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Published 9 Apr 2024, 15:58 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Supply of School Resource Management Adviser (SRMA) programme

Official notice

Authority: Department for Education (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£9,200,000≈ £3.1m / year23.9% below final estimate
Submissions closed 20 May 2024awarded 14 Nov 2024
Awarded to North Yorkshire Council, School Business Services
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Aug 2027 · starts 1 Sept 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

As part of the ESFA’s commitment to ensure that the organisations it funds can access high quality support and guidance, it will continue to offer peer-to-peer support for school business leaders from school resource management experts. The Supplier will identify, supply, and manage a cohort of School Resource Management Advisers (SRMAs) and School and Trust Business Professional (SBP) mentors (‘Accredited Persons’).

CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded 3 yrs
Contract period: 1 Sept 2024 – 31 Aug 2027 (3 yrs)
Delivery: UK
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: 60Price: 60Social value: 10
Published sub-criteria (8)
  • Background and Experience: 10
  • Recruitment and Retention of Accredited Persons: 20
  • Quality Assurance: 20
  • Contract Management: 5
  • Risk Management: 5
  • Price: 30
  • price: 30
  • Social Value: 10
Published award criteria (8)
  • Background and Experience: 10
  • Recruitment and Retention of Accredited Persons: 20
  • Quality Assurance: 20
  • Contract Management: 5
  • Risk Management: 5
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: 30
  • Price: 30
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 130 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. Quality carries 60 of 130: 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
9 Apr 2024, 15:58 BST
Last source update
3 Dec 2024, 10:42 GMT
Award evaluation window
20 May 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-038863
Classification (CPV)
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0450c5 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
Submission deadline
20 May 2024, 14:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
20 May 2024, 14:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

20 May 2024 → 3 Dec 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    20 May 2024, 14:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    20 May 2024, 14:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    3 Dec 2024, 10:42 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    3 Dec 2024, 10:42 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £7,004,8991 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 32 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 14 Nov 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
North Yorkshire Council, School Business ServicesSMEjoint award£7,004,899 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids2——

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

  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.