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Published 11 Mar 2024, 15:35 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Consultancy services - Resources & Commissioning and SEND

Official notice

Authority: London Councils (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£200,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 10 Apr 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

London Councils represents London's 32 borough councils and the City of London. It is a cross party organisation that works on behalf of all of its member authorities regardless of political persuasion. London Councils makes the case to government, the Mayor and others to get the best deal for Londoners and to ensure that our member authorities have the resources, freedoms and powers to do the best possible job for their residents and local businesses.

London Councils is looking to appoint a contractor to deliver consultancy services - Resources & Commissioning and SEND.

The LIIA programme is supported by London's 33 local authorities and the Department for Education as a key vehicle for improving outcomes for children. LIIA works closely with London Councils as the infrastructure body which supports collaboration between authorities in the capital. London Councils is commissioning this work on behalf of ALDCS.

LIIA is entering its fourth year of operation and is seeking to embed an infrastructure for supporting children's services to innovate and improve through a range of sector-led improvement activity. LIIA specifically promotes activities to address the ALDCS priorities which are: adolescent safeguarding, workforce, SEND, Care Leaving and finance/resources. Details of the LIIA programme of activities can be found on the LIIA website at www.liia.london ↗.

The aim of this project is to enable London's children's services to work together to learn, share and constructively challenge each other to ensure services for children in London continue to improve.

CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Tenders are invited from bidders in order to meet the following requirements:RenewalPublished value£200,000

Tenders are invited from bidders in order to meet the following requirements:

  • Lead the Pan-London Placements Commissioning Programme (PLPCP).
  • Prepare for and (if the region is successful in its bid) lead the development of London's Regional Care Cooperative.
  • Oversee the work of commissioned partners who are taking forward workstreams associated with the PLPCP.
  • Support the work of other consultants working to deliver the PLPCP workstreams.
  • Lead the programme to deliver ALDCS SEND priority including managing relationships with key stakeholders and partners such as DfE, parents and carers forum and SEND senior leaders across London's LAs.
  • Support colleagues who are working to deliver the SEND plan for the coming year.
  • Share outputs and promote learning from areas of focus.

The project team will include a policy and programme support officer. Day to day contact during the tender process will be via Rula Tripolitaki, to whom any queries should be addressed.

Over the course of the next 24 months consultants would be required to undertake the following:

  • Work with stakeholders to agree project plans, track progress and provide regular updates through the programme reporting mechanisms.
  • Provide reports / presentations based on areas of responsibility to Directors of Children's Services and wider stakeholder groups including the Department for Education.
  • Support / advise directors, particularly those with ALDCS policy and sub-regional leads, in order to enable them to lead the programme requirements in support of ALDCS priorities and the LIIA programme plan.
  • Facilitation of stakeholder workshops.
  • Development of the LIIA website and related content.
  • Contribute to LIIA team activity and development including fulfilling reporting requirements on identified programmes. Additional information: Tender documentation can be found on the London Councils website. The Tender submission document can be found there and should be completed and emailed to:

[email protected]

Delivery: London · 59 1/2 Southwark Street London SE1 0AL
Extensions: Plus 1 yearVariant bids: not allowedElectronic catalogue: required

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
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

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
Closed
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
11 Mar 2024, 15:35 GMT
Last source update
11 Mar 2024, 15:35 GMT
Award evaluation window
10 Apr 2024 – …
Authority reference
C0322b
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-007715
Classification (CPV)
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-044756 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Submission deadline
10 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
10 Apr 2024, 12:01 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

11 Mar 2024 → 10 Apr 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    11 Mar 2024, 15:35 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    10 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    10 Apr 2024, 12:01 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

LONDON COUNCILS

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityLocal Authority Joint Committee 59 1/2 Southwark Street, LONDON, London, SE10ALContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria