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Published 6 Dec 2021, 22:45 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan

Official notice

Authority: Sport England (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£579,500published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 18 Jan 2022awarded 16 Sept 2022
Awarded to AKD SOLUTIONS LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Sport England and UK Sport as the contracting authorities are tendering for the supply of support to around 130 funded partners – including National Governing Bodies of Sport (NGBs), Active Partnerships and National Sports Organisations - to develop Diversity & Inclusion Action Plans and to provide ongoing support to partners up to April 2024 (with the possibility of extension for up to 12 months). Diversity and Inclusion Action Plans (DIAPs) are a new Requirement in Tier 3 of the revised Code for Sports Governance (compliance with which is a mandatory funding condition). Tier 3 Requirements apply to our largest and most long-term funded partners.

The contract is for an initial 2-year term up to April 2024, with a unilateral option for Sport England and UK Sport to extend for further periods up to a maximum of 12 months. The anticipated contract value is up to £580,000 over the initial contract period. The estimated annual contract value is up to £290,000.

CPV: Research and development services and related consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK
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 Evaluation: 70%
  • Commercial Evaluation: 20%
  • Social Value Evaluation: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Technical Evaluation: 70
  • Commercial Evaluation: 20
  • Social Value Evaluation: 10
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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
6 Dec 2021, 22:45 GMT
Last source update
21 Sept 2022, 16:33 BST
Award evaluation window
18 Jan 2022 – …
Authority reference
SE1018
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-026436
Classification (CPV)
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
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Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
18 Jan 2022
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
18 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

18 Jan 2022 → 21 Sept 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    18 Jan 2022
  2. Bids opened
    18 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    21 Sept 2022, 16:33 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    21 Sept 2022, 16:33 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £579,5001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 9
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Sept 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
AKD SOLUTIONS LTDSE1018 - Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan£579,500 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • SE1018 - Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan · AKD SOLUTIONS LTD

    Signed
    16 Sept 2022
    Value
    £579,500
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
9bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Sport England

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 21 Bloomsbury Street, London, UK, WC1B 3HFContact email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.