Official UK procurement notice
ID 4458407 DE - Standardisation of Pre-School Education Programme Scoping Study
Authority: Department of Education (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department of Education (DE) is working towards standardisation of the DE Pre-school Education Programme (PSEP) throughout Northern Ireland. The overall aim of the contract is to appoint a Contractor to conduct a research study that will:
- provide an analysis of the current state of readiness of individual PSEP settings of moving to a minimum of 22.5 hours per week standardised offer, including identifying opportunities for greater alignment of other aspects of PSEP;
- examine the current training and qualification requirements within PSEP and provide costed options for a programme of CPD; and
- examine the current advice and support available within PSEP and provide costed options for models of delivering advice and support.
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The lotProcurement structure
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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).
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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).
Published sub-criteria (8)
- AC1 - Proposed Methodology - Current state of sector for moving to standardised PSEP: 10.4%
- AC2 - Proposed Methodology - Training and qualification requirements of the workforce to provide a high quality standardised PSEP: 10.4%
- AC4 - Lead Consultant Experience: 10.4%
- AC5 - Team Experience: 17.6%
- AC6 - Contract and Contingency Management: 10.4%
- AC3 - Proposed Methodology - Analysis of the advice and support available to all PSEP and costed options for providing consistent and high-quality advice and support to all PSEP settings to support delivery of a standardised offer: 10.4%
- AC8 Total Contract Price: 20%
- AC7 - Social Value: 10.4%
Published award criteria (8)
- AC1 - Proposed Methodology - Current state of sector for moving to standardised PSEP: 10.4
- AC2 - Proposed Methodology - Training and qualification requirements of the workforce to provide a high quality standardised PSEP: 10.4
- AC3 - Proposed Methodology - Analysis of the advice and support available to all PSEP and costed options for providing consistent and high-quality advice and support to all PSEP settings to support delivery of a standardised offer: 10.4
- AC4 - Lead Consultant Experience: 10.4
- AC5 - Team Experience: 17.6
- AC6 - Contract and Contingency Management: 10.4
- AC7 - Social Value: 10.4
- AC8 Total Contract Price: 20
- Price carries 30.4 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
- 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
- 6 Jan 2023, 16:57 GMT
- Last source update
- 1 Mar 2023, 11:49 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 6 Feb 2023 – …
- Authority reference
4458407- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-005978- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0395b4Find a Tender
- Review procedure
CPD will comply with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and, where appropriate, will incorporate a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. This provides time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is 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 CPD for further action. If this occurs.... and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, it may be regarded as an act of grave.... professional misconduct and they may be issued with a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance and the contract may be terminated..... The issue of a Certificate of Unsatisfactory Performance will result in the contractor being excluded from all procurement competitions.... being undertaken by Centres of Procurement Expertise on behalf of bodies covered by the Northern Ireland Procurement Policy for a.... period of twelve months from the date of issue of the certificate.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 6 Feb 2023, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 6 Feb 2023, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
6 Feb 2023 → 7 May 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline6 Feb 2023, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened6 Feb 2023, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published1 Mar 2023, 11:49 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until7 May 2023, 23:59 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Mar 2023- Status changed to complete1 Mar 2023, 11:49 GMT
- Buyer details updated1 Mar 2023, 11:49 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSM UK Consulting LLPContract | £195,639 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · RSM UK Consulting LLP
- Signed
- 28 Feb 2023
- Value
- £195,639
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- 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 amendedReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- RSM UK Consulting LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.