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Published 12 Jan 2021, 10:32 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Life Sciences and Technology Pathfinder Accelerator 2021-2024

Official notice

Authority: Highlands and Islands Enterprise

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72)Business Services & Consultancy (79)Education & Training (80) Delivery: Scotland (UKM6)
Published estimate£550,000exc. VAT7.6% below published estimate
Submissions closed 16 Feb 2021awarded 15 Apr 2021
Awarded to Skillfluence Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

THIS IS CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE AND AS SUCH THE PROCURMENT PROCESS IS COMPLETE.

The purpose of this tender is to identify a suitably qualified and experienced supplier to work with HIE to deliver the Pathfinder Accelerator programme over the period of 2021-2024.

It is expected that these services will be required from April 2021 for a period of 3 years , unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Contract.

The maximum 3 year budget currently available to deliver this service is between GBP 450k and GBP 555k (excluding VAT).

CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services · Business development consultancy services · Project management consultancy services · Training programme services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The Pathfinder Accelerator is a business support programme focused on driving the…AwardedPublished value£555,000

The Pathfinder Accelerator is a business support programme focused on driving the growth of science, health and technology businesses. Using industry knowledge, the Pathfinder will help business teams to make the right decisions at the critical stages. Pathfinder participants will be recruited from the local business and social enterprise community, HIE’s network of innovative projects, from an active research and development base within the NHS and from academic partners.

This project will enable an agile and sustainable Pathfinder programme to become an established and mainstream contributor to the stimulation of business growth in the Highland Council area. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: HIE may require the supplier to provide additional services. Any such modification shall be in terms of Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.Variant bids: not allowed
72224000 Project management consultancy services79411100 Business development consultancy services80521000 Training programme services

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
Quality: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (7)
  • Knowledge and Understanding: 5%
  • Delivery Methodology - Programme Design & Development: 15%
  • Delivery Methodology - Cohort Delivery: 20%
  • Management & Delivery Team: 20%
  • Management Methodology: 15%
  • Risks & Challenges: 5%
  • price: 20%
Published award criteria (8)
  • Cyber Security: Pass/Fail
  • Knowledge and Understanding: 5%
  • Delivery Methodology - Programme Design & Development: 15%
  • Delivery Methodology - Cohort Delivery: 20%
  • Management & Delivery Team: 20%
  • Management Methodology: 15%
  • Risks & Challenges: 5%
  • Price: 20%
Conditions of participation1
  • Condition of participation
    no text published
    Minimum: 4B.5 It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commence of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below: Professional Risk Indemnity – minimum GBP 1m for each and every claim Employers (com…
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • 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 · 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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
12 Jan 2021, 10:32 GMT
Last source update
16 Apr 2021, 10:55 BST
Award evaluation window
16 Feb 2021 – …
Authority reference
FTS0001
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-008030
Classification (CPV)
Business and management consultancy and related servicesBusiness development consultancy servicesProject management consultancy servicesTraining programme services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM6)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028980 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

The contract will include Key Performance Indicators (KPI's)/Service Levels (SLAs) which can be found within the Tender documentation.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 , may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:648233)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
16 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
16 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Timeline

16 Feb 2021 → 16 Apr 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    16 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    16 Feb 2021, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    16 Apr 2021, 10:55 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    16 Apr 2021, 10:55 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £507,9651 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 44 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Apr 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Skillfluence LimitedSME£507,965 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Highlands and Islands Enterprise

Contracting authorityRegional or local agency/officeEconomic affairs 313 An Lòchran, 10 Inverness Campus, Inverness, Scotland, IV2 5NAContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Other public bodies

  • European UnionFunder

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Inverness Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body InvernessContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Skillfluence LimitedAwarded supplierSC513176 Flat 2/1, 75 Clouston Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G208QWContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.