Official UK procurement notice
DE - Delivery of a Mobile Application to Provide Advice and Guidance to Keep Children Safe Online
Authority: Department of Education (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe contract will provide an app which will meet the core principles and guidelines outlined in the Online Safety Strategy for NI 2020-25 through the provision of timely and evidenced based support for children, parents, carers and school staff including members of the safeguarding team. By incorporating parents/carers and school staff the aim is to give them the knowledge and tools needed to support children to stay safe online. The app is envisaged to be a digital library of safeguarding resources created for local school communities. It is about keeping children and young people safe online. Inside the app, there will be digital safeguarding information, practical advice and guidance, researched and written by online safeguarding experts. It should be interactive, with engaging content which is easy-to-access, simple to understand and intuitive to use, providing age-appropriate, credible, and relevant content and resources for the entire school community. A customised version of the app will be available for the school community. This will include resources and lessons for teachers, parents and carers and access to training for school staff and pupils. For pupils, there will be access to practical advice and tips to stay safe online. It will include guidance on creating strong passwords on devices and setting the best privacy settings on social media and gaming platforms. Young people can get advice about healthy relationships and trusted adults. The app can also provide advice on issues such as bullying, mental health or losing control of an image you have shared. The app will help parents and carers in the digital world that children and young people occupy through giving the tools needed to better protect them. All app users can stay up to date with all the latest safeguarding news and access the latest articles on relevant topics and trends in the online world. Parents and staff will also be sent the latest in safeguarding updates and alerts. Push notifications will ensure notifications go straight to the users phone to make sure they never miss what they need to know. There will be downloadable resources, designed to educate and facilitate conversations on on-line safety topics.
CPV: Software programming and consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£525,000
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 (2)
- quality: 60%
- Cost: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- quality: 60
- Cost: 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 · 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
- 15 Apr 2022, 10:51 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Jul 2022, 09:23 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 18 May 2022 – …
- Authority reference
3801910- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-018701- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032e20Find a Tender
- Review procedure
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).. and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
Publisher note: Neither CPD nor the Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this Framework Agreement. The successful.. contractor’s performance of contractors on the Framework Agreement will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract.. requirements. is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory.. levels of contract / framework agreement performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still.. fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract. performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in CPD for further action... If this occurs and their performance still does. not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an.. act of grave professional misconduct and they. may be issued with a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and the their place on the.. framework agreement / the contract may be terminated. The issue of a Notice of unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor.. being excluded from all procurement competitions being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered. by. the Northern Ireland. Procurement Policy for a period of twelve months from the date of issue of. the Notice..
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 18 May 2022, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 18 May 2022, 15:30 BST
Timeline
18 May 2022 → 16 Aug 2022 · 4 dates- Submission deadline18 May 2022, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened18 May 2022, 15:30 BST
- Notice published8 Jul 2022, 09:23 BST
- Bids must remain valid until16 Aug 2022, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete8 Jul 2022, 09:23 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| INEQE GROUP LIMITEDSMEContract | £446,694 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · INEQE GROUP LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 8 Jul 2022
- Value
- £446,694
- 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
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- INEQE GROUP LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria