Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Tech Scalers
Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Scottish Government is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced supplier (thereinafter the Service Provider) with a proven track record in helping technology start-ups and scale-ups to learn, grow and achieve their ambitions. The Service Provider will undertake the administration and management of a national network of tech-scalers – new economic infrastructure to provide technology start-ups and scale-ups with the community environment, networks, support and education they need to grow.
CPV: Information technology services · Specialist training services · Training facilities
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The objectives of this contract are to:AwardedRenewalPublished value£42,000,000
The objectives of this contract are to:
- Contribute, over time, to a sustained increase in the rate of profitable, scaled technology businesses generated by the Scottish tech ecosystem.
- Create, for the first time, a truly world-class national infrastructure to co-locate, educate and scale technology companies.
- Provide technology companies with free access to first-rate commercial education in internet economy growth techniques and related disciplines.
- Provide technology companies with access to high-quality, long-term, flexible and affordable incubation space.
- Support the creation of a world class community and market square environment; facilitating collaboration, networking and the exchange of ideas.
- Provide full virtual access to commercial education and community events for technology companies unable to physically co-locate.
- Provide a clear focal point for the Scottish tech ecosystem and to create a scaled, expert partner to collaborate with the broader STER programme to establish Scotland as a first rate European tech hub.
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical: 80
- Commercial: 20
- price: 20
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical: 80%
- Commercial: 20%
- Price: 20%
- Economic & financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Statement for 4B.4
Bidders must demonstrate a Current Ratio of no less than 0.8
Current Ratio will be calculated as follows:
net current assets divided by net current liabilities.
There must be no qualification or contra-indication from any evidence provided in support of the bidders economic and financial standing.
Bidders must have in place the following minimum insurance levels:
public liability insurance in the sum of not less than five million pounds (5,000,000GBP).
professional indemnity insurance in the sum of not less than two million pounds (2,000,000GBP); and
employer’s liability insurance in the sum of not less than five million pounds (5,000,000GBP) force.
Such insurances must be maintained for the duration of the Contract and for a minimum of 5 years following the expiry or termination of the Contract as appropriate.
Minimum: Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 40 of 120 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
- 16 Dec 2021, 12:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Aug 2022, 12:03 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 17 Jan 2022 – …
- Authority reference
CASE/534846- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-021239- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f7f6Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: The Contractor has agreed to carrying out the following community benefits: 1. Develop existing and create new educational relationships with schools and universities to deliver in person and online events and hosting visits 2. Use the above relationships to feed into curriculums to find out how tech start ups and others in the CodeBase Tech Scaler Network (CTSN) can be connect to them. 3. Connections to promising founders from entrepreneurial courses and clubs to identify ways to assist them as they outgrow university support, e.g. shadowing, interning or formal apprenticeship opportunities. 4. Pursue more programmes such as the Santander internship programmes, with particular focus on those that support under-represented groups and those wishing to reskill into tech. 5. Identify women within the network to act as role models and mentors and visit schools to talk to students about their journey and assist in identifying barriers to women to computer science studies with a view to making changes to further increase interest. 6. Identify partners who can assist with improving the number of companies founded by people with protected characteristics, e.g. working with founders who are part of protected characteristics groups to better understand and work to remove these. The contractor is accredited as a Living Wage Employer and will continue to pay that wage rate through the duration of this contract. (SC Ref:700804)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ ↗
- Submission deadline
- 24 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 17 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
17 Jan 2022 → 3 Aug 2022 · 3 dates- Bids opened17 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline24 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published3 Aug 2022, 12:03 BST
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Dec 2021- Deadline moved to 24 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT16 Dec 2021, 12:45 GMT+7 days · was 17 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Status changed to complete3 Aug 2022, 12:03 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2 | 17 Jan 2022 | 24 Jan 2022 | +7 d |
| — | Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.7 | 17 Jan 2022 | 24 Jan 2022 | +7 d |
To give tenderers more time to complete their tenders
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CodeBaseSME | £59,237,767 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 021239-2022-534846-1 · CodeBaseSME
- Signed
- 4 Jul 2022
- Value
- £59,237,767
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic · 1 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- CodeBaseAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria