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Published 21 Jun 2024, 14:49 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Citizen Assemblies · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire (Police & fire)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£500,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 22 Jul 2024awarded 10 Sept 2024
Awarded to Thinks Insight and Strategy (Britain Thinks) Limited
Contract term 7 moends 31 Mar 2025 · extension options published · starts 21 Aug 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a Contract Award Notice

We are looking for a provider to enable the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner (OPCC) to host an innovative public engagement event in the form of a citizen assembly.

The purpose of the assembly will be to seek the views of a randomly selected representative sample of the population on the issue of policing in their area. This is part of the Commissioner’s plan to better understand the community’s feelings about the policing of their local area. He wants to give communities a voice in better informing how we police and believes that hosting a Citizens’ Assembly will help him do this.

CPV: Public-opinion polling services · Social research services · Survey analysis services · Survey services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 7 moPublished value£500,000
Contract period: 21 Aug 2024 – 31 Mar 2025 (7 mo)
Delivery: North West · Cheshire. CW7 2UA
Extensions: This contract is only initially for the first pilot event and is anticipated to be for the period from award through to 31 March 2025. If the pilot is successful, there will be an option(s) to extend to cover further events to be organised with the same provider in increments of not less than 6 months up to 31 March 2028. · This contract is only initially for the first pilot event and is anticipated to be for the period from award through to 31 March 2025. If the pilot is successful, there will be an option(s) to extend to cover further events to be organised with the same provider in increments of not less than 6 months up to 31 March 2028.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: 50Social value: 10
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • EQ1 - Ability to Deliver: 30
  • EQ2 - Engagement: 10
  • EQ3 - Project Team/Governance: 10
  • EQ4 - Legacy/Social Value: 10
Published award criteria (5)
  • EQ1 - Ability to Deliver: 30%
  • EQ2 - Engagement: 10%
  • EQ3 - Project Team/Governance: 10%
  • EQ4 - Legacy/Social Value: 10%
  • Price: PQ1 - 40%
Conditions of participation3
  • Suitability

    As set out in the tender documents

  • Economic & financial standing

    As set out in the tender documents

    Minimum: As set out in the tender documents
  • Technical & professional ability

    As set out in the tender documents

    Minimum: As set out in the tender documents
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

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
21 Jun 2024, 14:49 BST
Last source update
11 Sept 2024, 15:19 BST
Award evaluation window
22 Jul 2024 – …
Authority reference
CPA/SPU/2366
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-029134
Classification (CPV)
Public-opinion polling servicesSocial research servicesSurvey analysis servicesSurvey services
Delivery area
North West (UKD6)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0471e5 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: A standstill period was observed from Friday 16th August 2024 through to midnight at the end of Tuesday 27th August 2024.

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
22 Jul 2024, 16:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
22 Jul 2024, 16:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

22 Jul 2024 → 11 Sept 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    22 Jul 2024, 16:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    22 Jul 2024, 16:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    21 Aug 2024, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    11 Sept 2024, 15:19 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    11 Sept 2024, 15:19 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Bids received 97 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Sept 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Thinks Insight and Strategy (Britain Thinks) LimitedSMESubcontracting: 8.45% of contractual obligations is likely to be subcontracted. (FaTS form would only accept whole number, hence the 8 above) The subcontractor will provide support with recruiting participants for the citizens assembly.——Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
This is a Contract Award Notice9bids · 9 electronic · 9 from abroad7—£80,000 – £100,000
Whole notice———£80,000 – £100,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire

Contracting authorityPolice & fireBody governed by public lawPublic order and safety N/A Headquarters, Clemonds Hey, Oakmere Road, , Winsford, Cheshire, North West, CW7 2UAContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body Manchester

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Thinks Insight and StrategyAwarded supplier7291125 Somerset House, Strand, London, London, WC2R 1LAContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.