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Published 4 Feb 2022, 11:27 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Birmingham and Solihull Youth Promise Plus (YPP) Project

Official notice

Authority: Birmingham City Council (Local council)

2 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£911,205total for 2 lots
Submissions closed 7 Mar 2022awarded 10 May 2022
Awarded to Change Grow Live Services Limited, Better Pathways2 awards

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Birmingham and Solihull Youth Promise Plus project (YPP) is an education, employment and training project for young people aged 15-29. To be eligible for the project the young person must be NEET – not in education, employment or training.The aim of the project is to support young people into positive engagement in education, employment or training.As part of the YPP Birmingham City Council is now commissioning a supplier or suppliers for the provision of specialist services in two lots;

  • Lot 1: Specialist employment, education and training provision for young people with significant barriers
  • Lot 2: Specialist wrap around service for young people with mental health support needs

CPV: Education and training services · Youth education services

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value (£911,205 together) · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Specialist employment, education and training provision for young people with significant barriersAwardedPublished value£709,706

The contract will principally involve employing and effectively deploying Specialist Intervention Workers to provide in-depth personal and employment focused support to caseloads of young people (aged 15-29 years) with significant barriers and support needs. The aim will be to progress these young people into positive outcomes including further education, training and sustainable employment. There will focus those at risk of offending and with those leaving local authority care and looked after children (aged 16-18).

Delivery: West Midlands
Variant bids: not allowed
Lot #2Specialist wrap around service for young people with mental health support needsAwardedPublished value£201,499

The contract will provide a mental health service to deliver flexible wrap around support services to NEET young people (15-29) on the YPP project who have additional mental health support needs. These participants will be referred by other YPP partners and providers or self-referred and their mental health support will be ‘wrapped around’ their ongoing EET (employment education and training) support pathway.

Delivery: West Midlands
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
Price: 20
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality and Social Value: 60% and 20%
  • Price: 20%
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Details will be provided in the tender documentation.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 20 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
Yes
First published
4 Feb 2022, 11:27 GMT
Last source update
15 Jun 2022, 16:26 BST
Award evaluation window
7 Mar 2022 – …
Authority reference
P0895
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-016463
Classification (CPV)
Education and training servicesYouth education services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG31)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031342 Find a Tender

Publisher note: The successful providers will be selected through the assessment of a series of contract specific questions. Providers whose responses to the written Quality section meet the threshold of 60% of the available written quality marks will be invited to an interview/presentation by the evaluation panel following the first assessment of the tender information. The assessment criteria are available in the Invitation to Tender information.The Council will be using its free to use e-tendering system (in-tend) for the administration of this procurement process and potential suppliers must register with the system to be able to express an interest. If you wish to express an interest in this opportunity please click on the following link to access https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc and submit your details to register. You will then be sent details on how to log on which will enable you to download all relevant Invitation to Tender (ITT) documentation.Please note TUPE may apply to this contract. The TUPE information will be released to you upon receipt of a signed copy of Appendices – TUPE Confidentiality Agreement. You are advised to fill this in as soon as possible on receipt and return via https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamccIf you are unable to register with In-tend or have any questions or problems on how to use this website please either email us at: cps@birmingham.gov.ukYour completed tender submission should be returned by noon on 7th March 2022 via the ‘in-tend’ systemhttps://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamccYouth Promise Plus is a Birmingham and Solihull Employment Pathway Project supported by the European Social Fund and Youth Employment Initiative

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
7 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
3600 days from the deadline
Bids opened
7 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

7 Mar 2022 → 15 Jun 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    7 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    7 Mar 2022, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    15 Jun 2022, 16:26 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    15 Jun 2022, 16:26 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £905,8602 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 32 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 10 May 2022

Contracts

  • Specialist employment, education and training provision for young people with significant barriers · Change Grow Live Services Limited

    Signed
    10 May 2022
    Value
    £704,361
    Status
    active
  • Specialist wrap around service for young people with mental health support needs · Better PathwaysSME

    Signed
    10 May 2022
    Value
    £201,499
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Specialist employment, education and training provision for young people with significant barriers2bids · 2 electronic1——
2 · Specialist wrap around service for young people with mental health support needs1bids · 1 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Birmingham City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 10 Woodcock Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 7WBContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Other public bodies

  • European UnionFunder

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of England and WalesReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties 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