Official UK procurement notice
Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Employability Services
Authority: Aberdeen City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought9 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionAberdeen City Council is looking for a range of suppliers, across a wide spectrum of Employability provision, in order to provide the Council with any planned and ad-hoc employability opportunities as they arise.
CPV: Job search services
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
Lots and requirements (9)Procurement structure
9 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Pre-Stage 1 and Stage 1
Relates to referral, engagement and assessment, including needs assessments.
Activities may include:
Outreach Activities
Identification and assessment of needs
Development of Action Plan
Mental Health Additional information: Please see attached documentation for further information.
Lot #2Stage 2
Relates to support and barrier removal.
Activities may include:
Confidence Building
Coaching and Mentoring
Wellbeing Support
Career Information and Advice
Financial advice & Support
Basic Digital Skills
Mental Health
Outward Bound Type Activities, e.g. Sports, Team Building Additional information: Please see attached documentation for further information.
Lot #3Stage 3
Relates to vocational activities.
Activities may include:
Vocational Training
Work Experience
Volunteering
Employability Skills Additional information: Please see attached documentation for further information.
Lot #4Stage 4
Relates to Employer Engagement and Job Matching.
Activities may include:
Job Search Support
Job Matching
Career information, advice & guidance
Employer Engagement
Sector Specific Training and Accreditation
Reading your Payslip
Employee Rights
Enterprise / Entrepreneurship Additional information: Please see attached documentation for further information.
Lot #5Stage 5
Relates to in work support and aftercare.
Activities may include:
In-Work Mentoring
Employer Engagement
In-Work Support Additional information: Please see attached documentation for further information.
Lot #6Personal Development
Complement activities across any of the stages.
Activities may include:
Independent Travel
Money Matters
Digital Skills
ESOL
Life Skills
Health and Wellbeing
Confidence Building
In-Work Training Additional information: Please see attached documentation for further information.
Lot #7Health, Disability and Recovery
Health focused interventions to support people with long term mental or physical health issues and/or disabilities.
These could be specific or support people across any of the stages. Additional information: Please see attached documentation for further information.
Lot #8Community and Grassroots
Interventions delivered in the community by the community/grass roots level organisations which may be delivering some of the employability activities mentioned elsewhere. Additional information: See documentation for further information.
Lot #9Innovation
Interventions required in response to emerging demand, changes in the environment, for example economic or political, or requirements that do not fit within the other Lots.
Any supplier who is successful in gaining a place on the above Lots (Lots 1 – 8), will be automatically onboarded to Lot 9. Additional information: See documentation for further information.
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 sub-criteria (4)
- General Requirements: 70
- Contract Management: 15
- Fair Work and Community Benefits: 15
- price: 40
Published award criteria (4)
- General Requirements: 70%
- Contract Management: 15%
- Fair Work and Community Benefits: 15%
- Price: 40%
- Price carries 40 of 140 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Employability Services” is a dynamic market: 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
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 3 Nov 2022, 14:25 GMT
- Last source update
- 3 Nov 2022, 14:25 GMT
- Authority reference
000-VVFU1617- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-031100- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-037ed0Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As per documentation.
Publisher note: See documentation on PCST for further information The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this PQQ exercise. The Project code is 22768. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: As per documentation on PCST. (SC Ref:711047)
How it was run
Official notice- Admission period ends
- 5 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- document
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
Timeline
3 Nov 2022 → 5 Dec 2022 · 3 dates- Notice published3 Nov 2022, 14:25 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected5 Dec 2022
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown5 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Aberdeenshire CouncilContracting authority
- The Highland CouncilContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Aberdeen Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria