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Published 27 Jun 2023, 12:57 BST

Official UK procurement notice

TC1173 - Foster Carers Training

Official notice

Authority: Manchester City Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£100,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 27 Jul 2023awarded 7 Dec 2023
Awarded to The Big Initiative Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Service requirements for the provision of Training programmes to support wider training and development offered for in–house recruited foster carers connect person’s foster carers and special guardians (SGO Carers).

CPV: Social work and related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Tc1173 Foster Carers TrainingAwardedPublished value£100,000

Tc1173 Foster Carers Training. Additional information: The Council used the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk ↗.

Delivery: North West
Variant bids: not allowedElectronic catalogue: required

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: 50%Price: 20%Social value: 20%Environmental: 10%
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Quality: 50%
  • price: 20%
  • Social Value: 20%
  • Carbon Neutral and Environment: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
  • Quality: 50
  • Social Value: 20
  • Carbon Neutral and Environment: 10
  • Price: 20
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
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 Jun 2023, 12:57 BST
Last source update
8 Dec 2023, 14:51 GMT
Award evaluation window
27 Jul 2023 – …
Authority reference
DN676664
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-036249
Classification (CPV)
Social work and related services
Delivery area
North West (UKD3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03dccc Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers prior to entering into the contract. If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved, the Public Contract Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

Publisher note: The Council is using the e-business portal known as the Chest. Applicants will need to register their details at the following link www.the-chest.org.uk. Once registered, applicants will be emailed a log-in and password which will allow them to gain access to the documentation relating to this opportunity. Applicants will need to electronically submit their completed tender documents, including the online questionnaire, via the online portal by 11 am on 27th July 2023 as referred to in IV.2.2. Any clarification queries must also be submitted via the Chest website by the date referred to in the tender documentation. The contracts will be for 5 years, expected to commence on 1st November 2023. The successful supplier will be required to actively participate in the economic and social regeneration of the locality of, and surroundings of, the place of delivery of the contract. Therefore, selection and award criteria, specification requirements and contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations as relevant to the subject matter of this project. The Council reserves the right not to award the contract, as a result of this Contract Notice. The Council shall not be liable for any costs or expenses incurred by any organisation in responding to this notice or in tendering for the proposed contract. All submissions must be in English, with any clarifications or discussions conducted in English. Tenders and supporting documents must be priced in pounds sterling and all payments under the proposed contract will be made in pounds sterling.

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
Submission deadline
27 Jul 2023, 11:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
27 Jul 2023, 11:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

27 Jul 2023 → 8 Dec 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    27 Jul 2023, 11:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    27 Jul 2023, 11:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    8 Dec 2023, 14:51 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    8 Dec 2023, 14:51 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £100,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 7 Dec 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
The Big Initiative LtdSME£100,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Manchester City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Floor 5 (Mount Street Elevation), Town Hall Extension, Albert Square, Manchester, North West, M60 2LAContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

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.