Official UK procurement notice
The Commonwealth Entrepreneurship Fellowship (CEF)
Authority: ASSOCIATION OF COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITIES (Charity / VCSE)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Commonwealth Entrepreneurship Fellowship (CEF)
The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) is seeking to find a Delivery Partner to develop and administer the Commonwealth Entrepreneurship Fellowship (CEF), a new programme designed to generate jobs and economic growth in the Commonwealth. The programme will run in financial years 2024/25 and 2025/26 and will serve as a pilot scheme for a future mainstreamed CSC programme. A total of £300,000 (inclusive of all taxes) is available for the Delivery Partner per year, coming to a total of £600,000 (inclusive of all taxes) for the pilot period.
Partners must be either a publicly funded organisation (including public bodies, universities, research institutions, local government departments and NHS Trusts) or a Charity (registered with the Charities Commission) and be based in the UK to be eligible to apply.
The invitation to tender will be issued in August 2024, with the start date for the first cohort to be no later March 2025. Subsequent iterations will also ideally follow this timeline. Any questions should be directed to the CSC Policy Team at: [email protected]
CPV: Adult and other education services · Education and training services · Training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) is seeking one Delivery Partner to…
The Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) is seeking one Delivery Partner to develop and administer two cycles of the Commonwealth Entrepreneurship Fellowship (CEF) over two financial years. Payment will be issued in instalments over the two years.
A full outline of the scope of the project and its requirements can be found in the procurement documentation linked above.
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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).
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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).
- Suitability
Partner Eligibility
The CSC is looking to recruit one delivery partner to deliver the programme over the two-year pilot period.
To be eligible to apply the Delivery Partner(s) must:
- be either a publicly funded organisation (including public bodies, universities, research institutions, local government departments and NHS Trusts) or a Charity (registered with the Charities Commission)
- Be able to demonstrate they have cash funds of at least £30,000 available and that the previous year's income was greater than £50,000.
- Be based in the UK
The CSC welcomes consortium bids with in-country partners, but due to the restrictions of our funding, lead partners must be UK based and meet the above criteria to be eligible to apply.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
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
- Closed
- 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
- 13 Aug 2024, 11:32 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Aug 2024, 11:53 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 10 Sept 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-025574- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-048a3fFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Sept 2024, 10:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 720 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 10 Sept 2024, 10:00 BST
Timeline
13 Aug 2024 → 16 Sept 2024 · 3 dates- Notice published13 Aug 2024, 11:53 BST
- Bids opened10 Sept 2024, 10:00 BST
- Submission deadline16 Sept 2024, 10:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Deadline moved to 16 Sept 2024, 10:00 BST13 Aug 2024, 11:53 BST+7 days · was 9 Sept 2024, 10:00 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate · IV.2.2 | 9 Sept 2024 | 16 Sept 2024 | +7 d |
1 amendment published without a description.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The Commonwealth Scholarship CommissionReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria