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Published 16 Aug 2021, 15:25 BST

Official UK procurement notice

EDC20203113 School Counselling · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: East Dunbartonshire Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Health & Social Care (85) Delivery: Scotland (UKM81)

Published estimate£807,000exc. VAT

Submissions closed 20 Aug 2021awarded 15 Nov 2021

Awarded to Lifelink

What is being bought

Published requirement description

East Dunbartonshire Council (EDC) Education Service is seeking a provider to deliver a counselling service for its children and young people aged 10 and over. The outcomes of the counselling service are to improve the mental wellbeing and resilience of children and young people living in East Dunbartonshire. The counselling service will complement existing wellbeing support and provision already available for children and young people in East Dunbartonshire schools.

CPV: Counselling services · Guidance and counselling services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedPublished value£807,000

Delivery: Scotland · All areas of East Dunbartonshie Council

Variant bids: not allowed

85312300 Guidance and counselling services 85312320 Counselling 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: 90Price: 40Environmental: 10

Published sub-criteria (7)

core support: 50
Additional Support: 20
Management & Staffing: 10
Workforce Matters: 5
Community Benefits: 5
price: 40
Environment and Information: 10

Published award criteria (7)

core support: 50
Additional Support: 20
Environment and Information: 10
Management & Staffing: 10%
Workforce Matters: 5%
Community Benefits: 5%
Price: 40

Conditions of participation2

Suitability
as tender
Technical & professional ability
Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession

Staff: Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

What this means for your bid

Price carries 40 of 140 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 · 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: 16 Aug 2021, 15:25 BST
Last source update: 16 May 2022, 08:48 BST
Award evaluation window: 18 Aug 2021 – …
FTS notice number: 2022/S 000-012563
Classification (CPV): Counselling servicesGuidance and counselling services
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM81)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02c980 Find a Tender

Contract terms

Electronic trading: e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: (SC Ref:693387)

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS

Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Submission deadline: 20 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages: en
Bid validity: 120 days from the deadline
Bids opened: 18 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗

Timeline

18 Aug 2021 → 16 May 2022 · 3 dates

Bids opened
18 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission deadline
20 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
Notice published
16 May 2022, 08:48 BST

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Aug 2021

Deadline moved to 20 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
16 Aug 2021, 15:25 BST
+2 days · was 18 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
Status changed to complete
16 May 2022, 08:48 BST

Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)

When	What	Before	After	Shift
—	DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2	18 Aug 2021	20 Aug 2021	+2 d
—	Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.7	18 Aug 2021	20 Aug 2021	+2 d

TUPE information

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £1,628,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 65 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 15 Nov 2021

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
LifelinkSME	£1,628,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 012563-2022-1 · LifelinkSME
Signed
15 Nov 2021
Value
£1,628,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
6bids · 6 electronic · 6 from abroad	5	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Dunbartonshire Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityHealth Civic & Corporate Headquarters, Southbank Marina,12 Strathkelvin Place, Kirkintilloch, Scotland, G66 1TJContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Glasgow Sheriff CourtReview body Glasgow

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

LifelinkAwarded supplier 0/2 85 Armadale Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G312PSContact phone

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