Official UK procurement notice
Register of Support Services Framework Agreement
Authority: National Memorial Heritage Fund·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe National Memorial Heritage Fund (the Fund) is seeking to appoint suitably skilled and experienced consultants for our Register of Support Services Framework Agreement (RoSS). The Framework has 4 Lots as detailed below: Lot 1 – Heritage & Culture Construction Project Management Consultant Lot 2 – Business Development and Management Consultant Lot 3 - Public Engagement with Heritage Consultant Lot 4 – Natural Environment Consultant The Fund provides grant funding to large, well-resourced and experienced organisations and other public bodies together with small voluntary/community groups will little or no experience of undertaking heritage projects. This Framework is to be used by the Fund to commission consultants who can provide expert advice and support the assessment, mentoring and monitoring of projects. This Framework will also be open to the Arts Council England (ACE) for them to use if required.
CPV: Library, archives, museums and other cultural services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 30 bids on the busiest of 4 lots · 69 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Apr 2024
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published value · a supplier may bid for at most 4 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Construction Project ManagementAwardedPublished value£2,300,000
NHMF supports a wide variety of capital projects involving different types of heritage assets, landscapes and townscapes. Some of the areas we are expecting consultants to provide services in as part of this lot are: Pre application advice to grantees Expert advice to the Fund Monitoring of projects Mentoring Grantees Influencing grantees, etc Details of the full requirement under this Lot is provided in the specification document.
Lot #2Business Development and ManagementAwardedPublished value£700,000
NHMF supports a wide variety of heritage projects which aim to build organisational resilience and capacity either as the sole focus or as part of a wider investment in the organisations assets and / or activities. Consultants will be required to advise the Fund and monitor / mentor grantees in some of the areas below: Pre application advice Financial analysis Enterprise development activities Organisation capacity building Business planning, etc Details of the full requirement under this Lot is provided in the specification document.
Lot #3Public Engagement with HeritageAwardedPublished value£1,000,000
The NHMF supports a variety of heritage projects which engage in a broad range of ways with communities and the wider public. These projects focus on increasing access and diversifying audiences either as stand-alone initiatives or as an integrated element of a larger programme such as the redevelopment of a heritage asset. Consultants will be required to provide monitoring, mentoring and advisory services, and will need to work and engage in a variety of heritage settings such as built heritage; natural heritage; industrial, transport or maritime heritage; museums, libraries and archives; and intangible heritage or community heritage. Consultants will be required to advise the Fund and monitor / mentor grantees in some of the areas below: Pre application advice Providing expert advice Being a critical friend to grantees Advising on approaches to engaging volunteers, etc Details of the full requirement under this Lot is provided in the specification document.
Lot #4Natural EnvironmentAwardedPublished value£900,000
The NHMF supports a wide variety of heritage projects that benefit nature and the environment either as stand-alone initiatives or as part of larger initiatives involving different types of heritage assets, landscapes and natural environments. Consultants will be required to provide monitoring, mentoring and advisory services relating to landscapes and natural heritage and will be expected to work and engage in more than one type of natural heritage: habitats, species, semi-natural landscapes, rewilding schemes, designed landscapes (including public parks), geodiversity, and marine and aquatic environments. Consultants will also need to understand the requirements/opportunities associated with different designations affecting the natural environment (AONBs, SSSI’s and so on) across the UK. Consultants will be required to advise the Fund and monitor / mentor grantees in some of the areas below: Pre application advice to grantees The preparation and implementation of conservation planning documents and plans by Grantees Nature-based solutions to deliver a variety of environmental benefits Green finance opportunities and investment readiness including different financing models for the sector, etc Details of the full requirement under this Lot is provided in the specification document.
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 75
- Price: 25
- Suitability
As stated in the procurement documents
- Technical & professional ability
As stated in the procurement documents
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Register of Support Services Framework Agreement” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- Restricted 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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 5 May 2023, 14:05 BST
- Last source update
- 8 May 2024, 14:05 BST
- Authority reference
NHMF 0325- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-014693- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c6c7Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- Review procedure
The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on award of the framework agreement is communicated to participants
Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. The contract period (term) will be from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2028 inclusive. The Fund reserves the right to extend the Framework Agreement period by up to two years in exceptional circumstances. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=843660456 GO Reference: GO-202458-PRO-25985097
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 19 Jun 2023, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
Timeline
19 Jun 2023 → 8 May 2024 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown19 Jun 2023, 17:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published8 May 2024, 14:05 BST
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 May 2023- Buyer details updated19 May 2023, 14:05 BST
- Status changed to complete8 May 2024, 14:05 BST
- Buyer details updated8 May 2024, 14:05 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
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| — | TextII.2.9 Envisaged maximum number of candidates and objective criteria for choosing limited number of candidates · II.2.9 | Blank | Envisaged maximum number of candidates - 25. Objective criteria for choosing limited number of candidates - as per SQ / Tender documents | |
| — | TextII.2.9 Envisaged maximum number of candidates and objective criteria for choosing limited number of candidates · II.2.9 | Blank | Envisaged maximum number of candidates - 25. Objective criteria for choosing limited number of candidates - as per SQ / Tender documents | |
| — | TextII.2.9 Envisaged maximum number of candidates and objective criteria for choosing limited number of candidates · II.2.9 | Blank | Envisaged maximum number of candidates - 30. Objective criteria for choosing limited number of candidates - as per SQ / Tender documents | |
| — | TextII.2.9 Envisaged maximum number of candidates and objective criteria for choosing limited number of candidates · II.2.9 | Blank | Envisaged maximum number of candidates - 25. Objective criteria for choosing limited number of candidates - as per SQ / Tender documents | |
| — | TextIV.2.3 Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted · IV.2.3 | English | English and Welsh |
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. The contract period (term) will be from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2028 inclusive. The Fund reserves the right to extend the Framework Agreement period by up to…
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast9 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 9 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £1, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Construction Project Manager
- Signed
- 15 Feb 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Construction Project Manager
- Signed
- 15 Feb 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Business Development and Management
- Signed
- 15 Feb 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Business Development and Management
- Signed
- 15 Feb 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Public Engagement with Heritage
- Signed
- 15 Feb 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Public Engagement with Heritage
- Signed
- 15 Feb 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Public Engagement with Heritage
- Signed
- 15 Feb 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Natural Environment
- Signed
- 15 Feb 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Natural Environment
- Signed
- 15 Feb 2024
- Value
- ceiling above
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2028
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Construction Project Management | 26bids | — | — | — |
| 2 · Business Development and Management | 24bids | — | — | — |
| 3 · Public Engagement with Heritage | 30bids | — | — | — |
| 4 · Natural Environment | 25bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- National Heritage Memorial FundContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Chartered Institute of ArbitratorsMediation body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
73 commercial parties on the notice · 50 awardedThe first 50 of 73 commercial parties (by name); the JSON mirror lists them all.
- 2M Associates LtdFramework contractor
- Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Education TrustFramework contractor
- Alix Slater Consultancy & Training LtdFramework contractor
- Alwyn Jones ArchitectsFramework contractor
- Anna Cullum LimitedFramework contractor
- Anna SalamanFramework contractor
- Artis Consulting LtdFramework contractor
- Barker LanghamFramework contractor
- Bramhill Design LtdFramework contractor
- Bright Culture Consultancy LLPFramework contractor
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- Countryside Training PartnershipFramework contractor
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- Cumming Management Group LtdFramework contractor
- DBA Consult LtdFramework contractor
- David WaterfallFramework contractor
- Dr Katherine HannFramework contractor
- Ellen Dempster ConsultingFramework contractor
- Ellis Williams Architects LtdFramework contractor
- Emma ParsonsFramework contractor
- Fairbanks Heritage LtdFramework contractor
- Firth HeritageFramework contractor
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- GKAFramework contractor
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- Harriet CartyFramework contractor
- Heather Lomas ConsultingFramework contractor
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Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria