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Published 3 May 2023, 17:39 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Direct Payment Support Service · Connection Support for Milton Keynes Council (May 2023)

Official notice

Authority: Milton Keynes Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: South East (UKJ12)

Published estimate£1,306,520exc. VAT0% below published estimate

Submissions closed 5 Jun 2023awarded 15 Sept 2023

Awarded to Connection Support

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Milton Keynes City Council is committed to encouraging individuals to utilise direct payments wherever possible in order to give them choice and control over the care and personalise this around their needs.Milton Keynes City Council wishes to procure a Direct Payment Support Service to support individuals accessing both adult and children social care, to help them consider whether a direct payment is suitable for them and if so, to support them to set up appropriate arrangements to ensure their care needs are in place. The contract will be on a block contract basis.The Council wishes to work with providers who can demonstrate and deliver a Direct Payment Support Service model which can meet the outcomes and support needs of our service users whilst achieving and maintaining value for money. This service will provide:

An information and advice service to answer queries from individuals about direct payments or becoming an employer
An employment service to explain how a direct

Recurrence: 30/11/2023

CPV: Health and social work services · Social work and related services · Social work services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,306,520

Delivery: South East

Extensions: There is an option to extend the contract by a further 24 months.Variant bids: not allowed

85000000 Health and social work services 85300000 Social work and related services 85310000 Social work services

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

Quality: 60%Price: 40%

Published award criteria (2)

Quality: 60%
Price: 40%

Conditions of participation1

Suitability
Details available in the tender pack

What this means for your bid

Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. 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: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Yes · 30/11/2023
First published: 3 May 2023, 17:39 BST
Last source update: 15 Sept 2023, 11:40 BST
Award evaluation window: 5 Jun 2023 – …
Authority reference: ASC0043
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-027313
Classification (CPV): Health and social work servicesSocial work and related servicesSocial work services
Delivery area: South East (UKJ12)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03c621 Find a Tender

Contract terms

Electronic trading: electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice

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Submission deadline: 5 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bids opened: 5 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

in-tendhost.co.uk/milton-keynes ↗

Timeline

5 Jun 2023 → 15 Sept 2023 · 3 dates

Submission deadline
5 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
Bids opened
5 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
Notice published
15 Sept 2023, 11:40 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Status changed to complete
15 Sept 2023, 11:40 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £1,306,2411 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 76 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 15 Sept 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Connection Support	£1,306,241 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Direct Payment Support Service · Connection Support
Signed
15 Sept 2023
Value
£1,306,241
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
7bids · 7 electronic	6	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Milton Keynes City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Civic, 1 Saxon Gate East, Milton Keynes , South East, MK9 3EJContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High CourtReview body Strand

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Connection SupportAwarded supplier 213 Barns Road, Cowley, Oxford, South East, OX4 3UT

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