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Official UK procurement notice

Blended Learning Platform · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Suffolk County Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£500,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 19 Jul 2021awarded 13 Oct 2021
Awarded to eLearning WMB

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Suffolk County Council are currently out to tender for the provision of a Blended Learning Platform for internal and external personnel to access, book, pay and attend training via face to face, virtual delivery, eLearning, or a blended approach.This opportunity is available in the `Current Tenders` area of portal. Interested parties are invited to express their interest to gain full access to the tender documentation.The deadline date for submissions of the tender is noon on 19th July 2021. Please note late returns will NOT be permittedThe deadline for clarification questions is 1st July 2021. which must be generated via the correspondence option on the website

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Blended Learning Platform for internal and external personnel to access, book, pay and…AwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000

Blended Learning Platform for internal and external personnel to access, book, pay and attend training via face to face, virtual delivery, eLearning, or a blended approach.Contract period is 3 years from system 'go-live' with the option to extend for up to 24 months.

Delivery: East of England · Suffolk is the main place of performance with options for other public sector bodies within the East of England to use the system.
Extensions: Any future requirement will be advertised once the scope and requirement are knownVariant 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: 80%Price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 80%
  • Price: 20%
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As stated in the procurement documentation

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 · 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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
17 Jun 2021, 15:22 BST
Last source update
12 Nov 2021, 13:44 GMT
Award evaluation window
19 Jul 2021 – …
Authority reference
CD0560-3
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-028347
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area
East of England (UKH)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02bd43 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Suffolk County Council incorporates a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period from the point at which information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. If an appeal regarding the award of contract has not been successfully resolved: The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rules, to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Any such action must be brought promptly)

Publisher note: Suffolk County Council reserves the right to procure repeat requirements of a similar nature without a further call for competition pursuant to Regulation 32 of the public contracts Regulations 2015

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Submission deadline
19 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
19 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

19 Jul 2021 → 1 Apr 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    19 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    19 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    12 Nov 2021, 13:44 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    1 Apr 2022, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    12 Nov 2021, 13:44 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £500,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 108 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 13 Oct 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
eLearning WMBSME£500,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Blended Learning Platform · eLearning WMBSME

    Signed
    13 Oct 2021
    Value
    £500,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
10bids · 10 electronic8——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Suffolk County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Endeavour House, Russell Road, IPSWICH, East of England, IP1 2BXContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria