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Published 9 Apr 2021, 22:55 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Mission Driven Entrepreneurship · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

ServicesRestricted procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£1,325,500exc. VAT17.4% below published estimate
Submissions closed 10 May 2021awarded 27 Aug 2021
Awarded to The Common Mission Project

What is being bought

Published requirement description

To connect academia, government and industry around specific problems using a consistent approach of engaging postgraduate (Masters level) university students to validate unclassified Defence and Security problems and create solutions that make the world a safer place.

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Mission Driven EntrepreneurshipAwardedRenewal
Delivery: UK
Extensions: Renewal will be conducted during Year 3 of ContractSecond stage: 3–4 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: 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
Quality: 60Price: 80
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical (including Social Value): 60
  • Commercial: 40
  • price: 40
Published award criteria (3)
  • Technical (including Social Value): 60
  • Commercial: 40
  • Price: 40
Successive reduction
Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 80 of 140 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 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
Restricted 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
9 Apr 2021, 22:55 BST
Last source update
1 Sept 2021, 22:45 BST
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-021695
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a4a1 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Submission deadline
10 May 2021, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Ministry Of Defence, Glasgow, United Kingdom. NUTS code: UK. Iain McLean, [email protected], tel: +44 1412242681, www.gov.uk/government/organisat… ↗

Timeline

10 May 2021 → 1 Sept 2021 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    10 May 2021, 17:00 BST
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    17 May 2021, 00:00 BST
  3. Bids must remain valid until
    31 Aug 2021, 23:59 BST
  4. Notice published
    1 Sept 2021, 22:45 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    1 Sept 2021, 22:45 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,094,5001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Aug 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
The Common Mission ProjectSME£1,094,500 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence Glasgow, UKContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Iain McLeanReview body Glasgow
  • MODReview body Glasgow

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria