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Published 16 Jan 2025, 16:27 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Youth Employment and Enhanced Service.

Official notice

Authority: East Suffolk Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79)Education & Training (80) Delivery: East of England (UKH14)
Published estimate£705,000≈ £235k / year
Submissions closed 19 Feb 2025awarded 12 May 2025
Awarded to Inspire Suffolk Ltd
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2028 · extension options published · starts 1 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

East Suffolk Council is commissioning a Youth Employment Service and Enhanced Service for 16–24-year-olds, focussing primarily on those who are currently not in employment, education or training (NEET), but also providing a universal offer to any young person seeking advice and support. The service will support and encourage young people to become work ready and ultimately move into paid work, work placements, employment, voluntary work, education, apprenticeships and/or training.

CPV: Coaching services · Education and training services · Personal development training services · Training programme services · Training services · Vocational secondary education services · Vocational training services · Youth education services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 3 yrsPublished value£705,000
Contract period: 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2028 (3 yrs)
Delivery: East of England
Extensions: 18 months for Enhance service Subject to Funding -Variant bids: not allowed
79998000 Coaching services80000000 Education and training services80212000 Vocational secondary education services80310000 Youth education services80500000 Training services80521000 Training programme services

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: 100%
Published sub-criteria (1)
  • As state din Tender Documents: 100%
Published award criteria (2)
  • As state din Tender Documents: 100
  • Price: 0

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
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
16 Jan 2025, 16:27 GMT
Last source update
15 May 2025, 14:12 BST
Award evaluation window
19 Feb 2025 – …
Authority reference
2554-PPT-O
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-021777
Classification (CPV)
Coaching servicesEducation and training servicesPersonal development training servicesTraining programme servicesTraining servicesVocational secondary education servicesVocational training servicesYouth education services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d3d9 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

As stated in the tender documents

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
19 Feb 2025, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
19 Feb 2025, 16:00 GMT

Timeline

19 Feb 2025 → 15 May 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    19 Feb 2025, 16:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    19 Feb 2025, 16:00 GMT
  3. Contract starts
    1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    15 May 2025, 14:12 BST

Notice history

1 event · 5 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    15 May 2025, 14:12 BST
Published amendments (3 · 3 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineClosing date · IV.2.217 Feb 202521 Feb 2025+4 d
—DeadlineClosing date · IV.2.217 Feb 202521 Feb 2025+4 d
—DeadlineClosing date · IV.2.217 Feb 202521 Feb 2025+4 d

3 amendments published without a description.

Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2025-02: 1 release · 17 Feb 2025
  • 2025-01: 1 release · 16 Jan 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £705,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 44 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 12 May 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Inspire Suffolk LtdSME£705,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Youth Employment and Enhanced Service · Inspire Suffolk LtdSME

    Signed
    12 May 2025
    Value
    £705,000
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2028
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Suffolk Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Riverside , 4 Canning Road , Lowestoft, East of England, NR330EQContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • East Suffolk Council Procurement TeamReview body Lowestoft

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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