Official UK procurement notice
Works Better For All (KMCAS-160A)
Authority: Kirklees Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council of the Borough of Kirklees (the ‘Council’) is seeking to work with a maximum of two (2) suitable Delivery Partners for a delivery period of twenty three (23) months to work with us, at risk, to co-design, develop and deliver the Kirklees Council response to the European Social Fund, Enhanced Local Flexibility for the Unemployed Call which if successful would be part funded through European Social Fund (‘ESF’).
If successful this funding would enable the Council to further develop an integrated employment and skills offer, and would inform a future devolved employment and skills service. This could bring together information, advice and guidance alongside the delivery of employment, skills, apprenticeships and wider support for individuals and employers. Further detail is provided in the specification document.
CPV: Adult and other education services · Education and training services · Health and social work services · Higher education services · Training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Council of the Borough of Kirklees (the ‘Council’) is seeking to work with a…Published value£513,333
The Council of the Borough of Kirklees (the ‘Council’) is seeking to work with a maximum of two (2) suitable delivery partners for a delivery period of twenty three (23) months to work with us, at risk, to co-design, develop and deliver the Kirklees Council response to the European Social Fund, enhanced local flexibility for the unemployed call which if successful would be part funded through European Social Fund (‘ESF’).
If successful this funding would enable the Council to further develop an integrated employment and skills offer, and would inform a future devolved employment and skills service. This could bring together information, advice and guidance alongside the delivery of employment, skills, apprenticeships and wider support for individuals and employers. Further detail is provided in the Specification document.
Works Better For All provision is estimated to start in January 2022 subject to approval by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the Managing Authority for the European Social Fund Programme 2014-2020. The anticipated commencement date for the contract(s) is 3 January 2022 and the programme will run until 30 November 2023.
The estimated value of the services to be awarded is approximately GBP 513333 for the entire twenty three (23)-month duration of the programme. Delivery Partners are required to provide 50% match funding (or between 25% to 50% for VCS Organisations). Additional information: This exercise is an open procedure in accordance with the requirements under Regulation 27 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) for the purpose of procuring the service described in the 'Service Specification'. This specification is part of the procurement documentation that has been published in relation to this notice and can be found at www.yortender.co.uk ↗.
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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 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 (8)
- Project Delivery: 20%
- Geographic Area of Delivery and Target Group: 15%
- Activity Management: 10%
- Outputs and Results: 10%
- Cross Cutting Themes: 7.5%
- Staffing: 10%
- Project Timetable/Milestones: 7.5%
- Price Rationale and Value For Money: 20%
Published award criteria (8)
- Project Delivery: 20
- Geographic Area of Delivery and Target Group: 15
- Activity Management: 10
- Outputs and Results: 10
- Cross Cutting Themes: 7.5
- Staffing: 10
- Project Timetable/Milestones: 7.5
- Price Rationale and Value For Money: 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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 27 Sept 2021, 13:14 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Sept 2021, 13:14 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 1 Nov 2021 – …
- Authority reference
DN572063- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-023938- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
In accordance with:
- Article 57 to 60 of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council;
and
- Regulations 57-60 of the Public Contracts 2015.
Which require or permit the Contracting Authority not to select or to treat as ineligible,
economic operators, the Contracting Authority reserves the right to exclude any economic
operator whom they deem to not satisfy any criteria outlined within the scoring matrices
contained within the standard Selection Questionnaire (“SQ”), which is available at the
address set out in Section I.1) of this Notice.
- Review procedure
In accordance with Regulation 86 (Notices of decisions to award a contract or conclude a
framework), Regulation 87 (Standstill period) and Chapter 6 (Applications to Court) of the
Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102), the contracting authority will incorporate
a minimum ten (10) calendar day standstill period at the point that information on the award of
the Contract is communicated to economic operators. This period allows any unsuccessful economic operator(s) to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the award of the Contract to the successful economic operators.
Such additional information should be requested from the address at Sections I.1 and I.3 of
this Notice above. If an appeal regarding the award of the Contract has not been successfully
resolved, then the Public Contracts Regulations2015 (SI 2015/102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High
Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be started within thirty(30) days beginning with the date when the aggrieved party first knew or sought to have grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen. The Court may extend the time limited for starting proceedings where the Court considers that there is a good reason for doing so, but not so as to permit proceedings to be started more than three (3) months after that date. Where the Contract has not been awarded, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the contracting authority to amend any document and may award damages. If however the Contract has been awarded, the Court may only award damages or, where the contract award procedures have not been followed correctly, declare the Contract to be ineffective.
Publisher note: Provided that the tender is submitted fully in accordance with the requirements set out within the 'Service Specification' and the remaining sections of the tender documents, the contract will be awarded on the basis of the most economically advantageous tender based on 20% price and 80% quality. The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises ('SMEs'). However, any selection of economic operators will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement, and the contract will be awarded to the most economically advantageous tenderer. Further specifics on the above award criteria can be found in the tender documentation published with this notice. The tender documents are available to download at www.yortender.co.uk
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 1 Nov 2021, 13:00 GMT
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 1 Nov 2021, 13:00 GMT
Timeline
27 Sept 2021 → 3 Jan 2022 · 4 dates- Notice published27 Sept 2021, 13:14 BST
- Submission deadline1 Nov 2021, 13:00 GMT
- Bids opened1 Nov 2021, 13:00 GMT
- Contract starts3 Jan 2022
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- European UnionFunder
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria