Official UK procurement notice
National Standardised Assessments in Support of the National Improvement Framework
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Scottish Government has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the provision of National Standardised Assessments in Support of the National Improvement Framework.
CPV: Administrative educational services · Education and training services · Educational software development services · Educational software package · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Information technology services · Maintenance of information technology software · Mathematical or forecasting software package · Primary education services · Repair of information technology software · Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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 award criteria (2)
- 75: Technical
- Price: 25
- Price carries 25 of 25 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “National Standardised Assessments in Support of the National…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Apr 2021, 17:05 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Apr 2021, 17:05 BST
- Authority reference
Case 488190- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-007756- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a5bdFind a Tender
- Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers or risks suffering loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under Public Contracts (Scotland)
Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session.
Publisher note: ESPD will be scored on a pass/fail basis. Question scoring methodology for Award Criteria outlined in Invitation to Tender. Please note there are minimum requirements concerning Cyber Security for this contract. Tenderers will be required to complete an online Supplier Assurance Questionnaire using the Scottish Cyber Assessment Service. A link to SCAS can be found here: https://cyberassessment.gov.scot/ The questionnaire will be aligned to a Cyber Risk Profile that has been established for the contract, based on the Contracting Authority’s assessment of cyber risk. The unique identifier for this purpose is: RAR-NAZK86UC Cyber Implementation Plans will be accepted. Further details are set out in the procurement documents. (SC Ref:647717)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 007756-2021-Case 488190-1
- Signed
- 12 Apr 2021
- Value
- £17,401,591
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- AlphaPlus Consultancy LtdFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.