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Published 4 Nov 2022, 12:07 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

National Training Function for Stop Smoking Practitioners

Official notice

Authority: Department of Health & Social Care (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£935,000exc. VAT40% below published estimate
Submissions closed 2 Feb 2023awarded 22 Mar 2023
Awarded to NCSCT Community Interest Company

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Department of Health and Social Care is The Department of Health and Social Care is seeking to appoint a competent provider for a National Training Function for Stop Smoking Practitioners.

CPV: Health training services · Personnel-training services · Specialist training services · Staff training services · Training programme services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£935,000
Delivery: London
Extensions: The contract has an option to extend for a further period or periods of up to 24 months.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
Quality: 70%Price: 20%Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality: 70
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: 20
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
Yes
First published
4 Nov 2022, 12:07 GMT
Last source update
31 Mar 2023, 11:50 BST
Award evaluation window
20 Dec 2022 – …
Authority reference
C99594
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-009434
Classification (CPV)
Health training servicesPersonnel-training servicesSpecialist training servicesStaff training servicesTraining programme services
Delivery area
London (UKI32)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-037f21 Find a Tender

Publisher note: Access to documents:<br/><br/>Market Consultation Document <br/>https://atamis-1928.cloudforce.com/sfc/p/0O000000rwim/a/8d000000K7jQ/X46dlhWZHaY4zwCXHF4zzrSwB7pyvY0hgI4hoGeKCgU<br/><br/>Draft Specification<br/>https://atamis-1928.cloudforce.com/sfc/p/0O000000rwim/a/8d000000K7iT/rwvFXWoPc4Fco_I_31Vneik8XwR5ikjkJd66jiut3XM

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
2 Feb 2023, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
20 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

4 Nov 2022 → 31 Mar 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    4 Nov 2022
  2. Bids opened
    20 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
  3. Submission deadline
    2 Feb 2023, 17:00 GMT
  4. Notice published
    31 Mar 2023, 11:50 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Dec 2022
  1. Status changed to active
    20 Dec 2022, 10:59 GMT
  2. Procurement method changed
    20 Dec 2022, 10:59 GMT
  3. Deadline published: 2 Feb 2023, 17:00 GMT
    20 Dec 2022, 10:59 GMT
  4. Status changed to complete
    31 Mar 2023, 11:50 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £561,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Mar 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
NCSCT Community Interest CompanySMESubcontracting: Head office location and associated services.<br/>§ Technical support enquiries helpline.<br/>§ IT services including design, hosting, and maintenance of website and e-learning platform.<br/>§ Data collection, storage, and export for reporting.<br/>§ Finance administration.£561,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department of Health and Social Care

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsHealth 39 Victoria Street, London, London, SW1H 0EUContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtReview body LondonContact email

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