Official UK procurement notice
Star Academies Uniform Provision
Authority: Star Academies (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionStar Academies is looking to run an FTS (EU) compliant tender with the intention of creating a contract with a single supplier. This will be a restricted process and a process timetable can be found in the documents. The supplier selected must be able to provide the complete provision of uniform supply and sales to pupils / parents across all Star schools. As a growing Trust, we anticipate that the scope of this tender will expand to include uniforms at all new schools that open or join the Trust before the contract start date and during the contract term. The selected supplier will be expected to supply uniforms for these schools within the contractual arrangements set out in this document. The Contract will be based on Star’s Terms and Conditions. This will include the relevant minimum service level requirements (SLA/KPIs) for the successful tenderer.
- Recurrence: 4 years
CPV: Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories · Textile fabrics and related items
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Trust is seeking a single uniform supplier who can supply all uniform items in…AwardedRenewalPublished value£2,750,000
The Trust is seeking a single uniform supplier who can supply all uniform items in accordance with the specification outlined, across all of its schools throughout the academic year. A lead supplier working in a consortium is also acceptable. As a minimum, the successful supplier must be able to provide garments to all schools all year round via a school specific online webstore, and the provision of physical selling events at least once a year at each school. In addition, the provision of a physical local retail outlet in close proximity to some or all of our schools is also acceptable, although this is not a mandatory requirement.
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 (2)
- Quality Questions & Samples: 50%
- Price to Parents (Branded and Non-Branded), Discounts to Trust and Delivery Costs: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality Questions & Samples: 50
- Price to Parents (Branded and Non-Branded), Discounts to Trust and Delivery Costs: 50
- Suitability
- No exclusions through mandatory or discretionary grounds under Parts 1 and 2.
- Financial stability – this will be calculated by confirmation that your assets must be equal to or more than your liabilities.
- Minimum £5m insurance held, or commitment to obtain, for the following:o Employer’s Liabilityo Public Liabilityo Professional Indemnityo Product Liability
- Holding of the following company policies:o Health & Safetyo Environmental o Qualityo GDPRo Cyber Security
- Self-certification all aspects of the specification can be met.
- Confirmation of your attendance at the mandatory product day.
- Confirmation of website purchasing provision and associated requirements.
- Confirmation of willingness and capability to organise and deliver uniform selling events at every Star school at least once a year during each summer term.
- Accreditations/Memberships Schoolwear Association member Sedex member Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) member ISO 9001
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 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
- Goods
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · 4 years
- First published
- 6 Mar 2024, 09:31 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Jul 2024, 14:12 BST
- Authority reference
ITT/2024/UNIFORM- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-021840- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0445e4Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Queries must be brought during the standstill period and will be reviewed accordingly by an independent senior executive
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx/Home ↗
- Submission deadline
- 5 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 Apr 2024 → 1 Jun 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline5 Apr 2024, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected29 Apr 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published16 Jul 2024, 14:12 BST
- Contract starts1 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete16 Jul 2024, 14:12 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| D WHITTAKER & COStar Academies - Student Uniform | £2,750,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Star Academies - Student Uniform · D WHITTAKER & CO
- Signed
- 16 Jul 2024
- Value
- £2,750,000
- Period
- … – 31 May 2030
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids · 5 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- D WHITTAKER & COAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria