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Published 31 Jul 2023, 13:31 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of the Independent Review Mechanism (IRM) for Fostering and Adoption 2024-2027

Official notice

Authority: Department for Education (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£730,428exc. VAT0.1% below published estimate
Submissions closed 14 Sept 2023awarded 22 Nov 2023
Awarded to Coram Children's Legal Centre (CCLC)

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of independent panels that review suitability to adopt or foster and other decisions made by adoption and fostering providers.

CPV: Education and training services · Health and social work services · Legal advisory services · Legal services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The IRM provides an essential statutory service to prospective and existing foster…AwardedRenewalPublished value£730,428

The IRM provides an essential statutory service to prospective and existing foster parents, adopters and adult adoptees. The main function of the IRM is to offer an objective and independent route for applicants to request a review of decisions made by fostering and adoption services about their approval status and access to their records. The service offered by the IRM is unique within the sector and enables applicants to have their case heard by an independent panel of children’s social care experts. The service is provided for in regulations and represents an. Additional information: not applicable

Delivery: UK · UK
Extensions: There will be an option to extend the contract term for an additional period of 12 monthsVariant bids: not allowed
79100000 Legal services80000000 Education and training services85000000 Health and social work services

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: 60Price: 20
Published sub-criteria (5)
  • Mobilisation and Implementation: 15
  • Delivery Model: 25
  • Reporting, Oversight, and Sharing Learning: 10
  • Social Value, Tackling Economic Inequality: 10
  • Service Cost: 20
Published award criteria (5)
  • Mobilisation and Implementation: 15
  • Delivery Model: 25
  • Reporting, Oversight, and Sharing Learning: 10
  • Social Value, Tackling Economic Inequality: 10
  • Service Cost: 20
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    not applicable

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 80 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
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
31 Jul 2023, 13:31 BST
Last source update
22 Nov 2023, 10:09 GMT
Award evaluation window
14 Sept 2023 – …
Authority reference
ITT_2209
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-034498
Classification (CPV)
Education and training servicesHealth and social work servicesLegal advisory servicesLegal services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ebad Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

not applicable

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
14 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
14 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

education.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html ↗

Timeline

14 Sept 2023 → 22 Nov 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    14 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    14 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    22 Nov 2023, 10:09 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    22 Nov 2023, 10:09 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £729,8041 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Nov 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Coram Children's Legal Centre (CCLC)Provision of Independent Review Mechanism (IRM) service for Fostering and Adoption 2024-2027£729,804 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 2 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Education

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsEducation Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street, London, UK, SW1P 3BTContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of JusticeReview body London

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