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Published 19 Feb 2025, 16:33 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Social Enterprise Development Framework Services

Official notice

Authority: Westmorland and Furness Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North West (UKD1)
Framework ceiling (notional)£1,500,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 21 Mar 2025awarded 17 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

As CSEP are an unincorporated association, Westmorland and Furness Council are the Accountable Body for CSEP and thus the Contracting Authority in relation to the procurement and contracting for these Services.

This Framework is being procured to expand the range and volume of business support services which CSEP is able to offer to an ever-growing Social Enterprise sector in Westmorland & Furness district. The Services which we will procure to aid CSEP will help increase the number of start-ups and further support existing social enterprises to develop new products and services, improve governance and sustainability and will create additional, fulfilling employment for local people.

CPV: Business and management consultancy services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 1 suppliers · 3 bids received (3.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£1,500,000
Delivery: North West
Variant bids: not allowed
79410000 Business and management consultancy services

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: 90%Price: 10%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality/ Social Value: 90%
  • price: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality/ Social Value: 90
  • Price: 10
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
  • “Social Enterprise Development Framework Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.

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
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
19 Feb 2025, 16:33 GMT
Last source update
8 Aug 2025, 13:26 BST
Award evaluation window
21 Mar 2025 – …
Authority reference
DN764100
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-047261
Classification (CPV)
Business and management consultancy services
Delivery area
North West (UKD1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e460 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
Appointment period ends
21 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
21 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

procontract.due-north.com ↗

Timeline

21 Mar 2025 → 8 Aug 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    21 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    21 Mar 2025, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    8 Aug 2025, 13:26 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Aug 2025
  1. Status changed to complete
    8 Aug 2025, 13:26 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    8 Aug 2025, 13:26 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 17 Apr 2025

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Contract 047261-2025-1

    Signed
    17 Apr 2025
    Value
    £1,500,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Westmorland and Furness Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Parkhouse Building, Kingstown, Carlisle, North West, CA6 4SJContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of EnglandReview body London
  • The High Court of EnglandReview body London

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.