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Published 27 Jan 2023, 15:54 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of an Advice & Information Service 2023

Official notice

Authority: The Highland Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Scotland (UKM6)
Published estimate£5,350,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 27 Feb 2023awarded 22 Mar 2023
Awarded to Inverness Badenoch and Strathspey Citizens Advice Bureau

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Council has a legal duty to provide certain advice and information services for local residents, this Contract is for the Provision of Advice and Information Services for residents of the Highland Council area. As well as supporting the legal duty of the Council the provision of Advice and Information Services is a crucial element of the Council’s strategy to achieve both national and local outcomes in respect of welfare, poverty and equalities.

CPV: Health and social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The Council has a legal duty to provide certain advice and information services for…AwardedRenewalPublished value£5,350,000

The Council has a legal duty to provide certain advice and information services for local residents as follows and this contract forms part of arrangements in place to ensure full compliance.

Advice and Information Services are also a crucial element of the Council’s strategy to achieve both national and local outcomes in respect of welfare, poverty and equalities.

Delivery: Scotland · Highlands and Islands
Extensions: The Council reserves the right to extend this period for two further periods of 12 monthsVariant 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
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Demonstration of ability to meet specification requirements.

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
27 Jan 2023, 15:54 GMT
Last source update
23 Mar 2023, 08:45 GMT
Award evaluation window
27 Feb 2023 – …
Authority reference
HC-CPL-AIS-2023
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-008416
Classification (CPV)
Health and social work services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM6)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-039b91 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

Contract performance stipulations and reporting requirements are as stated in the procurement documents.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:726701)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
27 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
27 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Timeline

27 Feb 2023 → 23 Mar 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    27 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    27 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    23 Mar 2023, 08:45 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    23 Mar 2023, 08:45 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £5,350,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Mar 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Inverness Badenoch and Strathspey Citizens Advice BureauSMESubcontracting: Inverness, Badenoch & Strathspey Citizen's advice bureau will work in partnership with Citizen's Advice Bureau's across Highland to deliver the services.£5,350,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Highland Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Council Headquarters, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness, Scotland, IV3 5NXContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Inverness Sheriff CourtReview body Inverness

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