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Published 25 Mar 2021, 17:34 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Improving the Front Door and Preventative Services

Official notice

Authority: Norfolk County Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£400,000exc. VAT12.6% below published estimate
Submissions closed 26 Apr 2021awarded 25 May 2021
Awarded to Newton Europe Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Norfolk County Council has award a contract to a strategic partner to work with Adult Social Care Front Door and Preventative services through a programme of transformational change focused on the front door and prevention that is sustainable and accountable. The vision for the programme is to give decision makers a forensic and independent analysis of the service to residents to enable us to make informed decisions that will improve outcomes for residents as well as provide value for money.

CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services · Business development consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Norfolk County Council has awarded a contract to a Strategic partner to work with…AwardedPublished value£400,000

Norfolk County Council has awarded a contract to a Strategic partner to work with Adult Social Care Front Door and Preventative services through a programme of transformational change focused on the front door and prevention that is sustainable and accountable. The vision for the programme is to give decision makers a forensic and independent analysis of the service to residents to enable us to make informed decisions that will improve outcomes for residents as well as provide value for money.The Contract may be extended by up to 18 months at the Council’s discretion to include Phase two of the Project (Implementation). Any extension will be based on a share of any savings achieved.

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
Price: 100%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Methodology, Collaboration, Transformation, Team, Sustainability, Commercials: 80%
  • price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Methodology, Collaboration, Transformation, Team, Sustainability, Commercials: 80
  • Price: 20
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
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
25 Mar 2021, 17:34 GMT
Last source update
3 Sept 2021, 09:09 BST
Award evaluation window
26 Apr 2021 – …
Authority reference
NCCT42183
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-021823
Classification (CPV)
Business and management consultancy and related servicesBusiness development consultancy services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH15)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029f71 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: 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 may be 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
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Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
26 Apr 2021, 14:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
26 Apr 2021, 14:05 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

26 Apr 2021 → 3 Sept 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    26 Apr 2021, 14:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    26 Apr 2021, 14:05 BST
  3. Notice published
    3 Sept 2021, 09:09 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    3 Sept 2021, 09:09 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £349,6701 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 32 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 25 May 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Newton Europe Limited£349,670 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Improving the Front Door and Preventative Services · Newton Europe Limited

    Signed
    25 May 2021
    Value
    £349,670
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Norfolk County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Hall, Martineau Lane, Norwich, East of England, NR1 2DHContact email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.