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Published 21 Nov 2023, 17:14 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Adult Social Care Learning and Development Quality Assurance including Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training

Official notice

Authority: Department of Health & Social Care (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,191,200exc. VAT · 1 value update14.7% below published estimate
Submissions closed 19 Feb 2024awarded 27 Mar 2024
Awarded to Skills for Care Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Department of Health and Social Care sought to appoint a supplier with the skills and expertise to: quality assure training and qualifications for the ASC workforce, working with existing qualification regulators (for example Ofqual), Awarding Organisations, Training Providers, the ASC sector and those with lived experience. In addition, signposting high-quality training to the sector that is aligned to DHSC’s Care Workforce Pathway.

CPV: Health services · Health training services · Personnel-training services · Services furnished by professional organisations · Specialist training services · Staff training services · Training programme services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

What it takes to win
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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
Quality: 70%Price: 20%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical Weighting: 70%
  • Commercial Weighting: 20%
  • Social Value Weighting: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Technical Weighting: 70
  • Social Value Weighting: 10
  • Commercial Weighting: 20
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
21 Nov 2023, 17:14 GMT
Last source update
2 Apr 2024, 12:20 BST
Award evaluation window
18 Jan 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-010549
Classification (CPV)
Health servicesHealth training servicesPersonnel-training servicesServices furnished by professional organisationsSpecialist training servicesStaff training servicesTraining programme services
Delivery area
London (UKI32)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-041bc4 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
19 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
18 Jan 2024, 17:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

15 Jan 2024 → 2 Apr 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    15 Jan 2024
  2. Bids opened
    18 Jan 2024, 17:00 GMT
  3. Submission deadline
    19 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
  4. Notice published
    2 Apr 2024, 12:20 BST

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Jan 2024
  1. Published value updated to £1,191,200
    18 Jan 2024, 17:27 GMT
    was £850,000
  2. Status changed to active
    18 Jan 2024, 17:27 GMT
  3. Procurement method changed
    18 Jan 2024, 17:27 GMT
  4. Deadline published: 19 Feb 2024, 12:00 GMT
    18 Jan 2024, 17:27 GMT
  5. Status changed to complete
    2 Apr 2024, 12:20 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,016,3221 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Mar 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Skills for Care LtdSME£1,016,322 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department of Health and Social Care

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsHealth 39 Victoria Street, London, London, SW1H 0EUContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Commercial CourtReview body London
  • The High CourtReview bodyReview contact point LondonContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.