Find a TenderCancelled
Published 2 Aug 2022, 14:29 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Advocacy Services for Children

Official notice

Authority: Moray Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submissions closed 13 Sept 2022
Contract term 3 yrsends 13 Oct 2025 · extension options published · starts 14 Oct 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of Advocacy Service to Children and Young People in Moray

CPV: Legal representation services · Legal services · Welfare services for children and young people

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Moray Council has made a commitment to #keepthepromise and require a bespoke and…CancelledRenewal 3 yrs

Moray Council has made a commitment to #keepthepromise and require a bespoke and creative advocacy service to ensure the voices of our children and young people are heard throughout the complex processes which involve them. We want to ensure the voice of the children is heard in order to make informed decisions on matters which impact their lives, influence decision making by any person able to make decisions on their behalf and to inform our service developments. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public

Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Contract period: 14 Oct 2022 – 13 Oct 2025 (3 yrs)
Delivery: Scotland · Moray
Extensions: 2 x 12 month extentionsVariant bids: not allowed

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: 100Price: 30
Published sub-criteria (12)
  • Service Delivery Model: 20
  • Expected Outcomes: 10
  • Meeting the aims: 20
  • Best Practice and Legislation: 5
  • Ensuring Practice is Relational: 5
  • Capacity: 5
  • Measurement of Outcomes: 10
  • Providing a Service Equally: 5
  • Overcoming Barriers: 5
  • Service Implementation Plan: 5
  • Meeting the expectations of the Young People in Moray: 10
  • price: 30
Published award criteria (12)
  • Service Delivery Model: 20
  • Expected Outcomes: 10
  • Meeting the aims: 20
  • Best Practice and Legislation: 5
  • Ensuring Practice is Relational: 5
  • Capacity: 5
  • Measurement of Outcomes: 10
  • Providing a Service Equally: 5
  • Overcoming Barriers: 5
  • Service Implementation Plan: 5
  • Meeting the expectations of the Young People in Moray: 10
  • Price: 30
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    4B.2.1 - The Bidder should provide its (“specific”) yearly turnover for the number of financial years specified in the relevant Contract Notice:

    The bidder confirms they already have or can commit to obtain, prior to the commencement of the contract, the levels of insurance cover indicated below:

    Description of the economic or financial requirements: The bidder is required to confirm that (to the best of their knowledge) there are no material post balance sheet events or other business issues arising since the date of the last audited financial statements that materially impact the economic and financial standing of the economic operator.

    Where the operator is not able to make such a conformation, full details of the relevant events shall be provided along with an explanation of the expected impact on the bidders economic and financial standing.

    Minimum: Bidders will be required to have a minimum “specific” yearly turnover of 91000 GBP for the last 3 years Employer's (Compulsory) Liability: 5M GBP The bidder is required to provide a copy of the last 2 or 3 audited financial statements as evidence of their compliance to meet their…
  • Technical & professional ability

    Bidders will be required to provide 3 examples of similar works carried out in the past five years that demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver deliver the work as described in part II.2.4 of the Find a Tender Service Contract Notice or the relevant section of the Site Notice.

    Minimum: Bidders will be required to provide evidence and examples of at least 3 similar projects within the past 5 years
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 130 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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 · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
2 Aug 2022, 14:29 BST
Last source update
16 Dec 2022, 10:54 GMT
Award evaluation window
13 Sept 2022 – …
Authority reference
18/0532
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-035633
Classification (CPV)
Legal representation servicesLegal servicesWelfare services for children and young people
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM62)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035842 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: Exclusion Grounds Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. The statement for sub-threshold (Site) notices: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 8 and 9 of the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016. The Moray Council are an associate partner in the Supplier Development Programme http://www.sdpscotland.co.uk/home.aspx which provides a range of specialist business support activities including the provision of advice, information and training support including webinars with the aim of assisting businesses to become more capable of accessing and competing for public sector contracts. (SC Ref:717124)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
13 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
13 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

13 Sept 2022 → 16 Dec 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    13 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    13 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    14 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    16 Dec 2022, 10:54 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to unsuccessful
    16 Dec 2022, 10:54 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1

1 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Moray Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services High Street, Elgin, Scotland, IV30 1BXContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Elgin Sheriff CourtReview body ElginContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.