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Published 17 Feb 2025, 17:45 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

BSP-24-008 The Provision of Training for the Education Authority Youth Service CADi Programme

Official notice

Authority: the Education Authority (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published estimate£742,500exc. VAT
Submissions closed 19 Mar 2025awarded 2 May 2025
Awarded to The Nerve centre

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The EA invites tenders for the BSP-24-008 The Provision of Training for the Education Authority Youth Service CADi Programme to establish a Contract for a 3 year period with the option to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months each. EA wishes to appoint Contractor for the delivery of the Contract for the Provision of Training for the EA’s CYPS CADi programme. EA will be the Contracting Authority for this Contract. Tenders are invited from suppliers having relevant accreditation and who are authorised to deliver OCNNI Courses. Further details are available in the Specification.

CPV: Education and training services · Higher education services · Training services · Youth education services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£742,500
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: This Contract will be in place for a 3 year period with the option to extend for 2 further periods of 12 months each.
80000000 Education and training services80300000 Higher education services80500000 Training services

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: 49.8%Price: 40%Social value: 10.2%
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • AC1 Methodology: 18%
  • AC2 Key Delivery Personnel Experience: 24%
  • AC3 Key Delivery Personnel Experience: 7.8%
  • AC5 Cost: 40%
  • AC4 Social Value: 10.2%
Published award criteria (5)
  • AC1 Methodology: 18
  • AC2 Key Delivery Personnel Experience: 24
  • AC3 Key Delivery Personnel Experience: 7.8
  • AC4 Social Value: 10.2
  • AC5 Cost: 40
Shortlisting
As per Tender documentation
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
Unspecified in notice
First published
17 Feb 2025, 17:45 GMT
Last source update
2 May 2025, 14:08 BST
Authority reference
BSP-24-008
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-018787
Classification (CPV)
Education and training servicesHigher education servicesTraining servicesYouth education services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e2fa Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are. dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as. amended.

Publisher note: This is a demand driven contract, the maximum estimated contract value is £742,500.00. No Guarentee of spend is given.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
19 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗

Timeline

19 Mar 2025 → 2 May 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    19 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
  2. Notice published
    2 May 2025, 14:08 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    2 May 2025, 14:08 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £742,5001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 2 May 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
The Nerve centreSMEContract£742,500 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

the Education Authority

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawEducation 40 Academy Street, Belfast, UK, BT1 2NQContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.Review body Belfast

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • NERVE CENTRE - THEAwarded supplier 7-8 Magazine Street, Londonderry, UK, BT48 6HJContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.