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Published 1 Mar 2021, 15:44 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Freedom to Speak up Services (FTSU)- Staff Liaison Guardians

Official notice

Authority: MSE Group

ServicesOpen procedure

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: East of England (UKH3)

Awarded value£309,000published contract · exc. VAT

Submissions closed 8 Apr 2021awarded 1 Jul 2021

Awarded to The Guardian Service Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of confidential staff liaison service to support staff members who wish to speak up in relation to concerns associated with provision of safe and secure hospital services.

CPV: Hospital and related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The Authority seeks to award a 3 year contract with option to extend by up to 12…Awarded

The Authority seeks to award a 3 year contract with option to extend by up to 12 months to suitably qualified providers in line with the declared specification of requirements. The Service provider is required to provide two dedicated staff to perform the service across the various Authority sites, and to offer services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week including public holidays so that matters can be escalated to the Authority in accordance with the RAG rating and escalation policy.

Delivery: East of England · Essex

Extensions: 48 month(s) from the commencement date, with 36 initial month(s) and option to extend 1x12 month(s)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: 60%Price: 40%

Published sub-criteria (2)

as defeind within the ITT documentation: 60%
price: 40%

Published award criteria (2)

as defeind within the ITT documentation: 60.00%
Price: 40.00%

Conditions of participation2

Economic & financial standing
40% Pricing - Most economically advantageous tender. Financial Standing will also be assess in line with details within ITT
Minimum: See ITT
Technical & professional ability
60% weighting split between the defined quality of service award criteria (relative weighing details provided within ITT). Any questions scored zero or 1 would mean rejection from the process.
Minimum: See ITT

What this means for your bid

Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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 · 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: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: No (one-off requirement)
First published: 1 Mar 2021, 15:44 GMT
Last source update: 1 Jul 2021, 12:18 BST
Award evaluation window: 8 Apr 2021 – …
Authority reference: CA8416 - MSE-C-88b
FTS notice number: 2021/S 000-015051
Classification (CPV): Hospital and related services
Delivery area: East of England (UKH3)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-029737 Find a Tender

Contract terms

Electronic trading: e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Review and risk notes

Review procedure: As per procurement documents

Publisher note: The Bidder may be required to provide a presentation via cloud based conferencing facility (ie Starleaf or the like) should the Authority wish to clarify the bidders responses to the award criteria. There are also mandatory questions on a pass fail basis that apply to the evaluation of the bids in addition to the scored award questions. Please see ITT documentation.

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: MultiQuote · Who buys & how to bid on MultiQuote

Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free

Submission deadline: 8 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bids opened: 8 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

suppliers.multiquote.com ↗

Timeline

8 Apr 2021 → 1 Jul 2021 · 3 dates

Submission deadline
8 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
Bids opened
8 Apr 2021, 12:00 BST
Notice published
1 Jul 2021, 12:18 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Status changed to complete
1 Jul 2021, 12:18 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £309,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 1 Jul 2021

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
The Guardian Service LtdSME	£309,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Freedom to Speak up Services (FTSU)- Staff Liaison Guardians · The Guardian Service LtdSME
Signed
1 Jul 2021
Value
£309,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

MSE Group

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawHealth Britannia House, Unit 12-14, Britannia Business Park, Southend, East of England, SS2 6GEContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation TrustReview body SouthendContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

The Guardian Service LtdAwarded supplier 14 Gray's Inn Road, , London, UK, WC1X 8HNContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.