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Published 25 Mar 2022, 10:04 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Enterprise and Business Growth (EBG) Framework Agreement

Official notice

Authority: Belfast City Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreement5 lotsServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Framework ceiling (notional)£6,000,000total for 5 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue · 1 value update
Submissions closed 13 Jan 2023awarded 19 Dec 2022
Lots 5see the lot list below

What is being bought5 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Belfast City Council is setting up an Enterprise and Business Growth (EBG) Framework Agreement, which will provide capacity to future proof the delivery of agile and responsive business support solutions, adding value to the existing enterprise and business support provision in place across Belfast, and to any regional provision that is established in future.

The EBG Framework will have 2 lots - "Grow a Business" and "Social Economy"

CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services · Education and training services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 3 suppliers · 2 bids received (0.7 per place) · 2 appointed

Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure

5 lots · 1 with a published value · evaluation weights differ by lot
Lot #1Start a BusinessRenewalPublished value£6,000,000

Belfast City Council is seeking to appoint a number of contractors that meet the standards required. The contractors will be able to apply for any number of the workstreams/categories listed. Below are the high level workstreams/categories that the Council has a requirement for, this is not an exhaustive list and further workstreams/categories may be added during the life of the

DPS:

Category 1 - Start a Business

Category 2 - Grow a Business

Category 3 - Social Economy

Category 3 - Investing in Belfast

Delivery: Northern Ireland · Belfast, Northern Ireland
Extensions: See Schedule 1 for details on Optional Services. · The EBG DPS will be established for an initial period of four years with an option to extend. The decision on extension of the EBG DPS validity period will be solely at the Council’s discretion.Variant bids: not allowed
79400000 Business and management consultancy and related services
Lot #2Grow a BusinessRenewalLot estimate not published

Summary of Lot 2 Grow a Business:

  • Suitable for businesses that have been trading for at least 6 months
  • Specific help with growth issues that the business doesn’t have the in-house skills or insight to manage.
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: See Schedule 1 for details on Optional Services · This contract/Framework Agreement shall be for an initial period of three years, with the option to extend for a further year.Variant bids: not allowed
80000000 Education and training services
Lot #3Social EconomyRenewalLot estimate not published

Summary of Lot 3 Social Economy:

  • Suitable for organisations or individuals who have aspirations to establish enterprises in the social economy sector.
  • Support includes assistance, advice and guidance to generate ideas, develop a business plan, access learning from peers, workshops and access to finance.
Delivery: Northern Ireland
Extensions: See Schedule 1 for details on Optional Services. · This contract/Framework Agreement shall be for an initial period of three years, with the option to extend for a further year.Variant bids: not allowed
80000000 Education and training services
Lot #4T2214CancelledLot estimate not published

Summary of Lot 2 Grow a Business:

  • Suitable for businesses that have been trading for at least 6 months
  • Specific help with growth issues that the business doesn’t have the in-house skills or insight to manage.
Delivery: Northern Ireland · Belfast
Extensions: These optional services will be in areas related to the core services and may for example include (but are not necessarily limited to): • Intelligence gathering. • Business plan assessment/challenge. • Managing and monitoring access to finance for participants on behalf the Council. • Collaborative space development and delivery. • Identifying possible funding opportunities; and • Identifying collaborative city-wide projects with external partners. See Schedule 1 Specification for further information.
80000000 Education and training services
Lot #5T2214CancelledLot estimate not published

Summary of Lot 3 Social Economy:

  • Suitable for organisations or individuals who have aspirations to establish enterprises in the social economy sector.
  • Support includes assistance, advice and guidance to generate ideas, develop a business plan, access learning from peers, workshops and access to finance.
Delivery: Northern Ireland · Belfast
Extensions: These optional services will be in areas related to the core services and may for example include (but are not necessarily limited to): • Intelligence gathering. • Business plan assessment/challenge. • Collaborative space development and delivery. • Managing access to test trading space; and • Managing and monitoring access to finance for participants on behalf of the Council. See Schedule 1 - Specification for further information.
80000000 Education and training 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

Lots publish different evaluation splits; there is no single procedure weighting.

LotQualityPriceSocial valueSplit
4 · T2214556015
5 · T2214556015
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 points on every lot: a 10% discount moves about 6 points.
  • “Enterprise and Business Growth (EBG) Framework Agreement” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 suppliers, 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
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
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
25 Mar 2022, 10:04 GMT
Last source update
19 Jan 2023, 09:29 GMT
Award evaluation window
13 Jan 2023 – …
Authority reference
T2214
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-001625
Classification (CPV)
Business and management consultancy and related servicesEducation and training services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03263a Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: Lot 1 of this Framework (Start a Business) was not awarded.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Appointment period ends
13 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
13 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

e-sourcingni.bravosolution.co.uk ↗

Timeline

1 Jun 2022 → 19 Jan 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    1 Jun 2022, 00:00 BST
  2. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    13 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    13 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
  4. Notice published
    19 Jan 2023, 09:29 GMT

Notice history

7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Sept 2022
  1. Published value updated to £6,000,000
    29 Sept 2022, 15:20 BST
    was £4,000,000
  2. Status changed to active
    29 Sept 2022, 15:20 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    29 Sept 2022, 15:20 BST
  4. Deadline published: 31 Oct 2022, 12:00 GMT
    29 Sept 2022, 15:20 BST
  5. Buyer details updated
    29 Sept 2022, 15:20 BST
  6. Deadline moved to 13 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
    9 Dec 2022, 08:59 GMT
    +74 days · was 31 Oct 2022, 12:00 GMT
  7. Status changed to complete
    19 Jan 2023, 09:29 GMT
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2022-03: 1 release · 25 Mar 2022

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 2admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 2
Contracts signed 2latest 19 Dec 2022

2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £3,000,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • Grow a Business

    Signed
    19 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

  • Social Economy

    Signed
    19 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Belfast City Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Adelaide Exchange, 24-26 Adelaide Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 8GDContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body Belfast

Framework contractors & participating bidders

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • Full CircleFramework contractor 96 Beechill Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT8 7QN
  • Work WestFramework contractor 301 Glen Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT11 8BU

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria