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Published 5 Sept 2022, 08:31 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Citywide Advice Service (HDG/2022/196)

Official notice

Authority: Stoke-on-Trent City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,814,500exc. VAT
Submissions closed 10 Oct 2022awarded 12 Jan 2023
Awarded to Staffordshire North & Stoke on Trent Citizens Advice Bureaux

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Citywide Advice Service delivering a range of activities including: Generalist Information and Advice; Independent Housing Advice; Debt and Money Advice and Welfare Benefits Advice. The Service will help to supply information and support opportunities for vulnerable people in the city, enabling

individuals to make informed decisions around a range of issues such as managing their finances, maximising income opportunities, uptake of benefits for those who are eligible and reducing overall debt and issues that may impact on their housing or living conditions.

CPV: Benefit services · General public services · Legal advisory and information services · Social work and related 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: 65%Price: 30%Social value: 5%
Published sub-criteria (8)
  • Proposed delivery of Service: 25%
  • Customer access to Service: 15%
  • Staffing: 10%
  • Mobilisation Plan: 5%
  • Reporting format for Key Performance Indicators and Outcomes: 5%
  • Innovation and Added Value: 5%
  • price: 30%
  • Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (8)
  • Proposed delivery of Service: 25
  • Customer access to Service: 15
  • Staffing: 10
  • Mobilisation Plan: 5
  • Reporting format for Key Performance Indicators and Outcomes: 5
  • Innovation and Added Value: 5
  • Social Value: 5
  • Price: 30
What this means for your bid
  • 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
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
5 Sept 2022, 08:31 BST
Last source update
25 Jan 2023, 14:58 GMT
Award evaluation window
10 Oct 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN622319
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-002317
Classification (CPV)
Benefit servicesGeneral public servicesLegal advisory and information servicesSocial work and related services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0365aa 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
10 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
10 Oct 2022, 16:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

10 Oct 2022 → 25 Jan 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    10 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    10 Oct 2022, 16:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    25 Jan 2023, 14:58 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    25 Jan 2023, 14:58 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,814,5001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Jan 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Staffordshire North & Stoke on Trent Citizens Advice BureauxSME£1,814,500 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Stoke-on-Trent City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Civic Centre, Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands, ST4 1HHContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

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.