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Published 2 Oct 2024, 19:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Office for Students: Provision of an online, curated learning resources platform

Official notice

Authority: Office for Students (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£200,000exc. VAT15% below published estimate
Submissions closed 5 Nov 2024awarded 31 Mar 2025
Awarded to Ashridge Executive and Organisational Development Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The OfS is looking to provide all employees with access to an established leadership and management online learning offering to support them in building their leadership, management and personal effectiveness skills and capability at all levels, and supports behaviours outlined in our organisation’s competency framework.

CPV: Training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£200,000
Delivery: South West · Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Extensions: Initial period of 2 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years.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: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70
  • Price: 30
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
2 Oct 2024, 19:05 BST
Last source update
7 Apr 2025, 16:05 BST
Award evaluation window
5 Nov 2024 – …
Authority reference
PRN2001
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-013468
Classification (CPV)
Training services
Delivery area
South West (UKK1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04a533 Find a Tender

Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=939836727 GO Reference: GO-202547-PRO-30059314

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Submission deadline
5 Nov 2024, 11:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
5 Nov 2024, 11:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

5 Nov 2024 → 7 Apr 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    5 Nov 2024, 11:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    5 Nov 2024, 11:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    7 Apr 2025, 16:05 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    7 Apr 2025, 16:05 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £170,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 7
Contracts signed 1latest 31 Mar 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Ashridge Executive and Organisational Development Ltd£170,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
7bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Office for Students

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Westward House, Lime Kiln Close, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, South West, BS34 8SRContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

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