Official UK procurement notice
ID 5279958 Provision of Learning and Development Services Collaborative Framework
Authority: Department of Finance (Central government)·Consortium: 65 public authorities
What is being bought5 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThis procurement will establish a Framework for the provision of Learning and Development Services which may be used by a number of Northern Ireland Public Sector Organisations. The Framework will be split into 5 lots specific to the various Learning and Development Services required as follows: 1 Building People Skills and Capability 2 Developing Operational Capability 3 Leadership 4 Health, Safety and Wellbeing 5 Digital Learning
CPV: E-learning services · Education and training services · Health and first-aid training services · Personal development training services · Safety training services · Staff training services · Vocational training services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 15 bids on the busiest of 5 lots · 6 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure
5 lots · all with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lotLot #1Building People Skills and CapabilityCancelledPublished value£150,000
Lot #2Developing Operational CapabilityCancelledPublished value£664,000
Lot #3LeadershipCancelledPublished value£465,260
Lot #4Health, Safety and WellbeingCancelledPublished value£748,000
What it takes to wini
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).
Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.
| Lot | Quality | Price | Social value | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Building People Skills and Capability | 49.800000000000004 | 40 | 10.2 | |
| 2 · Developing Operational Capability | 49.800000000000004 | 40 | 10.2 | |
| 3 · Leadership | 49.80000000000001 | 40 | 10.2 | |
| 4 · Health, Safety and Wellbeing | 40 | 50 | 10 | |
| 5 · Digital Learning | 49.79999999999999 | 40 | 10.2 |
- Price carries 40–50 points depending on the lot; most lots put it at 40 points.
- “ID 5279958 Provision of Learning and Development Services…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Oct 2024, 13:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Feb 2025, 08:49 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-004647- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b23cFind a Tender
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts. Regulations 2015 and incorporated a. standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point. information on the award of contract . is.. communicated to. tenderers for Lots 1, 3 and 5.. 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: Lot 1 was awarded to 3 ranked Suppliers and Lots 3 and 5 were awarded to 2 ranked Suppliers. Lots 2 and 4 were awarded to one supplier each only. The.. successful.. contractor’s. performance on the contract will be. regularly monitored in line with the tender documentation.. 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. Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance and the.. contract may be... terminated.. The issue of a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance can. 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. three years from the date of issue.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 28 Nov 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
28 Nov 2024 → 12 Feb 2025 · 2 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown28 Nov 2024, 15:00 GMT
- Notice published12 Feb 2025, 08:49 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete12 Feb 2025, 08:49 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast5 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Lot 1- Building People Skills and Capability
- Signed
- 11 Feb 2025
- Value
- £150,000
- Status
- active
Lot 2- Developing Operational Capability
- Signed
- 11 Feb 2025
- Value
- £664,000
- Status
- active
Lot 3- Leadership
- Signed
- 11 Feb 2025
- Value
- £465,260
- Status
- active
Lot 4- Health, Safety and Wellbeing
- Signed
- 11 Feb 2025
- Value
- £748,000
- Status
- active
Lot 5- Digital Learning
- Signed
- 11 Feb 2025
- Value
- £386,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Building People Skills and Capability | 15bids · 15 electronic · 3 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
| 2 · Developing Operational Capability | 15bids · 15 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 3 · Leadership | 15bids · 15 electronic · 2 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 4 · Health, Safety and Wellbeing | 15bids · 15 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 5 · Digital Learning | 15bids · 15 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
24 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute NIContracting authority
- Armagh ObservatoryContracting authority
- Arts Council of Northern IrelandContracting authority
- Belfast Health and Social Care TrustContracting authority
- Charity Commission for Northern IrelandContracting authority
- Comhairle na GaelscolaiochtaContracting authority
- Commission for Victims and SurvivorsContracting authority
- Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern IrelandContracting authority
- Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern IrelandContracting authority
- Commissioner for Survivors of Institutional Childhood Abuse NIContracting authority
- Community Relations CouncilContracting authority
- Consumer Council for Northern IrelandContracting authority
- Council for the Curriculum Examinations and AssessmentContracting authority
- Department for Communities NIContracting authority
- Department for Infrastructure NIContracting authority
- Department for the Economy NIContracting authority
- Department of Agriculture Environment and Rural AffairsContracting authority
- Department of Education NIContracting authority
- Department of Health NIContracting authority
- Department of Justice NIContracting authority
- Equality Commission for Northern IrelandContracting authority
- FE North West Regional CollegeContracting authority
- FE Northern Regional CollegeContracting authority
Framework contractors & participating bidders
6 commercial parties on the notice- AKU TRAINING LTDFramework contractor
- AURION LTDFramework contractor
- ERNST YOUNG LLPFramework contractor
- HEALTH MATTERS HEALTH SAFETY LTDFramework contractor
- LEARNING POOL LIMITEDFramework contractor
- NEXT LEVEL IMPACT LIMITEDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.