Official UK procurement notice
Cash First Learning and Evaluation: Independent Evaluation
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Scottish Government wants to work with local partners towards our shared ambition of ending the need for food banks in Scotland, as set out in our recently published Cash-First Plan.
Our two-year Cash-First Programme (‘the Programme’) will provide funding and practical assistance for up to eight local Partnerships to collaborate and deliver activities that improve urgent access to cash in a crisis, generating evidence that can be shared to inform future policy and practice.
The Scottish Government is seeking to procure the services of an organisation to undertake an independent evaluation of this Programme.
CPV: Market research services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Evaluator will assess the implementation of cash-first activities by Partnerships,…AwardedRenewalPublished value£100,000
The Evaluator will assess the implementation of cash-first activities by Partnerships, the role of the Learning Partner (who will assist partnerships to deliver interventions) and the impact of the Programme as a whole.
The Scottish Government has already appointed a Learning Partner to facilitate improvement and learning within and between Partnerships, and to support the gathering of evidence for the Programme evaluation. The Learning Partner services requirement is available to view as a supporting document in the Invitation to Tender pack, for your reference. Nourish Scotland was awarded the contract for the Learning Partner element.
It should be noted that the successful bidder for the evaluation will be expected to collaborate and share some data and resources with the Learning Partner in order to effectively fulfil the Programme objectives. Specifically, the Evaluator will be expected to seek the Learning Partner’s views on the evaluation framework, develop a joint Data Sharing Agreement and support the Learning Partner to identify and supply evidence that is relevant to the evaluation.
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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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 70
- Price: 30
- Economic & financial standing
Financial Ratios: Bidders must demonstrate a Current Ratio of no less than 1.
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Supply/Service Contracts – examples of relevant experience in last three years.
Supply Chain Management/Tracking Systems Used.
Environmental Management Measures.
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- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 24 Nov 2023, 14:01 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Feb 2024, 16:23 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 15 Jan 2024 – …
- Authority reference
Case 689808- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-006430- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-041cb4Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (SC Ref:759488)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 15 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 15 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
15 Jan 2024 → 28 Feb 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline15 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened15 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published28 Feb 2024, 16:23 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete28 Feb 2024, 16:23 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| EkosgenSME | £99,854 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 006430-2024-689808-1 · EkosgenSME
- Signed
- 12 Feb 2024
- Value
- £99,854
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6bids · 6 electronic · 6 from abroad | 6 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ekosgenAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.