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Published 21 Sept 2023, 09:54 BST

Official UK procurement notice

NCC-2023-106 - City of Newport Business Support Programme

Official notice

Authority: Newport City Coucil

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£435,453≈ £327k / year49.5% below published estimate
Submissions closed 2 Nov 2023awarded 29 Feb 2024
Awarded to The Innovation Centre for Enterprise in Wales
Contract term 1 yr 4 moends 31 Mar 2025 · starts 4 Dec 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Newport City Council are looking for a provider to deliver a full-scale business support programme targeted at two groups- those looking at starting up in business for the first time (also known as ‘pre-starts’), and those who have built up experience of business delivery and are now looking to grow (also known as ‘start-ups’).

CPV: Business organisation services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded 1 yr 4 mo
Contract period: 4 Dec 2023 – 31 Mar 2025 (1 yr 4 mo)
Delivery: Wales · Newport
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: 80%Price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 80
  • Price: 20
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
21 Sept 2023, 09:54 BST
Last source update
29 Feb 2024, 15:31 GMT
Award evaluation window
2 Nov 2023 – …
Authority reference
NCC-2023-106
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-006555
Classification (CPV)
Business organisation services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL21)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04027e Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

All Social Value and Carbon Reduction conditions are detailed within the Specification.

Publisher note: (WA Ref:139535)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN, CY
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
2 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en, cy
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
2 Nov 2023, 13:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

2 Nov 2023 → 29 Feb 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    2 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    2 Nov 2023, 13:00 GMT
  3. Contract starts
    4 Dec 2023
  4. Notice published
    29 Feb 2024, 15:31 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    29 Feb 2024, 15:31 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £220,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 66 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Feb 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
The Innovation Centre for Enterprise in WalesSME£220,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids · 6 electronic6——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Newport City Coucil

Contracting authorityRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Newport Civic Centre, Newport, Wales, NP20 4URContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

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