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Published 18 Jan 2024, 11:25 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Business Gateway Workshops and Expert Help Services

Official notice

Authority: Renfrewshire Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£196,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 19 Dec 2023
Awarded to Lanarkshire Enterprise Services

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Renfrewshire Council seek to engage a single provider, with the competence and capability to deliver a package of services to support the delivery of start-up and growth Business Gateway Services in Renfrewshire. These services may include Start Up, Business Base, Specialist Workshops, Surgeries and Expert Help Consultations for growing businesses in areas such as Marketing, Finance, Innovation, Energy Efficiencies & Net Zero, Intellectual Property, Business Strategy, Procurement, Business Planning, Digital, Tourism, Exporting, Skills and Human Resource Management. The specification is detailed in Section 4 of the ITT document located in PCS Tender portal.

CPV: Education and training services · Specialist training services · Staff training services · Training seminars · Training services · Vocational training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #14.1 The Council is seeking to contract with a single, suitably qualified and…Awarded

4.1 The Council is seeking to contract with a single, suitably qualified and experienced service provider, who will organise and deliver, through core or subcontracted staff, the following range of services which are client demand led:

Business Gateway Start Up Workshops

Business Gateway Business Base Workshops

Business Gateway Local Specialist Workshops

Specialist Expert Help Advisory Consultations

Specialist Expert Help Surgeries

Full specification can be found in the ITT document attached within PCS tender portal.

Delivery: Scotland · Renfrewshire area
Extensions: Additional workshops and expert help might be required

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: 58%Price: 40%Environmental: 2%
Published sub-criteria (9)
  • Innovation: 10%
  • Project manager and resource: 10%
  • Recruitment: 5%
  • Cyber Security: 5%
  • Community benefits: 5%
  • Fair working practices: 5%
  • Overall Approach: 18%
  • price: 40%
  • Sustainability: 2%
Published award criteria (9)
  • Innovation: 10
  • Project manager and resource: 10
  • Recruitment: 5
  • Cyber Security: 5
  • Community benefits: 5
  • Fair working practices: 5
  • Overall Approach: 18
  • Sustainability: 2
  • Price: 40
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
18 Jan 2024, 11:25 GMT
Last source update
18 Jan 2024, 11:25 GMT
Authority reference
RC-CPU-23-102
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-001714
Classification (CPV)
Education and training servicesSpecialist training servicesStaff training servicesTraining seminarsTraining servicesVocational training services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM83)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042e24 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to

a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2105/446) (as amended) may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session.

Publisher note: 1. Please see the ITT in PCS-Tender project relevant to this procurement. 2. The specification for this tender can be located in ITT Document located within the technical envelope of Public Contract Scotland -tender 3. Any contract awarded as a result of this tender exercise will be subject to Scots Law and the exclusive jurisdiction of the Scottish Courts. 4. 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. (SC Ref:755625)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £196,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 32 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Dec 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Lanarkshire Enterprise ServicesSMESubcontracting: There will be numerous organisations that will be required to deliver some of the workshops.£196,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Renfrewshire Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street, Paisley, Scotland, PA1 1JBContact email, phone

Other public bodies

  • European UnionFunder

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Court of SessionReview bodyReview contact point Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Inspirent LtdAwarded supplier Atrium Business Centre, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge, Scotland, ML5 4EF

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.