Official UK procurement notice
Development Support for the Social Enterprise Sector 2023 - 2025
Authority: North Lanarkshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNorth Lanarkshire Council (NLC) intend to establish a contract for Professional Services for the Development Support for the Social Enterprise Sector.
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services · Business and management consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1This procurement is to support North Lanarkshire Council’s ambition within the Plan…AwardedPublished value£210,000
This procurement is to support North Lanarkshire Council’s ambition within the Plan for North Lanarkshire to ‘improve economic opportunities and outcomes. The invest here vision includes:
-‘Businesses have the support to grow and succeed, to develop new products and market and to create and secure new jobs.’
-‘our economy will continue to grow in a way that benefits all local people’
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Services required include business support and expert help to social enterprises in North Lanarkshire. The key deliverables will be:
1)Provision of support (one to one, group, programmes) to support the development and growth of 100 social enterprises across North Lanarkshire. (minimum 120 people attending sessions) Types of support in key topic areas include (but not limited to): governance, funding, trading and income generation, tendering and procurement (to complement Supplier Development Programme), marketing, recruitment of volunteers/employees and business planning. Support should complement and add value to existing support services, including but not limited to: Business Gateway, Just Enterprise and Supplier Development Programme.
2)Identify additional social enterprises in North Lanarkshire (Any organisations not captured in 2011 census – 114 social enterprises)
3)Support the creation of 30 new social enterprise in North Lanarkshire
4)Support the capacity, development and growth of the North Lanarkshire Social Enterprise Network (NLSEN). This would include a development and growth plan for the NLSEN, to increase membership, peer to peer support / mentoring programme.
5)Delivery of 4 themed sectoral events for the sector. (These themes will be chosen by the winning bidder to reflect the needs of the sector)
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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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 80%
- Price: 20%
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 4 May 2023, 11:51 BST
- Last source update
- 3 Aug 2023, 10:55 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 6 Jun 2023 – …
- Authority reference
NLC-CPT-22-164- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-022569- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c644Find a Tender
- Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:740570)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 6 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 6 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
Timeline
6 Jun 2023 → 3 Aug 2023 · 3 dates- Submission deadline6 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened6 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
- Notice published3 Aug 2023, 10:55 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete3 Aug 2023, 10:55 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lanarkshire Enterprise ServicesSME | £210,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 022569-2023-NLC-CPT-22-164-1 · Lanarkshire Enterprise ServicesSME
- Signed
- 3 Aug 2023
- Value
- £210,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Scottish CourtsReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Inspirent LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria