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Published 3 Jun 2024, 14:28 BST

Official UK procurement notice

This is a Contract Award Notice for the Provision of Defence Business Services (DBS) Debt Management Legal Support and Tracing Services

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Framework ceiling (notional)£650,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 9 Jul 2024awarded 10 Oct 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The MOD's Defence Business Services (DBS) require Legal Support to provide Debt Management and Tracing Services to recover Crown Debts from private individuals and commercial organisations located throughout the UK and in some cases internationally and therefore the provider must be able to provide legal support in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It is anticipated that there will be approximately 350 cases per annum

  • Recurrence: 12, 24 or 36 months

CPV: Legal advisory and representation services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 1 suppliers · 2 bids received (2.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal
Delivery: UK
Extensions: The contract duration will be 24 months with options to extend this by a further 2 periods of 12 months (2+1+1) giving a potential total duration of 48 months. · This is a re-occurring requirementVariant bids: not allowed

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: 100Price: 100
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Most Economically Advantageous Tender as detailed in the Tender documents: 100
  • price: 100
Published award criteria (2)
  • Most Economically Advantageous Tender as detailed in the Tender documents: 100
  • Price: 100
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Suitably qualified legal professionals.

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 100 of 200 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • “This is a Contract Award Notice for the Provision of Defence Business…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes · 12, 24 or 36 months
First published
3 Jun 2024, 14:28 BST
Last source update
11 Oct 2024, 13:13 BST
Award evaluation window
9 Jul 2024 – …
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-032795
Classification (CPV)
Legal advisory and representation services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-046d00 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

As detailed in the Statement of Requirement

Publisher note: All documents associated with this procurement can be accessed free of charge on the Defence Sourcing Portal (DSP) https://contracts.mod.uk using Project number 711077450 (https://contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=58188) Details of how to register on the DSP can be found at https://contracts.mod.uk/web/user-guide.html. Suppliers wishing to Tender for this requirement should submit their Tender on the DSP in accordance with the instructions contained within Invitation to Tender documentation (DEFFORM 47). Suppliers should also complete the Suitability Assessment Questions (SAQ) which is contained in the Qualification Envelope of project 711077450 on the DSP. These questions contain all the mandatory economic and financial grounds for rejection and the minimum levels of capacity and capability that are required to perform the contract. The SAQ is a pass/fail test for suitability and minimum levels of capability and capacity and suppliers who do not meet these minimum capability and capacity criteria will not pass to the Tender evaluation stage. Any tender Clarification Questions should be submitted through the DSP. Suppliers who wish to submit a tender should complete all questions and submit their tender documents via the DSP in accordance with the instructions in the DEFFORM 47 - ITT documents. It is a condition of contract that MOD suppliers trade electronically via the MODs CP&F tool and Exostar.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Defence Sourcing Portal · Who buys & how to bid on MOD DSP
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · registration requires an NCAGE code — obtain in advance · before you can bid: NCAGE
Appointment period ends
9 Jul 2024, 10:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
9 Jul 2024, 10:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

contracts.mod.uk/esop/guest/go/opport… ↗

Timeline

9 Jul 2024 → 11 Oct 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    9 Jul 2024, 10:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    9 Jul 2024, 10:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    11 Oct 2024, 13:13 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Oct 2024
  1. Status changed to complete
    11 Oct 2024, 13:13 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    11 Oct 2024, 13:13 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Oct 2024

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Provision of DBS Debt Management Legal Support and Tracing Services

    Signed
    10 Oct 2024
    Value
    £650,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsDefence G18, Innsworth House, Imjin Bks, Innsworth, Gloucester, South West, GL3 1HWContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • HO CommercialReview body GloucesterContact email
  • HOCSReview body GloucesterContact email

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Wilkin Chapman LLPFramework contractorOC343261 Catergate House, 26 Chantry Lane, Grimsby, East Midlands

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria