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Published 4 May 2023, 12:43 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Delivery of Subcontractor AEB - ESFA Non-Devolved Areas 2023-2024

Official notice

Authority: Cambridge Regional College (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£750,000≈ £750k / year46.7% above final estimate
Submissions closed 19 May 2023awarded 1 Aug 2023
Awarded to Back to Work Complete Training Ltd, The Skills Network
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Jul 2024 · starts 1 Aug 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Cambridge Regional College is seeking offer submissions for the provision of Subcontracting AEB in accordance with the Education and Skills Funding Agency funding rules. The College is seeking tenders for the delivery of high-quality accredited training that leads to positive and sustained destinations and meets skills needs in the following subject areas:Health and Social CareDigital SkillsConstructionLogisticsGreen TechnologiesTenderers must be able to deliver in non-devolved areas to learners who reside in the following specified geographical areas:Eastern region, counties adjacent to Cambridgeshire, or within reasonable travel. For full details of requirements please view the tender documentation .Please note this procurement process is being carried out using the Light Touch Regime.

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded 1 yr
Contract period: 1 Aug 2023 – 31 Jul 2024 (1 yr)
Delivery: East of England
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
  • Price
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Please refer to tender documentation

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
4 May 2023, 12:43 BST
Last source update
22 Sept 2023, 17:11 BST
Award evaluation window
19 May 2023 – …
Authority reference
CRC/Subcontracting AEB/2023-24
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-028101
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c64d Find a Tender

Publisher note: Tender documentation is available via the In-tend procurement portal https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx/HomeIf you have already registered then log in and select Tenders then current tenders. You will see a list of tenders and by using the filter you can select Cambridge Regional College to view the Subcontracting AEB Tender where you can view details and express interest to view the tender document once you are logged in. You can view the description of the tender without logging in.This procurement is being carried out using the light touch regime and the open procedure has been used for advertising purposes only

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
19 May 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
19 May 2023, 12:01 BST

Timeline

19 May 2023 → 22 Sept 2023 · 5 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    19 May 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    19 May 2023, 12:01 BST
  3. Bids must remain valid until
    31 Jul 2023, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Aug 2023, 00:00 BST
  5. Notice published
    22 Sept 2023, 17:11 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    22 Sept 2023, 17:11 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,100,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 99 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Aug 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Back to Work Complete Training LtdSME, The Skills Networkjoint awardDelivery of Subcontractor AEB to ESFA Non-Devolved Areas£1,100,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
9bids · 9 electronic9——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Cambridge Regional College

Contracting authorityEducationFurther Education CollegeEducation Kings Hedges Road, Cambridge, East of England, CB42QTContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

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