Official UK procurement notice
The Provision of Research Consultation
Authority: The Nursing and Midwifery Council (Central government)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFor this contract, we are looking to appoint two suppliers. Suppliers will be required to host, design and run our consultations and collect, undertake analysis of and report on responses that present results clearly to our key stakeholders.
CPV: Research services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Contract Value increase by +50% as permitted under S72 of Public Procurement…AwardedPublished value£500,000
Contract Value increase by +50% as permitted under S72 of Public Procurement Regulation 2015
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)
- Method Statement Questions: 80%
- price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Method Statement Questions: 80
- Price: 20
- 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
- Yes
- First published
- 14 Jan 2022, 13:53 GMT
- Last source update
- 14 Sept 2023, 10:02 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 14 Jan 2022 – …
- Authority reference
C0562- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-027176- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030b37Find a Tender
Publisher note: Total contract value including VAT is £600,000
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 14 Jan 2022, 14:00 GMT
Timeline
14 Jan 2022 → 14 Sept 2023 · 4 dates- Bids opened14 Jan 2022, 14:00 GMT
- Submission deadline14 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until14 May 2022, 23:59 BST
- Notice published14 Sept 2023, 10:02 BST
Notice history
3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Jun 2022- Status changed to complete13 Jun 2022, 18:28 BST
- Buyer details updated13 Jun 2022, 18:28 BST
- Buyer details updated14 Sept 2023, 10:02 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office for Public Management Limited t/a Traverse | £250,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Britain Thinks | £250,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Thinks Insight and Strategy (Britain Thinks) LimitedAgreement relating to the provision of Research Consultation | £375,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
The Provision of Research Consultation · Office for Public Management Limited t/a Traverse
- Signed
- 17 May 2022
- Value
- £250,000
- Status
- active
The Provision of Research Consultation · Britain Thinks
- Signed
- 17 May 2022
- Value
- £250,000
- Status
- active
Agreement relating to the provision of Research Consultation · Thinks Insight and Strategy (Britain Thinks) Limited
- Signed
- 22 Aug 2021
- Value
- £375,000
- Status
- active
- Change Continuation of services. Contract Value increase by +50% as permitted under S72 of Public Procurement Regulation 2015., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: Increase in contract value to Britain Thinks, following the other appointed supplier for this service, (Traverse) ceased trading.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6bids · 6 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- The Nursing and Midwifery CouncilContracting authorityReview bodyBody governed by public lawHealth
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Court of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice- Britain ThinksAwarded supplier
- C M Monitor (Britain Thinks) LtdAwarded supplier
- Office for Public Management LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.