Official UK procurement notice
Lancashire Careers Hub Services
Authority: Lancashire County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLancashire County Council (The Authority) were inviting tenders on the terms set out in the tender documents to deliver Lancashire Careers Hub Services. The contract is to deliver in
the wider Lancashire area, including Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen boroughs. The contract commenced on 1st September 2024 for an initial period of 12 months. Subject to further funding becoming available, there is the option to extend the contract by up to a further 24 months (maximum potential end date of 31st August 2027). The services are to work with the Lancashire Skills and Employment Board and the Lancashire Skills and Employment Hub to deliver the services to increase the number of planned employer encounters and experiences of the workplace that young people experience throughout their educational journey, with a view to enable schools and colleges
to take a strategic approach to improving the offer to young people.
CPV: Career guidance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewal
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 (7)
- 3. Delivery Plan: 25%
- 4. School & College Engagement: 15%
- 5. Enterprise Adviser Engagement & Support: 10%
- 6. Management & Governance: 10%
- 7. Quality Control: 10%
- price: 20%
- 8. Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (9)
- 1. Confirmation (Specification): 0
- 2. Confirmation (Terms and Conditions): 0
- 3. Delivery Plan: 25
- 4. School & College Engagement: 15
- 5. Enterprise Adviser Engagement & Support: 10
- 6. Management & Governance: 10
- 7. Quality Control: 10
- 8. Social Value: 10
- Price: 20
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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- 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
- 7 May 2024, 15:28 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Aug 2024, 11:23 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 11 Jun 2024 – …
- Authority reference
RG/CORP/LCC/24/251- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-025189- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0457a4Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 11 Jun 2024, 13:00 BST
Timeline
11 Jun 2024 → 9 Aug 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline11 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened11 Jun 2024, 13:00 BST
- Notice published9 Aug 2024, 11:23 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Aug 2024- Status changed to complete9 Aug 2024, 11:23 BST
- Buyer details updated9 Aug 2024, 11:23 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspira 01SME | £1,941,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Lancashire Careers Hub Services · Inspira 01SME
- Signed
- 3 Jul 2024
- Value
- £1,941,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of Justice - The High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- InspiraAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria