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Published 7 Jun 2023, 11:14 BST

Official UK procurement notice

DHSC:Global Health Masters in Health and Social Care Policy 2024/29

Official notice

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

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£2,680,000exc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 15 Dec 2023awarded 29 Apr 2024
Awarded to King's College London

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Department of Health and Social Care sought to appoint a supplier with the skills and expertise to: provide a Social Care and Health Policy MSc provides a MSc-level qualification for policy professionals to build on current skills and improve policy making in DHSC.

CPV: Adult-education services at university level · Personnel-training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: London
Extensions: A Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma or individual module option per module.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
Quality: 70%Price: 20%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical: 70%
  • price: 20%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Social Value: 10
  • Technical: 70
  • Price: 20
What this means for your bid
  • 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
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
7 Jun 2023, 11:14 BST
Last source update
30 Apr 2024, 09:09 BST
Award evaluation window
15 Dec 2023 – …
Authority reference
C245345
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-013819
Classification (CPV)
Adult-education services at university levelPersonnel-training services
Delivery area
London (UKI32)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03d443 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
15 Dec 2023, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
15 Dec 2023, 17:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

29 Sept 2023 → 30 Apr 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    29 Sept 2023, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    15 Dec 2023, 17:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    15 Dec 2023, 17:00 GMT
  4. Notice published
    30 Apr 2024, 09:09 BST

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Nov 2023
  1. Published value updated to £2,680,000
    14 Nov 2023, 17:31 GMT
    was £2,200,000
  2. Status changed to active
    14 Nov 2023, 17:31 GMT
  3. Procurement method changed
    14 Nov 2023, 17:31 GMT
  4. Deadline published: 15 Dec 2023, 17:00 GMT
    14 Nov 2023, 17:31 GMT
  5. Status changed to complete
    30 Apr 2024, 09:09 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £647,5001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Apr 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
King's College London£647,500 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids0——

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 London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Kings College LondonAwarded supplier Strand, London, London, WC2R 2LSContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.