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Published 27 Sept 2023, 10:53 BST

Official UK procurement notice

School and College Leaders' Mental Health Support Package 2024/27 con_24810

Official notice

Authority: Department for Education (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: UK
Published estimate£1,500,000≈ £500k / year · 1 value update0.1% below published estimate
Submissions closed 22 Dec 2023awarded 5 Apr 2024
Awarded to Education Support Partnership
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2027 · starts 1 Apr 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contract to support the mental health and wellbeing needs of school and college leaders across England, and to contribute to the development, delivery, and evaluation of an ambitious government support programme.

The programme objectives are:

  • To prevent the onset of mental health difficulties, by taking action to support the wellbeing of school and college leaders in England.
  • To support school and college leaders experiencing mental health and wellbeing difficulties who do not have access to independent support by plugging the gap in provision.
  • To promote and improve the quality of mental health and wellbeing support for school and college leaders by helping to stimulate the market and support capacity building.

CPV: Counselling services · Guidance and counselling services · Medical education services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1A three-year programme of professional supervision to a minimum of 2,500 school and…Awarded 3 yrs

A three-year programme of professional supervision to a minimum of 2,500 school and college leaders in need of wellbeing support who meet the eligibility criteria. The service shall be delivered, as a minimum, through facilitated virtual or telephone-based one-to-one professional supervision, with scope for the provision of group supervision and one-to-one counselling for those identified as needing this.

Contract period: 1 Apr 2024 – 31 Mar 2027 (3 yrs)
Delivery: UK · England
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
Quality: 70Price: 70Social value: 10
Published sub-criteria (6)
  • Programme delivery: 30
  • Recruitment, marketing and branding: 15
  • Mobilisation and resource capacity: 15
  • Programme evaluation: 10
  • price: 70
  • Social Value: 10
Published award criteria (6)
  • Programme delivery: 30
  • Recruitment, marketing and branding: 15
  • Mobilisation and resource capacity: 15
  • Programme evaluation: 10
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: 70
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 70 of 150 points: a 10% discount moves about 7 points. Quality carries 70 of 150: the paper moves it further than 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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
27 Sept 2023, 10:53 BST
Last source update
19 Apr 2024, 13:45 BST
Award evaluation window
22 Dec 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-012815
Classification (CPV)
Counselling servicesGuidance and counselling servicesMedical education services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04041b Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://education.app.jaggaer.com/ ↗

Submission deadline
22 Dec 2023, 17:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
22 Dec 2023, 17:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

11 Oct 2023 → 19 Apr 2024 · 5 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    11 Oct 2023, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    22 Dec 2023, 17:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    22 Dec 2023, 17:00 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST
  5. Notice published
    19 Apr 2024, 13:45 BST

Notice history

5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Nov 2023
  1. Published value updated to £1,500,000
    20 Nov 2023, 11:08 GMT
    was £3,000,000
  2. Status changed to active
    20 Nov 2023, 11:08 GMT
  3. Procurement method changed
    20 Nov 2023, 11:08 GMT
  4. Deadline published: 22 Dec 2023, 17:00 GMT
    20 Nov 2023, 11:08 GMT
  5. Status changed to complete
    19 Apr 2024, 13:45 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
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The total potential contract value is £3,000,000. however, the initial contract value at the point of award will be set at a maximum of £1,500,000 with opportunities to increase contract targets/value where annual budgets and demand allow.

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2023-09: 1 release · 27 Sept 2023

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,498,7331 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 66 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 5 Apr 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Education Support PartnershipSME£1,498,733 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids · 6 electronic6——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Education

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsEducation Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street, London, UK, SW1P 3BTContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body London

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.