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Published 9 May 2023, 15:47 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Recruitment Advertising Teaching and Leadership

Official notice

Authority: The David Ross Education Trust (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£400,000≈ £200k / year10% above published estimate
Submissions closed 8 Jun 2023awarded 7 Sept 2023
Awarded to Tes Global LTD
Contract term 2 yrsends 31 Jul 2025 · starts 1 Aug 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The David Ross Education Trust (DRET) is seeking to procure an education recruitment specialist to deliver a job advertising and recruitment solution that will generate sufficient suitable candidates for DRET Teaching and Leadership vacancies, leading to successful appointment staff. The successful implementation of this service is expected to reduce the need for DRET’s reliance on supply cover staff to fill vacancies. The contract will be in place 2 years.

CPV: Advertising services · Recruitment services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded 2 yrs
Contract period: 1 Aug 2023 – 31 Jul 2025 (2 yrs)
Delivery: East Midlands · The David Ross Education Trust, Thorpe Hill, Loughborough, LE11 4SQ
Variant bids: allowed

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: 70%Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70
  • Price: 30
What this means for your bid
  • 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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
9 May 2023, 15:47 BST
Last source update
7 Sept 2023, 12:33 BST
Award evaluation window
8 Jun 2023 – …
Authority reference
DRET_P0019
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-026467
Classification (CPV)
Advertising servicesRecruitment services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c742 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
8 Jun 2023, 15:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
8 Jun 2023, 15:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

8 Jun 2023 → 7 Sept 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    8 Jun 2023, 15:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    8 Jun 2023, 15:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    1 Aug 2023, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    7 Sept 2023, 12:33 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    7 Sept 2023, 12:33 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £440,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 7 Sept 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Tes Global LTDRecruitment Advertising 2023£440,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Recruitment Advertising 2023 · Tes Global LTD

    Signed
    7 Sept 2023
    Value
    £440,000
    Period
    … – 31 Jul 2025
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

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

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The David Ross Education Trust

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawEducation Thorpe Hill, Loughborough, East Midlands, LE11 4SQContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Public Procurement Review ServiceMediation bodyReview body LondonContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • TES Global LtdAwarded supplier02017289 PO Box 49779 3 St Pauls Place Norfolk Street , Sheffield, Yorkshire & Humber, S1 2JE

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