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Published 6 Dec 2023, 06:23 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

For the provision Out of Hours Emergency Telephone Monitoring Service

Official notice

Authority: Together Housing Association (Housing)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£500,000published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 19 Jan 2024awarded 19 Apr 2024
Awarded to Orca Business Support Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

For the provision Out of Hours Emergency Telephone Monitoring Service

CPV: Telephone-answering services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1For the provision Out of Hours Emergency Telephone Monitoring ServiceAwardedRenewal
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Initial 3 years with 2 year extensionVariant 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: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70
  • Price: 30
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Those described in the procurement documents

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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 2023, 06:23 GMT
Last source update
19 Apr 2024, 08:46 BST
Award evaluation window
19 Jan 2024 – …
Authority reference
THG/P/00075
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-012738
Classification (CPV)
Telephone-answering services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0421f7 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
19 Jan 2024, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
19 Jan 2024, 17:00 GMT

Timeline

19 Jan 2024 → 19 Apr 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    19 Jan 2024, 17:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    19 Jan 2024, 17:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    19 Apr 2024, 08:46 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    19 Apr 2024, 08:46 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £500,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 53 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Apr 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Orca Business Support Ltd£500,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic · 1 from abroad3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Together Housing Association

Contracting authorityHousingBody governed by public lawHousing and community amenities Bull Green , Bull Green House , Halifax, UK, HX1 2EBContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria