Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Postgraduate ITE Services
Authority: Bright Futures Educational Trust (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBright Futures SCITT (the Customer) is seeking an experienced Higher Education Institution (HEI) to deliver, assess and award a Post Graduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) qualification to enhance the academic rigour of the Customer’s Initial Teacher Training programme. We are seeking a qualification that will be certificated as a PGCE with QTS as an exit award, with us [Bright Futures SCITT] as an accredited provider awarding the QTS. The contract will be for an initial period of 3 years commencing 1st September 2024 for delivery of the PGCE for academic year beginning September 2024. Mobilisation activities will be required from 1st April 2024 in preparation for delivery from September 2024. For the avoidance of doubt the initial period of 3 years relates to the academic year and will therefore end on 31st August 2027.
CPV: Adult-education services at university level
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£1,200,000
What it takes to wini
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).
As stated in the procurement documents Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
- Technical & professional ability
An officially recognised UK higher education institution .
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Shortlisting
- Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
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
- Closed
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Oct 2023, 10:07 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Oct 2023, 10:07 BST
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-029354- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-040818Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As stated in the procurement documents
- Review procedure
This authority will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to Tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Publisher note: For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: <a href="https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Manchester:-Adult-education-services-at-university-level./CEFQ9D3UT9" target="_blank">https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Manchester:-Adult-education-services-at-university-level./CEFQ9D3UT9</a> To respond to this opportunity, please click here: <a href="https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/CEFQ9D3UT9" target="_blank">https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/CEFQ9D3UT9</a> GO Reference: GO-2023105-PRO-24117825
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 3 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 Oct 2023 → 3 Nov 2023 · 2 dates- Notice published5 Oct 2023, 10:07 BST
- Submission deadline3 Nov 2023, 12:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.