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Published 24 Mar 2023, 14:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

UKRI-2915 IUK Net Zero Living: Thriving Places Community & Knowledge Sharing Delivery Partner

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£3,000,000≈ £1.2m / year · 1 value update36% below published estimate
Submissions closed 14 Jun 2023awarded 28 Sept 2023
Awarded to Urban Foresight Ltd
Contract term 2 yrs 5 moends 31 Dec 2025 · extension options published · starts 24 Jul 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

****THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION***

UKRI wishes to establish a contract for the provision of UKRI-2915 IUK Net Zero Living: Thriving Places Community & Knowledge Sharing Delivery Partner

CPV: Business and management consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1***THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION***Awarded 2 yrs 5 moPublished value£3,000,000

***THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION***

UKRI wishes to establish a Contract for the provision of UKRI-2915 IUK Net Zero Living: Thriving Places Community & Knowledge Sharing Delivery Partner. The aim of this tender is to procure an innovative and creative collaborative partner that can co-develop and co-deliver the Future Ready programme to support the cohorts of local authorities in the systemic changes they need to deliver. The contract requires the provision of delivery of the programme to up to 50 places during the contract period from July 2023 to 31st December 2025. These services are to be delivered nationally, to places across the UK.

Contract period: 24 Jul 2023 – 31 Dec 2025 (2 yrs 5 mo)
Delivery: UK · UNITED KINGDOM
Extensions: The value of this opportunity for the full the design and delivery of the services, to up to 50 places, is up to £2.1M (excl VAT). Contracting Authority would not accept bids over this value, and any bids above this value will not be considered for evaluation. The Contracting Authority have the option to add more places during the contract period which will run up to 31st December 2025. The max value of the tender including additional/optional requirements will not exceed £3M (excl VAT).Variant 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: 90%Price: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 90
  • Price: 10
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. 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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
24 Mar 2023, 14:05 GMT
Last source update
28 Nov 2023, 16:05 GMT
Award evaluation window
14 Jun 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-035103
Classification (CPV)
Business and management consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b5e2 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. To view this notice, please click here: <a href="https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=826581603" target="_blank">https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=826581603</a> GO Reference: GO-20231128-PRO-24629560

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
14 Jun 2023, 11:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
14 Jun 2023, 11:00 BST

Timeline

26 Apr 2023 → 28 Nov 2023 · 5 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    26 Apr 2023, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    14 Jun 2023, 11:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    14 Jun 2023, 11:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    24 Jul 2023, 00:00 BST
  5. Notice published
    28 Nov 2023, 16:05 GMT

Notice history

6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 10 May 2023
  1. Published value updated to £3,000,000
    10 May 2023, 16:05 BST
    was £2,000,000
  2. Status changed to active
    10 May 2023, 16:05 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    10 May 2023, 16:05 BST
  4. Deadline published: 14 Jun 2023, 11:00 BST
    10 May 2023, 16:05 BST
  5. Buyer details updated
    10 May 2023, 16:05 BST
  6. Status changed to complete
    28 Nov 2023, 16:05 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,920,7631 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 16
Contracts signed 1latest 28 Sept 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Urban Foresight LtdSME£1,920,763 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 035103-2023-1 · Urban Foresight LtdSME

    Signed
    28 Sept 2023
    Value
    £1,920,763
    Period
    … – 31 Dec 2025
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
16bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

UK Research & Innovation

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawResearch and innovation UK Research & Innovation, Polaris House, Swindon, UK, SN2 1FLContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • UK Research and InnovationReview body SwindonContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Urban Foresight LtdAwarded supplierna The Catalyst, 3 Science Square, Newcastle Helix, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, NE4 5TG

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.