Official UK procurement notice
Teaching Qualification: Further Education (TQFE) Programme
Authority: APUC Ltd (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority is seeking Contractor(s) for the provision of Teaching Qualification: Further Education (TQFE) Programme to the Scottish Further Education sector.
- Recurrence: January 2027
CPV: Education and training services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 5 suppliers · 4 bids received (0.8 per place) · 4 appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewal
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)
- Technical: 60%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 60
- Price: 40
- Condition of participationno text publishedMinimum: Please refer to the “Qualification Envelope” of the ITT within PCS-T to answer the selection criteria. Please refer to Part IV Selection Criteria: Questions within 4B.5 of the SPD Tenderers must confirm they can provide the following supporting evidence prior to award: Profession…
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Teaching Qualification: Further Education (TQFE) Programme” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 5 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 · 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
- 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
- Yes · January 2027
- First published
- 15 Feb 2023, 09:15 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Jun 2023, 09:50 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 17 Mar 2023 – …
- Authority reference
PFB1044 AP- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-016664- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a5baFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Submission of Management Information Following commencement of the Framework Agreement, the Contractor will provide a performance report to the Authority on a quarterly basis to include spend by Institution under the Framework Agreement for the reporting period. Contractors must provide the information on a quarterly basis, within 10 working days following the start of each quarter. Data must be uploaded to the website: ucsp.ac.uk ↗
Publisher note: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Suppliers should confirm they will be in a position to complete (at point of award) the following: Appendix A Form of Tender Appendix B Freedom of Information Appendix D APUC Sustain Supply Chain Code of Conduct Appendix G SCM RP Section 1 (SC Ref:735195)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 24 Mar 2023, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 17 Mar 2023, 14:30 GMT
Timeline
17 Mar 2023 → 13 Jun 2023 · 3 dates- Bids opened17 Mar 2023, 14:30 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown24 Mar 2023, 14:00 GMT
- Notice published13 Jun 2023, 09:50 BST
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 15 Mar 2023- Deadline moved to 24 Mar 2023, 14:00 GMT15 Mar 2023, 15:46 GMT+7 days · was 17 Mar 2023, 14:00 GMT
- Status changed to complete13 Jun 2023, 09:50 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2 | 17 Mar 2023 | 24 Mar 2023 | +7 d |
| — | Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.7 | 17 Mar 2023 | 24 Mar 2023 | +7 d |
Extension of the tender submission timescales as per tenderers requests due to lack of capacity.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 016664-2023-PFB1044 AP-1
- Signed
- 10 May 2023
- Value
- £1,200,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Stirling Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
4 commercial parties on the notice- University of AberdeenFramework contractor
- University of StirlingFramework contractor
- University of StrathclydeFramework contractor
- University of the Highlands and IslandsFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.