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Provision of an Open College Network NI Partnership with EA Youth Service

Vocational training services
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Education Authority NI: "Provision of an Open College Network NI Partnership with EA Youth Service". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityEducation Authority NIScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Education Authority NI
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Published history for Education Authority NI. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
8.7Bids / Report
14.3% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
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Coverage: 37 active published awards; 21 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityEducation Authority NI
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published18 Mar 2021, 17:56 GMT
Last source update18 Mar 2021, 17:56 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationVocational training services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-029d28
What is being bought
The award of a contract by Education Authority Northern Ireland (EANI) without prior publication of a call for competition for the provision of an Open College Network NI Partnership with EA Youth Service. This will address educational underachievement towards closing the gap and addressing barriers to learning, focusing on Personal and Social development of young people. Courses will be delivered through informal youth work methodologies for the period 1 April 2021 - 31 March 2024.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    18 Mar 2021, 17:56 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    18 Mar 2021, 17:56 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    18 Mar 2021, 17:56 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    The provision of an Open College Network NI Partnership with EA Youth Service. This will address educational underachievement towards closing the gap and addressing barriers to learning,
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    18 Mar 2021, 17:56 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 12 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · £270,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Open College Network
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£270,000 · signed 12 Mar 2021, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Education Authority NI

Contracting authority GB-FTS-1913
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  • Education Authority NI
    buyer

    Ballee Road West, Ballymena, UK, BT42 2HS
    business.procure@eani.org.uk

  • Open College Network
    supplier

    Sirius House, Belfast, UKN
    info@ocnni.org.uk

  • The UK does not currently have any such bodies with responsibilities for appeal/mediation procedures
    reviewBody

    Ballymena
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThere are derogations under the regulations to award a contract to a single supplier where the supplies or services can only be supplied by a particular supplier for the reason :- i) Where competition is absent for technical reasons (regulation 32(2)(b)(ii)) OCN, as an educational charity and awarding organisation, are the only body able to provide the national accreditation required.