Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Training - Skill Up Springboard
Authority: Somerset Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFollowing a successful application to the European Social Fund, Somerset County Council has secured £2,078,053 of European Social Fund (ESF) investment to deliver the Somerset Skills for Growth Project. The Council is now seeking to procure and appoint suitably qualified suppliers to deliver the outputs and results specified within the Somerset Skills for Growth Grant Funding Agreement. 'Skill Up Springboard' will offer units at any accredited level, excluding basic skills. Accredited units applicable to this tender can be found on the following site register.ofqual.gov.uk ↗
The Authority is conducting this procurement process in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. This tender opportunity falls within Schedule 3 of the Regulations (Social and Other Specific Services) and below the Light Touch Regime threshold. Whilst this means that this Tender is exempt from EU procurement rules, it will be run in accordance with the EU Treaty principles of transparency, non-discrimination, equal treatment, mutual recognition, and proportionality.
CPV: Vocational training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£331,690
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 (6)
- Delivering the Requirements: 15%
- Marketing the Opportunity: 15%
- Skills and Capacity: 20%
- price: 30%
- Social Value: 10%
- Equality and Diversity and Environmental Sustainability: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
- Delivering the Requirements: 15
- Marketing the Opportunity: 15
- Skills and Capacity: 20
- Social Value: 10
- Equality and Diversity and Environmental Sustainability: 10
- Price: 30
- Suitability
Register of Apprenticeship training providers
Ofsted rated good or outstanding
- 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- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 9 Jun 2021, 15:15 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Oct 2021, 14:49 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 12 Jul 2021 – …
- Authority reference
DN549031- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-027069- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ba0dFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 12 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 360 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 12 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
Timeline
12 Jul 2021 → 28 Oct 2021 · 4 dates- Submission deadline12 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened12 Jul 2021, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts12 Aug 2021, 00:00 BST
- Notice published28 Oct 2021, 14:49 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete28 Oct 2021, 14:49 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgwater & Taunton College, Hair Academy South West LimitedSME, Shoots Training, Somerset Business Agency CICSMEjoint award | £237,999 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Training - Skill Up Springboard · Bridgwater & Taunton College, Hair Academy South West LimitedSME, Shoots Training, Somerset Business Agency CICSME
- Signed
- 25 Oct 2021
- Value
- £237,999
- Period
- … – 30 Jun 2023
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6bids · 6 electronic | 5 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- European UnionFunder
Bidders & participating suppliers
4 commercial parties on the notice- Aspire Training Team LimitedAwarded supplier
- Bridgwater & Taunton CollegeAwarded supplier
- Hair Academy South West LimitedAwarded supplier
- Somerset Business Agency CICAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria