Official UK procurement notice
NEEB Business Support Delivery
Authority: Braintree District Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBraintree District Council (BDC), on behalf of the North Essex Economic Board (NEEB), are looking to procure a business support provider to deliver services across two years – 2023/24 & 2024/25 for North Essex businesses and residents (Braintree, Chelmsford, Colchester, Maldon and Tendring Local Authority Areas). The maximum budget available for this service is Year 1 (2023/24) £138,269.31 and Year 2 (2024/25) £287,835.36. Tenders that exceed the maximum annual budgets will be considered non-compliant and be rejected as such. There is potential for Epping and Harlow Local Authority Areas to join this arrangement prior to contract commencement.
CPV: Miscellaneous business-related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Funded by UK Shared Prosperity Funding, this is a one-off project estimated to last…AwardedPublished value£626,105
Funded by UK Shared Prosperity Funding, this is a one-off project estimated to last two years subject to satisfactory performance and continuing receipt of such funding. Braintree District Council on behalf of NEEB are seeking the provision of a specialist organisation to deliver free business support for the purpose of increasing the number of businesses accessing support services from within the NEEB area. This will include a series of targeted interventions to raise the profile of the NEEB support, such as (as a minimum) workshops, webinars, targeted marketing campaigns and drop-in sessions under the main themes of general business support, digital skills and financial and debt management support.
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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 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)
- Quality: 100
- Price: 0
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 8 Feb 2023, 14:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 May 2023, 14:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 13 Mar 2023 – …
- Authority reference
PROC22-0165- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-014931- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a3eeFind a Tender
Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: <a href="https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=784015957" target="_blank">https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=784015957</a> GO Reference: GO-2023525-PRO-23048053
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 13 Mar 2023, 11:30 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 13 Mar 2023, 11:30 GMT
Timeline
13 Mar 2023 → 5 Jun 2023 · 5 dates- Submission deadline13 Mar 2023, 11:30 GMT
- Bids opened13 Mar 2023, 11:30 GMT
- Contract starts27 Apr 2023, 00:00 BST
- Notice published25 May 2023, 14:05 BST
- Bids must remain valid until5 Jun 2023, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete25 May 2023, 14:05 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Let’s Do Business (South East) GroupSMENEEB Business Support | £426,105 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
NEEB Business Support · Let’s Do Business (South East) GroupSME
- Signed
- 12 Apr 2023
- Value
- £426,105
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2025
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic | 4 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Let's do Business (South East) Group LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria