Official UK procurement notice
HO UKVI - Migration Business Endorsing Body Services
Authority: Home Office (Central government)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Home Office is seeking to improve immigration arrangements for entrepreneurial talent from overseas, including further reform of existing visa routes. The service requires Endorsing Bodies to assess the credibility and potential of business and investment proposals and to oversee the successful implementation and delivery of businesses subsequently set up in United Kingdom.
CPV: Business analysis consultancy services · Financial management consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Authority has customers (Visa Applicants) in the UK who include but are not…AwardedRenewalPublished value£9,500,000
The Authority has customers (Visa Applicants) in the UK who include but are not limited to:
- those seeking to extend permissions to work or study in the UK;
- those seeking to extend permissions to stay or settle with family;
- those seeking to evidence their rights as European Economic Area nationals and family members; and
- those progressing from earlier immigration permissions to British nationality.
The UK Visa & Immigration (UKV&I) service is responsible for making millions of decisions every year about who has the right to visit or stay in the country, with a firm emphasis on national security and a culture of customer satisfaction for people who come here legally.
The business endorsement function services the current UK unsponsored business visa programmes covering a number of business/investment routes. To qualify for a visa, applicants must first obtain an endorsement from an approved endorsing body. Endorsement does not guarantee a visa will be issued, but shows the Visa Applicant and their business, has the support of leading business organisations or higher education providers.
The Authority may expand the scope of the migration business Endorsing Body services to accommodate future policy decisions in relation to other visa routes to include, but not be limited, to development of the immigration system's offer for business and innovation focused visa routes.
The key service requirements are for endorsing bodies to:
- Assess and issue endorsements for visa applicants (Customers);
- Stay in contact with the Customer, where the Customer has previously been endorsed, at checkpoints after 12 and 24 months, and report on their progress, and in particular alerting the Authority if they are not satisfied with their progress and performance for the duration of their endorsed leave;
- Carry out further endorsements and Checkpoint Monitoring where a Visa Applicant applies for a visa extension;
- Issue further endorsements in respect of a Customer's settlement application.
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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 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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 100
- Cost: 0
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
- 12 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Nov 2022, 08:32 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 10 May 2022 – …
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-031781- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02eb2aFind a Tender
Publisher note: Requests to participate, in response to this Contract Notice, must be submitted electronically to: [email protected]. Procurement documents are available for potential suppliers and interested parties, registering their details and subject to the signing of a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), to receive unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at: https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html. Further information about this procurement can be obtained via: https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html. Tenders must be submitted via: https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html Electronic communication requires the use of tools and devices that are not generally available. Unrestricted and full direct access to these tools and devices is possible, free of charge, for potential suppliers and interested parties, registering their details and subject to the signing of a Non-Disclosure Agreement at: https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Apr 2022, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 10 May 2022, 14:00 BST
Timeline
25 Feb 2022 → 10 Nov 2022 · 4 dates- Next notice expected25 Feb 2022
- Submission deadline28 Apr 2022, 17:00 BST
- Bids opened10 May 2022, 14:00 BST
- Notice published10 Nov 2022, 08:32 GMT
Notice history
7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Oct 2021- Buyer details updated18 Oct 2021, 22:45 BST
- Published value updated to £9,500,00024 Mar 2022, 08:56 GMTwas £3,500,000
- Status changed to active24 Mar 2022, 08:56 GMT
- Procurement method changed24 Mar 2022, 08:56 GMT
- Deadline published: 28 Apr 2022, 17:00 BST24 Mar 2022, 08:56 GMT
- Buyer details updated24 Mar 2022, 08:56 GMT
- Status changed to complete10 Nov 2022, 08:32 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextI.1 | [email protected] | [email protected] |
1 amendment published without a description.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2021-10: 1 release · 12 Oct 2021
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| EnvestorsSME, Geminus Innovation LimitedSME, UK Endorsement ServicesSMEjoint awardConcession Contract For the Provision of Migration Business Endorsing Body Services | £9,500,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Concession Contract For the Provision of Migration Business Endorsing Body Services · EnvestorsSME, Geminus Innovation LimitedSME, UK Endorsement ServicesSME
- Signed
- 24 Oct 2022
- Value
- £9,500,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13bids · 13 electronic · 2 from abroad | 11 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- The Secretary of State for the Home Office DepartmentContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice- Envestors LimitedAwarded supplier
- Geminus Innovation LimitedAwarded supplier
- UK Endorsement ServicesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria