Official UK procurement notice
TD1938 - For the provision of a Higher Education Institution to deliver the Step Up to Social Work Programme for the East Midlands Regional Partnership (EMRP).
Authority: Derby City Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Step up to Social Work programme is funded by the Department for Education (DfE) with the intention of raising the standard of social workers who work in children's statutory services. The programme recruits high calibre candidates who have a 2:2 degree and who already have experience of working with vulnerable children, young people or adults who want to train as social workers.
The DfE have announced that they will fund a cohort 8 of the Step up to Social Work programme and the EMRP is seeking to contract a Higher Education Institution (HEI) to work with the East Midlands EMRP to deliver and quality assure a Cohort 8 Step Up to Social Work Programme to train students who will be attached to Local Authorities in the East Midlands Region.
Derby City Council is acting as the lead authority in the procurement of this new contract on behalf of all Local Authorities in the EMRP
- Recurrence: Potential date for advertising renewal if option not taken is November 2024.
CPV: Higher education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,283,370
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: 100
- Price: 0
- Suitability
Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if requirements are met:
Any supplier may be disqualified who:
(a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, where his affairs are being administered by the court, where
he has entered into an arrangement with creditors, where he has suspended business activities or is
in any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under national laws and regulations;
(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an order compulsory winding
up the administration by the court or of an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar
proceedings under national laws and regulations;
(c) has been convicted by a judgment which has the force of res judicata in accordance with the
legal provisions of the country of any offence concerning his professional conduct;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proven by any means which the contract
authorities can demonstrate;
(e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security contributions in
accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the
country of the contracting authority;
(f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in accordance with the legal
provisions of the country in which he is established or with those of the country of the contracting
authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information required under this Section
or h…
- Technical & professional ability
The bidder must be a Higher Education Institution offering a programme that is already be validated with Social Work England and must enable and support students to meet the Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) and Social Workers' post-qualifying standard (knowledge and skills statements.
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
- Yes · Potential date for advertising renewal if option not taken is November 2024.
- First published
- 11 Nov 2022, 07:58 GMT
- Last source update
- 31 Jan 2023, 09:11 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 15 Dec 2022 – …
- Authority reference
TD1938- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-002869- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-038360Find a Tender
- Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Derby City Council will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar days standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into.
Applicants have 2 working days from the notification of the award decision to request additional debriefing and that information has to be provided a minimum of 3 working days before the expiry of the standstill period. Such additional information should be required from the contact details provided in section 1.1 of this notice.
If an appeal regarding the award of a contract has not been successfully resolved the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Si 2015 No 102) 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). Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months).
Where a contract has not been entered into the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may only award damages. [The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into].
Publisher note: Please note providers wishing to express interest and obtain the documentation must do so by 11.30pm on 14th December 2022. It is recommended that you express interest and obtain the documentation well before this time to allow sufficient time to prepare and submit a bid. The deadline for returns is 10.00am on Friday 15th December 2022. Documents are available at www.eastmidstenders.org Please search for TD1938 Please note: we will only accept expressions of interest through the e-tendering system. Under this procurement the supplier is required to participate actively in the economic and social regeneration of the locality of and surrounding the area served by Derby City Council and the East Midlands in general. Accordingly contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Dec 2022, 23:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 15 Dec 2022, 10:00 GMT
Timeline
14 Dec 2022 → 1 Mar 2023 · 4 dates- Submission deadline14 Dec 2022, 23:00 GMT
- Bids opened15 Dec 2022, 10:00 GMT
- Notice published31 Jan 2023, 09:11 GMT
- Contract starts1 Mar 2023
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete31 Jan 2023, 09:11 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Central Lancashire | £1,283,370 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 002869-2023-1-1 · University of Central Lancashire
- Signed
- 31 Jan 2023
- Value
- £1,283,370
- Period
- … – 31 Jul 2025
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 0 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- University of Central LancashireAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria