Official UK procurement notice
CO0418 Business Support Services Future Growth Programme 2
Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOpen tender completed for an integrated Business Support, Financial Support, Skills Consultancy & Brokerage service.
This is a single lot with three main service areas:
1: General Business Support
2: Business Financial Advice and Support
3: Skills Consultancy and Brokerage Service
The service is for a period of 21 months to run from 1st July 2024 to 31st March 2026.
CPV: Advertising and marketing services · Business analysis consultancy services · Business and management consultancy and related services · Financial and insurance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat 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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60
- Price: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 15 Mar 2024, 15:19 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Jun 2024, 15:54 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 15 Apr 2024 – …
- Authority reference
DN709850- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-017892- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-044962Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 15 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 15 Apr 2024, 12:05 BST
Timeline
15 Apr 2024 → 1 Jul 2024 · 4 dates- Submission deadline15 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened15 Apr 2024, 12:05 BST
- Notice published10 Jun 2024, 15:54 BST
- Contract starts1 Jul 2024, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete10 Jun 2024, 15:54 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Let’s Do Business (South East) Group LimitedSMEBusiness Support Services Future Growth Programme 2 | £1,146,636 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Business Support Services Future Growth Programme 2 · Let’s Do Business (South East) Group LimitedSME
- Signed
- 14 May 2024
- Value
- £1,146,636
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Court of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- LET’S DO BUSINESS (SOUTH EAST) GROUP LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.