Official UK procurement notice
Member Deliberative Assembly · UK public procurement notice
Authority: National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Corporation (Central government)
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£120,000£120,000 inc. VAT4.5% below published estimate
Submissions closed 26 Aug 2025awarded 7 Oct 2025
Awarded to SHARED FUTURE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
Contract term 8 moends 29 May 2026 · starts 19 Sept 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWork closely with Dr. Emmeline Cooper and the internal team
to help practically deliver the assembly. This will include
managing the process of onboarding participants (including the
payment of honorariums and travel expenses); managing
external speakers; inputting into the design process; facilitation
and front of house support during the assembly itself; and
inputting into the analysis and reporting of the assembly
outcomes
CPV: Research services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£120,000
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).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Experience: 30%
- Approach to Project: 50%
- Cost and financials: 20%
Published award criteria (3)
- Experience: Please provide a summary of your relevant experience in providing similar services to other organisations. Please also include information about who will be working on the project, including their background, experience, relevant expertise and expected role.
- Approach to Project: Please reflect on the information provided in the RFP, particularly the information contained in the core requirements section. Please outline your approach for how you would work with Nest and deliver against these core requirements. If there are things in addition to the requirements outlined in the RFP that you think would be beneficial, please feel free to include them – for example if you have digital tools that could potentially be utilized. However, if this comes at an additional cost please clearly separate these costs out so that we can make a fair cost comparison between bidders.
- Cost and financials: Please provide your costs broken down in the following manner: Sortition and recruitment related costs Participant onboarding costs (admin, travel costs etc) Facilitation costs Related expenses for facilitators (travel, accommodation etc) Expert speaker related costs (approx. 10 expert speakers) Supporting process design costs Supporting analysis and reporting costs [Please complete commercial schedule] Prices submitted should be in pound sterling, include expenses and be inclusive of VAT
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- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 28 Jul 2025, 11:17 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Oct 2025, 17:31 BST
- Authority reference
TEN-2526-016(PA2023)- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-043361- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0566d1Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
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- Submission deadline
- 26 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 11 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
28 Jul 2025 → 13 Oct 2025 · 5 dates- Tender notice published28 Jul 2025, 11:17 BST
- Clarification questions by11 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline26 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts19 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published378 days ago13 Oct 2025, 17:31 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Jul 2025- Tender notice published28 Jul 2025, 11:17 BSTUK4
- Contract details notice published13 Oct 2025, 17:31 BSTUK7
- Status changed to complete13 Oct 2025, 17:31 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £114,5711 contract inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 7 Oct 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHARED FUTURE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANYSME | £114,571 inc. VAT † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · SHARED FUTURE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANYSME
- Signed
- 7 Oct 2025
- Value
- £114,571 inc. VAT
- Period
- 7 Oct 2025 – 29 May 2026 · up to 29 Nov 2026 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Nest may, at its discretion and upon written notice to the Supplier, extend the Contract on the same terms as set out in the Contract, up to a further 6 months.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SHARED FUTURE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANYAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender