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Published 9 Apr 2024, 12:51 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Resilience Expert - Middle East and North Africa

Official notice

Authority: British Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73)Education & Training (80) Delivery: Iraq (IQ)Jordan (JO)Lebanon (LB)
+5 moreLibya (LY)Palestinian Territories (PS)Syria (SY)Tunisia (TN)Yemen (YE)
Awarded value£270,000published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 13 May 2024awarded 14 Aug 2024
Awarded to Rusando Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The British Council seeks a senior resilience specialist who is at the top of his/her field to oversee our youth resilience portfolio’s research and evaluation. The specialist’s primary specialism will need to be in the field of personal resilience but are seeking bidders with experience of applying this in the field in support of broader social and community development outcomes.

CPV: Education and training services · Research and development services and related consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal
Delivery listed: Iraq (IQ), Jordan (JO), Lebanon (LB), Libya (LY), Palestinian Territories (PS), Syria (SY), Tunisia (TN), Yemen (YE)
Extensions: The Contract will be awarded for 36 months with an option for extension for additional one period of 12 months.Variant bids: not 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
Price: 40
Published sub-criteria (1)
  • Commercial: 40
Published award criteria (2)
  • Social Value - Expertise and Experience - Methodology and Approach: 10% - 20% -30%
  • Commercial: 40%
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    If you are interested in expressing an interest and/or bidding for this project, please go to in-tendhost.co.uk/britishcouncil ↗ . You may then have to register your company before you can express an interest for this project and get access the documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 40 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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 Apr 2024, 12:51 BST
Last source update
29 Nov 2024, 17:11 GMT
Award evaluation window
6 May 2024 – …
Authority reference
BC/03424
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-038674
Classification (CPV)
Education and training servicesResearch and development services and related consultancy services
Delivery area
Iraq (IQ)Jordan (JO)Lebanon (LB)Libya (LY)Palestinian Territories (PS)Syria (SY)Tunisia (TN)Yemen (YE)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0450aa Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The British Council will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
13 May 2024, 13:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
6 May 2024, 14:00 BST

Timeline

6 May 2024 → 29 Nov 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Bids opened
    6 May 2024, 14:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    13 May 2024, 13:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    29 Nov 2024, 17:11 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 May 2024
  1. Deadline moved to 13 May 2024, 13:00 BST
    6 May 2024, 11:18 BST
    +8 days · was 5 May 2024, 13:00 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    29 Nov 2024, 17:11 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineIV.2.25 May 202413 May 2024+8 d

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £270,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 14 Aug 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Rusando LimitedSME£270,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 038674-2024-1-1 · Rusando LimitedSME

    Signed
    14 Aug 2024
    Value
    £270,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

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

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

British Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilBody governed by public law10 11 av. Allal Ben Abdellah, Rabat, MAContact email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.