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Published 15 Nov 2023, 14:34 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

23 088 Digital Cheshire Masterclass Connecting Cheshire

Official notice

Authority: Cheshire East Council (Local council)

2 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£274,1002 contracts · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 15 Dec 2023awarded 25 Jan 2024
Awarded to Tmc Creative T/A Tmc Strategic Communications2 awards

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The project is to promote and encourage take-up of funded Connecting Cheshire Digital

Cheshire Programme. The Services are for the Provision of digital masterclass delivery

service to promote and encourage take-up of the Connecting Cheshire Digital Cheshire

Programme, Lot 1. Additionally, Cheshire East Council is seeking to commission a service

provider for the provision of lead generation services to gather business leads to attend the

Connecting Cheshire Digital Cheshire Programme, Lot 2

[The Services have been divided into the following lots (“Lots”):

Lot [1] – Masterclass Delivery

Lot [2] – Lead Generation

Tenderers can bid for all or any of the above Lots. If a Tenderer is successful in one or more

Lot(s) they will be awarded a Contract for the Lot(s) they have been successful in. There is

no limit to the number of Lots that a Tenderer may be awarded a Contract for.

CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Education and training services

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Masterclass DeliveryAwarded

The Services are for the Provision of digital masterclass delivery service to promote and

encourage take-up of the Connecting Cheshire Digital Cheshire Programme

Delivery: North West
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Lot 2 - Cheshire East Council is seeking to commission a service provider for the…Awarded

Lot 2 - Cheshire East Council is seeking to commission a service provider for the provision of

lead generation services to gather business leads to attend the Connecting Cheshire Digital

Cheshire Programme.

Delivery: North West
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 · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 90%Price: 10%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 90%
  • Cost: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Cost: 10
  • Quality: 90
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
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
15 Nov 2023, 14:34 GMT
Last source update
8 Feb 2024, 15:01 GMT
Award evaluation window
15 Dec 2023 – …
Authority reference
DN699135
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-004264
Classification (CPV)
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityEducation and training services
Delivery area
North West (UKD6)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-041a0e Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Award

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
15 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
15 Dec 2023, 12:05 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

15 Dec 2023 → 8 Feb 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    15 Dec 2023, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    15 Dec 2023, 12:05 GMT
  3. Notice published
    8 Feb 2024, 15:01 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    8 Feb 2024, 15:01 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—Textadded link to The Chest · ii 1.4Added link to The Chest to obtain tender documentsAdded link to The Chest to obtain tender documents

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £274,1002 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 116 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 25 Jan 2024

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Masterclass Delivery6bids · 6 electronic2——
2 · Lot 2 - Cheshire East Council is seeking to commission a service provider for the…5bids · 5 electronic4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cheshire East Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityLocal Government Westfields, Middlewich Road, Sandbach, North West, CW11 1HZContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London
  • The Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.