Official UK procurement notice
Children's Services - Seeking Children's Views
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
Re-procurement plannedChildren’s Service - Seeking Children’s Views · tender expected
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Scottish Government is seeking a service provider to provide a demand led service to engage with children (aged 12-15) to seek their views to support them to exercise their rights under the Education (Additional Support for Learning Act) 2004 (as amended) (the 2004 Act).
CPV: Welfare services for children and young people
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Scottish Government did seek a service provider to provide a demand led service to…AwardedRenewalPublished value£290,000
The Scottish Government did seek a service provider to provide a demand led service to engage with children (aged 12-15) to seek their views to support them to exercise their rights under the Education (Additional Support for Learning Act) 2004 (as amended) (the 2004 Act).
What it takes to wini
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 sub-criteria (9)
- Understanding the Requirement: 30
- Service Management, Ordering and Contract Management: 15
- Staff and Service/Contract Quality Management: 20
- Cyber and Information Management: 15
- Climate Change: 5
- Community Benefits: 5
- Fair Work First: 5
- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR): 5
- price: 30
Published award criteria (9)
- Understanding the Requirement: 30
- Service Management, Ordering and Contract Management: 15
- Staff and Service/Contract Quality Management: 20
- Cyber and Information Management: 15
- Climate Change: 5
- Community Benefits: 5
- Fair Work First: 5
- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR): 5
- Price: 30
- Suitability
Tenderers must be a member of Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance
- Economic & financial standing
Bidders must demonstrate a Current Ratio of no less than 1.0.
Current Ratio will be calculated as follows:
net current assets divided by net current liabilities.
There must be no qualification or contra-indication from any evidence provided in support of the bidders economic and financial standing.
Minimum: Tenderers must have in place the minimum insurance level: Employers Liability Insurance in accordance with any legal obligation at the time being in force Professional Indemnity Insurance 1,000,000 GBP Public Liability Insurance Liability Insurance 1,000,000 GBP Such insurances m… - Technical & professional ability
Tenderers must be a member of the Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance
Tenderers must have experience of working with children and young people.
must have PVG
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 of 130 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
- 16 Dec 2022, 11:52 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Apr 2023, 15:20 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 25 Jan 2023 – …
- Authority reference
Case 608051- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-010212- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0391e1Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Full details of Technical criteria were detailed within the Invitation To Tender. Please note that there were minimum requirements concerning Cyber Security for this contract. Tenderers were also asked to confirm that they will pay staff that are involved in the delivery of services under the contract, at least the real Living Wage. Tenderers who did not pass these questions would not be subject to Commercial Analysis. As a result the tender would not be considered further. Question Scoring Methodology for Award Criteria outlined in invitation to tender 0 Unacceptable. Nil or inadequate response. Fails to demonstrate an ability to meet the requirement. 1 Poor. Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response addresses some elements of the requirement but contains insufficient/limited detail or explanation to demonstrate how the requirement will be fulfilled. 2 Acceptable. Response is relevant and acceptable. The response addresses a broad understanding of the requirement but may lack details on how the requirement will be fulfilled in certain areas. 3 Good. Response is relevant and good. The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good understanding and provides details on how the requirements will be fulfilled. 4 Excellent. Response is completely relevant and excellent overall. Bidders must complete the SPD (Scotland) to demonstrate adherence to the Exclusion and Selection Criteria for this procurement. If there are named subcontractors/technicians upon which the bidder will rely to meet the selection criteria, these named parties must complete and reattach the SPD Supplier Response Form attached to SPD The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 23096. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 (SC Ref:728604)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ ↗
- Submission deadline
- 25 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 25 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
25 Jan 2023 → 6 Apr 2023 · 3 dates- Submission deadline25 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened25 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published6 Apr 2023, 15:20 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete6 Apr 2023, 15:20 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Children in Scotland | £288,469 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 010212-2023-Case Number 608051-1 · Children in Scotland
- Signed
- 29 Mar 2023
- Value
- £288,469
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court, Sheriff Court HouseReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Children in ScotlandAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.