Official UK procurement notice
Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Employability Child Poverty Lead Service
Authority: Orkney Islands Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOrkney Islands Council wishes to appoint a suitably experienced organisation to support the delivery of No-One Left Behind by providing an Employability Child Poverty Coordination service.
CPV: Adult and other education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Orkney Islands Council wishes to appoint a suitably experienced organisation to…CancelledPublished value£70,000
Orkney Islands Council wishes to appoint a suitably experienced organisation to support the delivery of No-One Left Behind by providing an Employability Child Poverty Coordination service to inform and influence the integration of employability support within strategic decisions and actions and increase access to holistic support which enables parents to move towards fair and sustainable work. This Project will run until October 2025
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).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Method Statement: 10%
- Project Methodology: 50%
- Service Delivery: 10%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (4)
- Method Statement: 10
- Project Methodology: 50
- Service Delivery: 10
- Price: 30
- Suitability
The relevant selection criteria will be included in the SPD Scotland module.
- Economic & financial standing
The relevant selection criteria will be included in the SPD Scotland module.
- Technical & professional ability
The relevant selection criteria will be included in the SPD Scotland module.
- Price carries 30 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
- Cancelled
- 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
- 4 Sept 2023, 15:05 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Dec 2023, 11:20 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 6 Oct 2023 – …
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-037251- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03f9c9Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Publisher note: Orkney Islands Council reserves the right to cancel the procurement at any stage and not award a Contract. The expenditure, work or effort undertaken by bidders prior to the award of any Contract is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of bidders. Late tenders will not be considered by the Council and all questions are to be submitted via the Questions and Answers section of this contract advertisement on PCS. An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session. Tenderers should complete the SPD (Scotland) contained within the SPD Module attached to this notice. (SC Ref:753654)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 6 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 6 Oct 2023, 14:30 BST
Timeline
6 Oct 2023 → 19 Dec 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline6 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened6 Oct 2023, 14:30 BST
- Contract starts30 Oct 2023
- Notice published19 Dec 2023, 11:20 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to unsuccessful19 Dec 2023, 11:20 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriffs CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.