Official UK procurement notice
SC230178 - Investment, Financial Due Diligence Support Services
Authority: Kent County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionKent 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 publishedLot #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.
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 (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
- 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)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0401afFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 18 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
18 Oct 2023 → 23 Sept 2025 · 2 dates- Submission deadline18 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
- Notice published396 days ago23 Sept 2025, 15:54 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete23 Sept 2025, 15:54 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid 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
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- FSE C.I.CAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria