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Published 10 Jul 2024, 09:39 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Child Advocacy Barrister Services_24

Official notice

Authority: Liverpool City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£8,400,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 9 Aug 2024awarded 24 Sept 2024
Awarded to Keyventure Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contract Number: DN730751

Contract Name: Child Advocacy Barrister Services_24

Liverpool City Council is seeking tender submissions for the provision of child advocacy

barrister services to the Childcare Legal Team.

This includes, but is not limited to:

  • Care and placement order proceedings
  • Contact
  • Discharges of s.31 care orders
  • Adoption applications
  • Secure accommodation orders
  • Forced marriage
  • Female genital mutilation
  • Honour based violence

CPV: Legal services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£8,400,000
Delivery: North West
Variant bids: not allowed

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: 20%Price: 70%Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality: 20
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: 70
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
10 Jul 2024, 09:39 BST
Last source update
31 Oct 2024, 12:15 GMT
Award evaluation window
9 Aug 2024 – …
Authority reference
DN730751
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-035323
Classification (CPV)
Legal services
Delivery area
North West (UKD72)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047c1e Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
9 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
9 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

9 Aug 2024 → 31 Oct 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    9 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    9 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    31 Oct 2024, 12:15 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    31 Oct 2024, 12:15 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Sept 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Keyventure LimitedSME——Awarded

Contracts

  • Child Advocacy Barrister Services_24 · Keyventure LimitedSME

    Signed
    24 Sept 2024
    Value
    —
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
Contract Number: DN7307512bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad2—£1 – £8,400,000
Whole notice———£1 – £8,400,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Liverpool City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 4th Floor, Cunard Building, Liverpool, North West, L3 1DSContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeMediation body Liverpool

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.