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Published 12 Apr 2021, 10:17 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Help You Choose · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Norfolk County Council (Local council)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£265,000exc. VAT · 1 value update5.6% below published estimate
Submissions closed 26 Aug 2021awarded 9 Nov 2021
Awarded to First Media Solutions Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Norfolk County Council were seeking to procure a new Help You Choose careers information website and learning applications system in order to replace and improve our current Help You Choose system.

CPV: Miscellaneous software package and computer systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£265,000
Delivery: East of England
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: 65%Price: 30%Social value: 5%
Published sub-criteria (7)
  • Proposed system: 20%
  • Support, maintenance and helpdesk: 15%
  • Project implementation: 10%
  • Resilience, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: 5%
  • System demonstration: 15%
  • price: 30%
  • Social Value: 5%
Published award criteria (7)
  • Proposed system: 20
  • Support, maintenance and helpdesk: 15
  • Project implementation: 10
  • Social Value: 5
  • Resilience, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: 5
  • System demonstration: 15
  • Price: 30
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 · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
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
12 Apr 2021, 10:17 BST
Last source update
17 Nov 2021, 10:28 GMT
Award evaluation window
26 Aug 2021 – …
Authority reference
NCCT42193
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-028669
Classification (CPV)
Miscellaneous software package and computer systems
Delivery area
East of England (UKH15)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a4e0 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Proceedings must be brought within 30 days from the date of knowledge (the date on which the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen) unless the Court considers that there is good reason for extending the period within which proceedings maybe brought, in which case the Court may extend that period up to a maximum of 3 months from the date of knowledge.

Publisher note: The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Proceedings must be brought within 30 days from the date of knowledge (the date on which the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen) unless the Court considers that there is good reason for extending the period within which proceedings maybe brought, in which case the Court may extend that period up to a maximum of 3 months from the date of knowledge.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
26 Aug 2021, 11:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
26 Aug 2021, 11:05 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

7 Jun 2021 → 17 Nov 2021 · 4 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    7 Jun 2021, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    26 Aug 2021, 11:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    26 Aug 2021, 11:05 BST
  4. Notice published
    17 Nov 2021, 10:28 GMT

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jul 2021
  1. Published value updated to £265,000
    16 Jul 2021, 10:30 BST
    was £210,000
  2. Status changed to active
    16 Jul 2021, 10:30 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    16 Jul 2021, 10:30 BST
  4. Deadline published: 26 Aug 2021, 11:00 BST
    16 Jul 2021, 10:30 BST
  5. Status changed to complete
    17 Nov 2021, 10:28 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £250,2001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Nov 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
First Media Solutions LimitedSME£250,200 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Norfolk County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Martineau Lane, NORWICH, East of England, NR12DHContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria