Official UK procurement notice
DfC Work Ready Employability Services
Authority: Department for Communities (Central government)
What is being bought11 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionAs part of a move across government in Northern Ireland to respond to the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and the significant rise in unemployment, the Department for Communities (DfC) wishes to procure Work Ready Employability Services. Work Ready Employability Services (WRES) will provide additional capacity and/or expertise to supplement and complement existing DfC employability provision in a responsive and agile manner, to ramp up and down, as and when required. Full details of DfC’s requirements can be found in the Specification .
CPV: Education and training services · Training programme services · Training seminars · Training services · Vocational training services
Lots and requirements (11)Procurement structure
11 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough CouncilAwarded
Lot #2Ards and North Down Borough CouncilAwarded
Lot #3Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough CouncilAwarded
Lot #4Belfast City CouncilAwarded
Lot #5Causeway Coast and Glens Borough CouncilAwarded
Lot #6Derry City and Strabane District CouncilAwarded
Lot #7Fermanagh and Omagh District CouncilAwarded
Lot #8Lisburn and Castlereagh City CouncilAwarded
Lot #9Mid and East Antrim Borough CouncilCancelled
Lot #10Mid Ulster District CouncilAwarded
Lot #11Newry, Mourne and Down District CouncilAwarded
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 (5)
- AC1 Delivery of Employability Services: 35%
- AC2 Innovation and Improvement: 20%
- AC3 Delivery across the Lot: 15%
- AC4 Key Personnel: 20%
- AC5 Contract Management: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
- AC1 Delivery of Employability Services: 35
- AC2 Innovation and Improvement: 20
- AC3 Delivery across the Lot: 15
- AC4 Key Personnel: 20
- AC5 Contract Management: 10
- No quantitative assessment in the evaluation process: 0
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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Jun 2021, 16:25 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Jun 2021, 16:25 BST
- Authority reference
ID3161153- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-012853- Accelerated
Contracting authority publishing of prior information notice (2020/S 123-302667 of 29/6/20) justifies reduction of timescales as per 27(4) and 27(5) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Review procedure
The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions. Instead, any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
Publisher note: The estimated contract value is a broad estimate only and includes additional quantum for unforeseen demand and to future proof. There is no guarantee of any level of business under this contract, either for any individual Lot, or for the contract as a whole. The estimate is not deemed to be a condition of contract nor a guarantee of minimum demand or uptake. No compensation will be payable to a contractor should the actual demand be less than that stated. The Department would again stress that on a demand-led contract, throughput / uptake could be influenced by a wide range of factors on a local level, so the values for individual Lots should also be considered as broad estimates only at this time.. . The successful contractor’s performance on this contract will be managed as per specification and regularly monitored (see Procurement Guidance Note 01/12 Contract Management: https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/ files/publications/dfp/PGN-01012-Contract-Management-Principles-Procedures-25-Sept-2017.PDF). 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 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 written warning and notice of unsatisfactory performance and this contract may be terminated.The issue of a notice of written warning and 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 up to 3 years from the date of issue of the notice.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracts
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council · Clanrye Group LimitedSME, D.F.P.F. LtdSME, RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT TRAINING LTDSME, The Skills Team Group Limited, Turas Nua Limited
- Signed
- 21 May 2021
- Value
- £16,000,000
- Status
- active
Belfast City Council · Belfast Metropolitan College, Bryson Energy, D.F.P.F. LtdSME, Turas Nua Limited, Workforce Training ServicesSME
- Signed
- 23 Apr 2021
- Value
- £16,000,000
- Status
- active
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council · NETWORK PERSONNEL LTDSME, RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT TRAINING LTDSME, Turas Nua Limited
- Signed
- 13 Apr 2021
- Value
- £16,000,000
- Status
- active
Mid Ulster District Council · Clanrye Group LimitedSME, NETWORK PERSONNEL LTDSME, RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT TRAINING LTDSME, SOUTH WEST COLLEGE, Turas Nua Limited
- Signed
- 13 Apr 2021
- Value
- £16,000,000
- Status
- active
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council · Clanrye Group LimitedSME, D.F.P.F. LtdSME, RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT TRAINING LTDSME, The Skills Team Group LimitedSME, Turas Nua Limited
- Signed
- 13 Apr 2021
- Value
- £16,000,000
- Status
- active
Ards and North Down Borough Council · Clanrye Group LimitedSME, RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT TRAINING LTDSME, Turas Nua Limited
- Signed
- 13 Apr 2021
- Value
- £16,000,000
- Status
- active
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council · Clanrye Group LimitedSME, NETWORK PERSONNEL LTDSME, RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT TRAINING LTDSME, Turas Nua Limited
- Signed
- 13 Apr 2021
- Value
- £16,000,000
- Status
- active
Derry City and Strabane District Council · Clanrye Group LimitedSME, D.F.P.F. LtdSME, RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT TRAINING LTDSME, Turas Nua Limited
- Signed
- 13 Apr 2021
- Value
- £16,000,000
- Status
- active
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council · Clanrye Group LimitedSME, NETWORK PERSONNEL LTDSME, RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT TRAINING LTDSME, SOUTH WEST COLLEGE, Turas Nua Limited
- Signed
- 13 Apr 2021
- Value
- £16,000,000
- Status
- active
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council · Clanrye Group LimitedSME, D.F.P.F. LtdSME, Turas Nua Limited
- Signed
- 13 Apr 2021
- Value
- £16,000,000
- Status
- active
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
- Signed
- 13 Apr 2021
- Value
- £16,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council | 17bids · 17 electronic · 3 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
| 2 · Ards and North Down Borough Council | 17bids · 17 electronic · 3 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
| 3 · Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council | 17bids · 17 electronic · 5 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 4 · Belfast City Council | 17bids · 17 electronic · 5 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
| 5 · Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council | 17bids · 17 electronic · 4 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 6 · Derry City and Strabane District Council | 17bids · 17 electronic · 4 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 7 · Fermanagh and Omagh District Council | 17bids · 17 electronic · 5 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 8 · Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council | 17bids · 17 electronic · 3 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
| 9 · Mid and East Antrim Borough Council | 17bids · 17 electronic · 3 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
| 10 · Mid Ulster District Council | 17bids · 17 electronic · 5 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 11 · Newry, Mourne and Down District Council | 17bids · 17 electronic · 5 from abroad | 4 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- See VI.4.3/Review procedureMediation bodyReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
11 commercial parties on the notice- Belfast Metropolitan CollegeAwarded supplier
- Bryson EnergyAwarded supplier
- CLANRYE GROUP LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- D.F.P.F. LTDAwarded supplier
- NETWORK PERSONNEL LTDAwarded supplier
- RUTLEDGE RECRUITMENT TRAINING LTDAwarded supplier
- SOUTH WEST COLLEGEAwarded supplier
- THE SKILLS TEAM GROUP LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- The Skills Team Group LimitedAwarded supplier
- Turas Nua LimitedAwarded supplier
- WORKFORCE TRAINING SERVICES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.