Official UK procurement notice
CFM0014 Framework for all Fife Council Consultancy Requirements
Authority: Fife Council (Local council)
What is being bought10 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionFife Council require to appoint suitable contractors who can fulfil the Council’s consultancy requirements. Historically, consultancy requirements have been tendered as one-off requirements when needed and this framework is intended to capture all consultancy requirements and replace one-off tender exercises.
- Recurrence: Estimated timing for a further notice to be published if 12 month extension not used: Spring 2024
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services · Business and management consultancy services · Business development consultancy services · Computer support and consultancy services · Development consultancy services · Environmental issues consultancy services · Financial consultancy services · General management consultancy services · Hardware disaster-recovery consultancy services · Hardware integration consultancy services · Hardware selection consultancy services · Human resources management consultancy services · +4 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 15 bids on the busiest of 10 lots · 31 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (10)Procurement structure
10 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1EducationCancelledRenewal
Consultancy requirements relating to Education
Lot #2Environmental and sustainabilityCancelledRenewal
Environmental and sustainability related consultancy requirements.
Lot #3FinancialCancelledRenewal
Consultancy requirements relating to finance
Lot #4Health and social careCancelledRenewal
Consultancy requirements relating to health and social care
Lot #5HousingCancelledRenewal
Consultancy requirements relating to housing
Lot #6HR and business changeCancelledRenewal
Consultancy requirements relating to HR and business change
Lot #7Estate managementCancelledRenewal
Consultancy requirements relating to estate management
Lot #8IT & DigitalCancelledRenewal
Consultancy requirements relating to IT & Digital
Lot #9Planning, infrastructure, economy, tourism and leisureCancelledRenewal
Consultancy requirements relating to planning, infrastructure, economy, tourism and leisure
Lot #10Project ManagementCancelledRenewal
Consultancy requirements relating to project management
What it takes to wini
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 50
- Price: 50
- Economic & financial standing
The relevant selection criteria is included in the SPD Scotland module.
Minimum: The relevant selection criteria is included in the SPD Scotland module.
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “CFM0014 Framework for all Fife Council Consultancy Requirements” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · Estimated timing for a further notice to be published if 12 month extension not used: Spring 2024
- First published
- 29 Mar 2022, 10:01 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Nov 2022, 12:04 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 29 Apr 2022 – …
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-031993- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032740Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Economic operators should approach the contracting authority in the first instance. However, the only formal remedy is to apply to the courts:
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session
Publisher note: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contacts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Please note that the figures shown in the Total final value of Contract/Lot section is estimated only and is based on the estimated total framework value divided by 10 (10 lots) (SC Ref:712194)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 5 May 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 29 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
Timeline
29 Apr 2022 → 11 Nov 2022 · 3 dates- Bids opened29 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown5 May 2022, 12:00 BST
- Notice published11 Nov 2022, 12:04 GMT
Notice history
3 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Apr 2022- Deadline moved to 3 May 2022, 12:00 BST18 Apr 2022, 09:50 BST+4 days · was 29 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST
- Deadline moved to 5 May 2022, 12:00 BST25 Apr 2022, 09:58 BST+2 days · was 3 May 2022, 12:00 BST
- Status changed to complete11 Nov 2022, 12:04 GMT
Published amendments (2 · 2 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2 | 29 Apr 2022 | 3 May 2022 | +4 d |
| — | Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.7 | 29 Apr 2022 | 3 May 2022 | +4 d |
| — | DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2 | 3 May 2022 | 5 May 2022 | +2 d |
| — | Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.7 | 3 May 2022 | 5 May 2022 | +2 d |
To take bank holidays into account
Updated date for returns
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2022-03: 1 release · 29 Mar 2022
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast10 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 10 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £750,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
Education
- Signed
- 19 Oct 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Planning, infrastructure, economy, tourism and leisure
- Signed
- 19 Oct 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Project Management
- Signed
- 19 Oct 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Environmental and sustainability
- Signed
- 19 Oct 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Financial
- Signed
- 19 Oct 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Health and social care
- Signed
- 19 Oct 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Housing
- Signed
- 19 Oct 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
HR and business change
- Signed
- 19 Oct 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Estate management
- Signed
- 19 Oct 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
IT & Digital
- Signed
- 19 Oct 2022
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Education | 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
| 2 · Environmental and sustainability | 15bids · 15 electronic · 15 from abroad | 4 | — | — |
| 3 · Financial | 7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 4 · Health and social care | 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
| 5 · Housing | 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 6 · HR and business change | 9bids · 9 electronic · 9 from abroad | 6 | — | — |
| 7 · Estate management | 8bids · 8 electronic · 8 from abroad | 4 | — | — |
| 8 · IT & Digital | 13bids · 13 electronic · 13 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
| 9 · Planning, infrastructure, economy, tourism and leisure | 15bids · 15 electronic · 15 from abroad | 8 | — | — |
| 10 · Project Management | 15bids · 15 electronic · 15 from abroad | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
31 commercial parties on the notice- 4-consultingFramework contractor
- APEM LtdFramework contractor
- Albion Environmental LtdFramework contractor
- Arneil JohnstonFramework contractor
- CGI UK LtdFramework contractor
- Creative Business SolutionsFramework contractor
- Direct Ecology LtdFramework contractor
- Ecus LtdFramework contractor
- EkosgenFramework contractor
- FDM GroupFramework contractor
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- Ultima Business SolutionsFramework contractor
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Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.