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Published 8 May 2024, 15:08 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Delivery of Subcontractor ASF - ESFA Non-Devolved Areas 2024-2025

Official notice

Authority: Cambridge Regional College (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,393,290≈ £1.4m / year0% above final estimate
Submissions closed 28 May 2024awarded 1 Aug 2024
Awarded to Back to Work Complete Training Ltd, The Skills Network
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Jul 2025 · extension options published · starts 1 Aug 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Cambridge Regional College is seeking offer submissions for the provision of Subcontracting Adult Skills Fund (ASF) 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 CareDigital SkillsGreen Skills The contract value for the initial one year period is £696,645, however the contract can be extended for a further one year period by mutual agreement in accordance with the Subcontracting ASF Agreement. Tenderers 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. This procurement process is being carried out using the Light Touch Regime.

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewal 1 yrPublished value£1,393,290
Contract period: 1 Aug 2024 – 31 Jul 2025 (1 yr)
Delivery: East of England
Extensions: The initial contract period is one year however the contract may be extended by a further one year period by mutual agreement subject to the conditions contained within the Subcontracting Agreement ASF Document.The estimated contract value £1,393,290 is not guaranteed and is the estimated value of the contract in the event the contract is extended. The initial one year total contract value is £6Variant 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
8 May 2024, 15:08 BST
Last source update
10 Sept 2024, 15:12 BST
Award evaluation window
28 May 2024 – …
Authority reference
CRC/Subcontracting ASF /2024-2025/August Starts
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-028981
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-045801 Find a Tender

Publisher note: Tender documentation is available via the In-tend procurement portal https://www.in-tendhost.co.uk/educationportal/aspx/Home If 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 under PCR2015 and the open procedure has been used for advertising purposes only

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
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Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
28 May 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
28 May 2024, 12:01 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

28 May 2024 → 10 Sept 2024 · 5 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    28 May 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    28 May 2024, 12:01 BST
  3. Bids must remain valid until
    31 Jul 2024, 23:59 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Aug 2024, 00:00 BST
  5. Notice published
    10 Sept 2024, 15:12 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    10 Sept 2024, 15:12 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,393,2921 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 88 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Aug 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Back to Work Complete Training LtdSME, The Skills Networkjoint awardDelivery of Subcontractor AEB to ESFA Non-Devolved Areas£1,393,292 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
8bids · 8 electronic8——

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