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Published 15 Nov 2022, 11:01 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Out of Hours Student Wellbeing Service

Official notice

Authority: University of Sunderland (Education)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£500,000≈ £100k / year50% above published estimate
Submissions closed 15 Dec 2022awarded 19 Jan 2023
Awarded to Home Group
Contract term 5 yrsends 29 Feb 2028 · starts 1 Mar 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Sunderland Wellbeing Team requires an ‘out of hours’ student wellbeing service to include a range of on site (face to face) and telephone response services to include (but not limited to): Emotional and mental health support, drop in support, health promotion and prevention, general wellbeing support across a wide range of issues. The service required will be both on site (Sunderland, Tyne and Wear) based in Student Accommodation and additionally to provide a phone response from 6:30pm to 6:30am 365 days per year to University of Sunderland students. The contract is expected to commence March 2023 to March 2026 (with up to 2 x 1 year extensions taking it to a possible March 2028). The overall contract value is estimated at GBP £500,000 over 5 years' (the maximum contract length), excluding VAT where applicable - note there are no guarantees on spend levels. We also reserve the right to spend an additional 50% of the original anticipated value, subject to change

CPV: Health and social work services · Health services · Miscellaneous health services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 5 yrsPublished value£500,000
Contract period: 1 Mar 2023 – 29 Feb 2028 (5 yrs)
Delivery: North East · Sunderland, Tyne & Wear
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: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Qualitative: 60%
  • Costs: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Qualitative: 60%
  • Costs: 40%
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
15 Nov 2022, 11:01 GMT
Last source update
7 Feb 2023, 09:20 GMT
Award evaluation window
15 Dec 2022 – …
Authority reference
UoS/OOH Student Wellbeing Service/1022
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-003651
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work servicesHealth servicesMiscellaneous health services
Delivery area
North East (UKC23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-038474 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: AWARDED

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
15 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
15 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

15 Dec 2022 → 14 Apr 2023 · 5 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    15 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    15 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    7 Feb 2023, 09:20 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    1 Mar 2023
  5. Bids must remain valid until
    14 Apr 2023, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    7 Feb 2023, 09:20 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £750,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Jan 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Home Group£750,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Out of Hours Student Wellbeing Service · Home Group

    Signed
    19 Jan 2023
    Value
    £750,000
    Period
    … – 29 Feb 2028
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

University of Sunderland

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Procurement, Finance, 3rd Floor Edinburgh Building, Chester Road, Sunderland, North East, SR1 3SDContact email Published organisation website ↗

Other public bodies

  • European UnionFunder

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Legal ServicesMediation bodyReview contact point SunderlandContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Home Group LimitedAwarded supplierIPR22981R 2 Gosforth Park Way, Gosforth Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, NE12 8ET

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