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Business Gateway Specialist Support Training Services

Buyer: The City of Edinburgh Council →

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BuyerThe City of Edinburgh Council
StatusClosed
Deadline2 Aug 2022
Value£1,085,000
Published30 Jun 2022

What is being bought

The City of Edinburgh Council intends to establish a series of 3 contracts for the delivery of specialist support workshops / training in respect of various Business Gateway services.

Delivery location

UKM75 · UKM73 · UKM78 · UKM75 · UKM73 · UKM78 · UKM75 · UKM73 · UKM78

Categories

Training services 80500000Specialist training services 80510000Specialist training services 80510000

Lot details

One to Many Workshops, One to One Surgeries and One to Few Coaching Sessions

Providers will be expected to develop and deliver a range of workshops, coaching sessions and surgeries targeted at pre-start, start-up and existing businesses.

Statusactive

Award criteria
Quality — 60
price — 40

DigitalBoost

The key purpose of the DigitalBoost Programme is to strengthen the knowledge and skills of SMEs in Scotland about digital technology, thus enabling them to enter new markets, trade internationally, increase business efficiency and (potentially) increase staff employed.

Statusactive

Award criteria
Quality — 60
price — 40

Specialist Business Support

The programme will offer expert help and business workshop services. These services will complement the core business growth support provided by the delivery team of Business Advisers employed by the City of Edinburgh Council.

Statusactive

Award criteria
Quality — 60
price — 40

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Specialist training services, Training servicesNot published
2Training services, Specialist training servicesNot published
3Training services, Specialist training servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 80. The category anchor is Training services (80500000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 806,6562 median · 47.9 average (3,113 of 6,656 with a bid count)3.2 average (3,415 of 6,656 with named award suppliers)1 comparable price pairs
Same buyer29 median · 9 average (1 of 2 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 2 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UKM752811.5 median · 18.3 average (20 of 28 with a bid count)9.2 average (20 of 28 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)3845 median · 6.7 average (7 of 384 with a bid count)3.4 average (7 of 384 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNo
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

  • economicSelectionCriteria
  • technicalSelectionCriteria

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-034c5b
Latest release ID017845-2022
Latest release timestampThu Jun 30 2022 08:41:18 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2022-08-02T10:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: start2022-08-02T10:30:00+01:00
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttp://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£1,085,000
Tender lots in source3
Tender items in source3
Tender documents in source2
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
30 Jun 2022tender017845-2022

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
30 Jun 2022 · 017845-2022 · tender
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  "description": "NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=698789.\nThe buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.\nSuppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.\nA sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363\nCommunity benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/\nA summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:\nAs detailed in the Council's Sustainable Procurement Policy, we are committed to maximising social, economic and environmental benefits through the delivery of Council contracts (known as ‘Community Benefits’).  Community Benefits include targeted recruitment and training; sourcing from Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), Social Enterprises and Third Sector Organisations; contributions to education within communities; community consultation, engagement and strengthening of community relations; environmental improvement; volunteering; providing community resources; mentoring and sponsorship of community organisations.   Tenderers will be required to provide details of their Community Benefit offer when submitting their Tenderer Submission document.  The Council will work in partnership with the Provider(s) on supporting the Edinburgh Guarantee’s vision of supporting people of all ages and backgrounds to easily access and progress in fair work, training or further education.  Further information on the Edinburgh Guarantee can be found at https://www.edinburghguarantee.org/\n(SC Ref:698789)\nDownload the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=698789",
  "initiationType": "tender"
}