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Published 18 Sept 2023, 15:50 BST

Official UK procurement notice

SC230178 - Investment, Financial Due Diligence Support Services

Official notice

Authority: Kent County Council (Local council)

ServicesRestricted procedure
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submissions closed 18 Oct 2023awarded 22 Nov 2023
Awarded to FSE C.I.C

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Kent County Council (KCC) has awarded a contract to provide independent financial appraisal reports to support the investment decisions of the KCC managed business investment schemes.

CPV: Financial management consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The key requirements of the Service are as follows:AwardedRenewal

The key requirements of the Service are as follows:

a) to attend to 2-3 monthly decision meetings on request;

b) to prepare at the full application stage for each eligible applicant of the KCC managed business investment schemes, a financial appraisal report. This report should contain business and financial analysis of the investment proposal and be submitted via KCC to the monthly decision meetings;

c) to prepare at the debt recovery stage for existing loan recipients of KCC managed business investment schemes, a financial appraisal report. This report should contain business and financial analysis of the current financial position of the business to assist in the understanding of the current financial position of a company. This report to be submitted via KCC to the monthly decision meeting;

d) Each financial appraisal report should include a range of information to assist the monthly decision-making meeting make its Recommendations i.e., to Partially Fund/Fully Fund/Reject/Defer, suggest conditions, repayment schedule and security (if funding was to be offered);

e) there may be an ad-hoc requirement for follow-up independent appraisal work connected with the KCC managed business investment schemes.

Most of this work can be undertaken remotely but attendance at designated Investment Advisory Board (IAB) or Subgroup (SG) meetings and the Debt Recovery Group meeting are also a requirement for the contractor.

The contract may be extended for a further period of up to 24 months.

Delivery: UK
Extensions: The initial contract period is 36 months. The contract may be extended by two further periods of 12 months. The maximum contract duration is 60 months.Second stage: up to 5 candidates invited to tenderVariant 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: 100%
Published sub-criteria (1)
  • Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents: 100%
Published award criteria (1)
  • Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents: 100
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 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
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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
18 Sept 2023, 15:50 BST
Last source update
23 Sept 2025, 15:54 BST
Authority reference
DN690183
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-058982
Classification (CPV)
Financial management consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0401af Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
18 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

18 Oct 2023 → 23 Sept 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    18 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Notice published396 days ago
    23 Sept 2025, 15:54 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    23 Sept 2025, 15:54 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Nov 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
FSE C.I.C——Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 058982-2025-1 · FSE C.I.C

    Signed
    22 Nov 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
The key requirements of the Service are as follows:4bids——£10,000 – £250,000
Whole notice———£100,000 – £250,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Kent County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilBody governed by public lawGeneral public services County Hall, Maidstone, UK, ME14 1XQContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • FSE C.I.CAwarded supplier First Floor Linea House, Harvest Crescent, Fleet, England, UK, GU51 2UZ

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