Official UK procurement notice
Framework for Provision of Individual Support for Students Who Have Disclosed a Disability / Additional Support Need
Authority: Edinburgh College (Education)·Consortium: 5 public authorities
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement description1.1 The Authority is seeking Contractors for the provision of individual support for students who disclosed a disability or additional support need. The Authority is putting in place a Framework of suppliers over four Lots, as detailed in the ITT.
- Recurrence: March 2025 if no extensions utilised March 2027 if all extensions utilised
CPV: Adult and other education services · Education and training services · Special education services · Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 12 suppliers · 7 bids on the busiest of 4 lots (0.6 per place) · 6 appointed
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1All services excluding Communication Support Workers (CSW), British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreters and Autism Spectrum Condition SupportAwardedRenewal
One-to-one Learning Support for students who disclose a disability or additional support need. This is intended to enable students to achieve on their course by providing a range of support such as: reading; notetaking; prompting; study skills; support in practical classes for those students who have a physical disability. The services required are not limited to those listed as the support needs in question a subject to ongoing development.
Lot #2CSWs and BSL InterpretersAwardedRenewal
Communication Support Worker (Lot 2): To provide accurate interpretation for students using British Sign Language. To provide appropriate communication strategies to enable deaf students to integrate into their peer group and engage with their learning
British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreter (Lot 2): To provide BSL Interpreting for students in and outwith the classroom
Lot #3Autism Spectrum Condition SupportAwardedRenewal
Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) Support (Lot 3): To support autistic students to stay focussed and on task and develop learning strategies to reach their full potential
Lot #4Further Education - Needs AssessorsAwardedRenewal
Further Education Learning Needs Assessors (Lot 4): When a student applications disclose a disability, learning difference or additional support need they are told to gather evidence (such as GP letter or Educational Psychologist report). Once this evidence is collated the student then meets with a Needs Assessor who conducts a Needs Assessment.
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 (6)
- Applying relevant experience to the delivery of this service: 22%
- Reporting, relationships and delivering outcomes: 21%
- Service Delivery Resources: 19%
- Added Value Services: 7%
- Fair Work Practices: 6%
- price: 25%
Published award criteria (6)
- Applying relevant experience to the delivery of this service: 22
- Reporting, relationships and delivering outcomes: 21
- Service Delivery Resources: 19
- Added Value Services: 7
- Fair Work Practices: 6
- Price: 25
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Framework for Provision of Individual Support for Students Who Have…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 12 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · March 2025 if no extensions utilised March 2027 if all extensions utilised
- First published
- 3 Mar 2023, 08:37 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Aug 2023, 11:55 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 3 Apr 2023 – …
- Authority reference
EC-2223-0008-00- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-022302- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03add5Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: (SC Ref:740349)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 3 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 3 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
Timeline
3 Apr 2023 → 1 Aug 2023 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown3 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened3 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
- Notice published1 Aug 2023, 11:55 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete1 Aug 2023, 11:55 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast4 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £900,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
All services excluding Communication Support Workers (CSW), British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreters and Autism Spectrum Condition Support
- Signed
- 16 May 2023
- Value
- £3,000,000
- Status
- active
CSWs and BSL Interpreters
- Signed
- 16 May 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Autism Spectrum Condition Support
- Signed
- 16 May 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Further Education - Needs Assessors
- Signed
- 16 May 2023
- Value
- £200,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · All services excluding Communication Support Workers (CSW), British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreters and Autism Spectrum Condition Support | 5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad | 4 | — | — |
| 2 · CSWs and BSL Interpreters | 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
| 3 · Autism Spectrum Condition Support | 7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad | 4 | — | — |
| 4 · Further Education - Needs Assessors | 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
5 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Abertay UniversityContracting authority
- Edinburgh Napier UniversityContracting authority
- Queen Margaret UniversityContracting authority
- West Lothian CollegeContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
6 commercial parties on the notice- Autism InitiativesFramework contractor
- Clear Links Support LtdFramework contractor
- Deaf ActionFramework contractor
- Home Tuition Scotland Ltd.Framework contractor
- RandstadFramework contractor
- Theorise LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria