Official UK procurement notice
SLC - Education Digital Futures - Education ICT Managed Service
Authority: South Lanarkshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council wishes to appoint a supplier to provide an Education Managed Service for all Education establishments within South Lanarkshire.
The objective of this procurement exercise is to put in place a fully managed ICT managed service for Education which builds on this position of strength, which continues to offer schools with modern and transformative environments and digital solutions.
- Recurrence: The contract has an optional extension of 5 years, if extension is executed further notices will be published in 2034/35.
CPV: Information technology services · Maintenance of information technology software
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The procurement route will be via Competitive Procedure with Negotiation (CPN) which…AwardedRenewalPublished value£59,000,000
The procurement route will be via Competitive Procedure with Negotiation (CPN) which allows for innovation and to negotiate with suppliers on their proposals.
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: 60
- Price: 40
- Suitability
There are a number of questions / statements that have been included in the Contract Notice and within Stage 1 - SPD which detail the minimum requirements that Bidders must be able to evidence for participation in this tender and ultimately will be required to
evidence prior to any award being made. There are in addition further statements made that simply provide relevant information relating to the tender itself.
These questions and statements form an integral part of the Single Procurement Document (the SPD) which the Council has decided to implement for all tenders in excess of 50000 GBP in value.
SPD Question 2.C.1 Reliance on the capacities of other entities
Bidders are required to complete a full SPD for each of the entities whose capacity they rely upon.
Subcontractors on whose capacity the bidder does not rely.
Bidders who are selected to submit an ITT will be asked whether they intend to subcontract within the ITT (Stage 2) Tender. A shortened version of the SPD covering the exclusion grounds will require to be completed by each Subcontractor so identified and uploaded within the ITT (Stage 2) Technical Envelope.
Exclusion Criteria
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
SPD Questions 3A – 3C have been identified as mandatory exclusion grounds and SPD Questions 3D have been identified as discretionary exclusion grounds. All the excl…
- Condition of participationno text publishedMinimum: SPD Questions 4B.1.1 Economic and Financial Standing The Council will assess Bidders annual turnover to provide assurance of the capacity of the Bidder to deliver the contract. The minimum required turnover per year is 6,400,000 GBP and the past 3 financial years should be inclu…
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
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
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- 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 · The contract has an optional extension of 5 years, if extension is executed further notices will be published in 2034/35.
- First published
- 21 Apr 2023, 12:45 BST
- Last source update
- 18 Mar 2025, 14:37 GMT
- Authority reference
SLC/FC/23/008- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-009929- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c329Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering
- Performance terms
As stated in the tender documents
- Review procedure
Please note, the alternative review body to the local Sheriff Court detailed in VI.4.1 is:
Court of Session
Parliament House
Parliament Square
Edinburgh
EH1 1RQ
+44 1312252595
Publisher note: SPD Questions 3A.1 to 3A.7 Serious and Organised Crime – Information Sharing Protocol It is a requirement of this tender that the bidder recommended for award completes and submits, when requested to by the Council, the Serious and Organised Crime – Information Sharing Protocol form for evaluation prior to any award being made. Declarations and Certificates In a restricted tendering procedure, prior to the issue of invitation to tender, the bidders who are being recommended for issue of tenders will provide the undernoted certificates, declarations and/or completed questionnaires to evidence their compliance with the relevant questions within the Qualification Envelope. All certificates, declarations and questionnaires can be found within the Attachment area of PCS-T. SPD Question 2D.1 Prompt Payment Certificate SPD Question 3D.3 Human Rights Act Declaration SPD Question 3D.11 Non-Collusion Certificate SPD Question 4B.5.1 Insurance Certificates SPD Questions 3A.1 to 3A.8 Serious and Organised Crime Declaration SPD Question 4C.6 Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 Declaration SPD Question 3A.6 Modern Slavery Act 2015 Declaration Declaration Section Health and Safety Questionnaire Declaration Section Serious and Organised Crime – Information Sharing Protocol The Signature Page must be completed and uploaded within the relevant question in the Stage 1 SPD Technical Envelope. In the case of a restricted tendering procedure this information will be requested by the Council prior to the issue of invitation to tender to the selected bidders. Failure to provide this information or in the event that the information provided does not support or evidence the statements made within the SPD will invalidate the bid. In this scenario the Council will seek to obtain the relevant information and evidence from the second highest scoring bidder and so on until a fully compliant bidder is identified. (SC Ref:793624)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Submission deadline
- 31 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
Timeline
20 Sept 2023 → 18 Mar 2025 · 4 dates- Next notice expected20 Sept 2023, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline31 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected15 Mar 2024
- Notice published18 Mar 2025, 14:37 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Dec 2023- Published value updated to £59,000,00014 Dec 2023, 12:47 GMTwas £35,000,000
- Status changed to active14 Dec 2023, 12:47 GMT
- Procurement method changed14 Dec 2023, 12:47 GMT
- Deadline published: 31 Jan 2024, 12:00 GMT14 Dec 2023, 12:47 GMT
- Status changed to complete18 Mar 2025, 14:37 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| RM Education LtdSubcontracting: declared | £53,500,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 009929-2025-SLC/FC/23/008-1 · RM Education Ltd
- Signed
- 3 Feb 2025
- Value
- £53,500,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Hamilton Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- RM EducationAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.