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Published 22 Jul 2021, 12:01 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DHSC Administrative Support for The Principal Social Workers’ Network

Official notice

Authority: Department of Health & Social Care (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£188,000≈ £94k / year0.2% below published estimate
Submissions closed 19 Aug 2021awarded 29 Sept 2021
Awarded to Research In Practice
Contract term 2 yrsends 5 Oct 2023 · starts 6 Oct 2021

What is being bought

Published requirement description

For the provision and delivery of Administrative Support to the Principal Social Workers Network.

CPV: Health and social work services · Social work and related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1He Department of Health and Social Care has undertaken a procurement exercise to…Awarded 2 yrsPublished value£188,000

he Department of Health and Social Care has undertaken a procurement exercise to source a provider to deliver the Administrative Support to the Principal Social Workers Network.The intended tender exercise was performed through the online application, Atamis Procurement Software. The UK tender was an open procedure under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended).The contract period is proposed for 2 years, with the option to extend annually for a further 12 months.

Contract period: 6 Oct 2021 – 5 Oct 2023 (2 yrs)
Delivery: London · London with offices across England
Variant bids: not allowed

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
How bids were scored
  • Price

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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
22 Jul 2021, 12:01 BST
Last source update
11 Oct 2021, 10:04 BST
Award evaluation window
19 Aug 2021 – …
Authority reference
C33498
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-025319
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work servicesSocial work and related services
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02cb16 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis (Health Family) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account PER buying organisation portal · password resets come "from Salesforce.com" (check spam)

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://health.atamis.co.uk ↗

Submission deadline
19 Aug 2021, 10:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
19 Aug 2021, 10:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

19 Aug 2021 → 11 Oct 2021 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    19 Aug 2021, 10:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    19 Aug 2021, 10:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    6 Oct 2021, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    11 Oct 2021, 10:04 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    11 Oct 2021, 10:04 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £187,6001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Sept 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Research In PracticeSME£187,600 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 025319-2021-1 · Research In PracticeSME

    Signed
    29 Sept 2021
    Value
    £187,600
    Period
    … – 5 Oct 2023
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department of Health and Social Care

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsHealth 39 Victoria Street, London, London, SW1H 0EUContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtReview body LondonContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Research in practiceAwarded supplier1485560 The Elmhirst Centre, Dartington Hall,, Totnes, UK, TQ9 6EL

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.