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 015158-2022-2

    Signed
    31 May 2022
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 015158-2022-3

    Signed
    31 May 2022
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 015158-2022-4

    Signed
    31 May 2022
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 015158-2022-5

    Signed
    31 May 2022
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 015158-2022-6

    Signed
    31 May 2022
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 015158-2022-7

    Signed
    31 May 2022
    Value
    —
    Status
    active
  • Contract 015158-2022-8

    Signed
    31 May 2022
    Value
    —
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
15bids——£0 – £15,500,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Nottingham College

Contracting authorityEducationRegional or local authorityEducationBody governed by public law Adams Building, The Lace Market, NOTTINGHAM, East Midlands, NG1 1NGContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal court of JusticeReview body London

Framework contractors & participating bidders

8 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.