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Published 5 May 2021, 09:52 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Lincolnshire Children's Services Placements for Alternative Provision, Domiciliary Care and Short Breaks Open Select List 2021.

Official notice

Authority: Lincolnshire County Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Awarded value£475,000published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 7 Jun 2021awarded 15 Jul 2021
Awarded to 4 Strides Equestrian UK LTD +7 more
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Aug 2022 · starts 1 Sept 2021

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This procurement is under the Light Touch Regime established pursuant to Regulations

74-76 and Regulation 76(7) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for the purposes of

commissioning an Open Select List for the provision of placements for Alternative Provision

and care packages for Domiciliary Care and Short Breaks.

CPV: Education and training services · Health and social work services · Other community, social and personal services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded 1 yr
Contract period: 1 Sept 2021 – 31 Aug 2022 (1 yr)
Delivery: UK
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: 50
Published sub-criteria (1)
  • Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement: 50
Published award criteria (2)
  • Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement: 50
  • Price
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 50 of 50 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
5 May 2021, 09:52 BST
Last source update
26 Jul 2021, 15:26 BST
Award evaluation window
7 Jun 2021 – …
Authority reference
DN540982
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-017685
Classification (CPV)
Education and training servicesHealth and social work servicesOther community, social and personal services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ad27 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
7 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Bids opened
7 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

7 Jun 2021 → 1 Sept 2021 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    7 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    7 Jun 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    26 Jul 2021, 15:26 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2021, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    26 Jul 2021, 15:26 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £475,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Jul 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
4 Strides Equestrian UK LTDSME, Alternative Programme education LTDSME, Alves iCare LtdSME, BID ServicesSME, County Care Independent Living LTDSME, Desire Change CICSME +5 morejoint award£475,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
11bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Lincolnshire County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services County Offices, Newland, Lincoln, UK, LN1 1YLContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

11 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.