Official UK procurement notice
Invitation to Tender for the Provision of UKSPF 1-2-1 Business Support
Authority: Herefordshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHerefordshire Council was awarded £7.54m UK Shared Prosperity Funding. The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF or the Fund) is a central pillar of the UK government’s ambitious Levelling Up agenda and a significant component of its support for places across the UK. It seizes the opportunities of leaving the European Union, by investing in domestic priorities and targeting funding where it is needed most: building pride in place, supporting high quality skills training, supporting pay, employment and productivity growth and increasing life chances. This funding is part of Intervention E24: Funding for new and improvements to existing training hubs, business support offers www.gov.uk/government/publicati… ↗.
The council is looking to appoint up to 10 business advisors to deliver 1-2-1 business advice to support delivery of this intervention in Herefordshire.
CPV: Design and execution of research and development · Research and development consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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 award criteria (3)
- Quality: 78
- Social value: 12
- Price: 10
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. 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- 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
- 11 Apr 2024, 14:44 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Jul 2024, 12:58 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 13 May 2024 – …
- Authority reference
DN719217- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-023399- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04517aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 May 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 13 May 2024, 12:00 BST
Timeline
13 May 2024 → 26 Jul 2024 · 4 dates- Submission deadline13 May 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened13 May 2024, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts17 Jun 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published26 Jul 2024, 12:58 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete26 Jul 2024, 12:58 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastContracts
- Signed
- 24 Jul 2024
- Value
- £250,000
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2025
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10bids · 10 electronic · 10 from abroad | 10 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.