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Official UK procurement notice

Business Productivity Programme · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: West Yorkshire Combined Authority (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£500,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 17 May 2024awarded 31 Jul 2024
Awarded to Exemplas

What is being bought

Published requirement description

*Contract Award Notice*

This procurement is for delivery of an advisory service to support small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) with up to 100 employees based in West Yorkshire with how to measure and improve productivity at firm level.

The contract is planned to commence on the 1st August 2024 for an 18 month duration to 31 January 2026.

The contract value is £500,000 (excluding VAT).

CPV: Business analysis consultancy services · Business and management consultancy and related services · Business and management consultancy services · Business development consultancy services · Development consultancy services · Evaluation consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

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: 700Price: 200Social value: 100
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Understanding of the Requirements: 350
  • Resources and Capacity: 300
  • Quality and Performance: 50
  • price: 200
  • Social Value: 100
Published award criteria (5)
  • Understanding of the Requirements: 350
  • Resources and Capacity: 300
  • Quality and Performance: 50
  • Social Value: 100
  • Price: 200
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 200 of 1000 points: a 10% discount moves about 20 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
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
19 Apr 2024, 15:19 BST
Last source update
1 Aug 2024, 12:19 BST
Award evaluation window
17 May 2024 – …
Authority reference
85177
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-024118
Classification (CPV)
Business analysis consultancy servicesBusiness and management consultancy and related servicesBusiness and management consultancy servicesBusiness development consultancy servicesDevelopment consultancy servicesEvaluation consultancy services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE4)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0453ba Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Submission deadline
17 May 2024, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
17 May 2024, 15:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

17 May 2024 → 1 Aug 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    17 May 2024, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    17 May 2024, 15:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    1 Aug 2024, 12:19 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    1 Aug 2024, 12:19 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £500,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 5
Contracts signed 1latest 31 Jul 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ExemplasSME£500,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Business Productivity Programme · ExemplasSME

    Signed
    31 Jul 2024
    Value
    £500,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

West Yorkshire Combined Authority

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 8876556 Wellington House, 40-50 Wellington Street, Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber, LS1 2DEContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of England and WalesReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • ExemplasAwarded supplier755 6930 95 4 Bishop Square Business Park, Hatfield, South East, AL10 9NEContact email, phone

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