Official UK procurement notice
External Board Reviewer (Provision of)
Authority: City of Sunderland College (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe College have a requirement to contract for the provision of External Board Reviewer to be able to conduct a review of board effectiveness. This external review last took place at the end of the 2022/23 academic with a summary of the report found within documents. At that time, we were particularly interested in gaining insight into the efficacy of a new corporate governance structure.
CPV: Corporate governance rating services · Performance review services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£0
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)
- Quality: 60%
- Added Value: 5%
- Cost: 25%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Cost
- Quality
- Added Value
- Social Value
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 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
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 Oct 2025, 14:55 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Oct 2025, 14:55 BST
- Authority reference
T25/0123- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-064833- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ae66Find a Tender
- Reserved participation area
- K02000001
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 3 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 31 Oct 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Tender responses and all associated documentation must be submitted electronically via the EPNE e-tendering system located at in-tendhost.co.uk/nessp ↗
Timeline
13 Oct 2025 → 1 Feb 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published379 days ago13 Oct 2025, 14:55 BST
- Clarification questions by361 days ago31 Oct 2025, 16:00 GMT
- Submission deadline359 days ago3 Nov 2025, 12:00 GMT
- Contract starts269 days ago1 Feb 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published13 Oct 2025, 14:55 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender