Official UK procurement notice
ID 4170229 DfE - SRC - Provision Of Student Counselling Services To The Northern Ireland Colleges Of Further And Higher Education
Authority: Southern Regional College (Central government)·Consortium: 8 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSouthern Regional College (SRC) wishes to appoint a Contractor for the provision of Student Counselling Services to the Northern Ireland Colleges of Further and Higher Education. Please see document entitled “ID 4170229 – Specification” for more details.
CPV: Guidance and counselling services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£1,175,000
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 May 2022, 15:59 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Aug 2022, 09:11 BST
- Authority reference
ID 4170229- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-023715- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-033508Find a Tender
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.
Publisher note: Contract monitoring: the successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in construction and procurement delivery (CPD) for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, this may be considered grounds for termination of the contract at your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of termination, CPD may issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple Notices of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance may, in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended), be excluded from future public procurement competitions for a period of up to three years.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Jun 2022, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
7 Jun 2022 → 25 Aug 2022 · 2 dates- Submission deadline7 Jun 2022, 15:00 BST
- Notice published25 Aug 2022, 09:11 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete25 Aug 2022, 09:11 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspire Therapeutic Wellbeing ServicesSMEContract | £1,175,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Inspire Therapeutic Wellbeing ServicesSME
- Signed
- 23 Aug 2022
- Value
- £1,175,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
7 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- FE Belfast Metropolitan CollegeContracting authority
- FE North West Regional CollegeContracting authority
- FE Northern Regional CollegeContracting authority
- FE South Eastern Regional CollegeContracting authority
- FE South West CollegeContracting authority
- FE Southern Regional CollegeContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures.Review body
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 (as amended).Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Inspire Therapeutic Wellbeing ServicesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.