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Published 7 Jun 2023, 16:27 BST

Official UK procurement notice

GMCA 716 - Community Grants Management Agent

Official notice

Authority: Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: North West (UKD)

Published estimate£500,000exc. VAT

Submissions closed 10 Jul 2023awarded 22 Sept 2023

Awarded to Worker Educational Association

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The GMCA Education, Skills & Work (ESW) directorate are seeking to procure a Managing

Agent (MA) to deliver a long-term Community Grants programme (later referred to as ‘the

Vehicle’). Community based projects will be funded via Community Grants (up to the value

of £100k per grant) and delivered by VCSE sector organisations and housing providers

working with disadvantaged and/or excluded unemployed and inactive residents (aged 16

and over) for the purpose of enabling their progress towards and skills employment across

Greater Manchester.

The Managing Agent will be responsible for all aspects of the grant administering process

and will be accountable for the achievement of the outcomes set out in this specification.

For more information on this procurement please visit The Chest at www.the-chest.org.uk ↗

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£500,000

Delivery: North West

Extensions: The contract has provision to extend for a further 1+1+1Variant bids: not allowedElectronic catalogue: required

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

Quality: 90%Price: 10%

Published sub-criteria (2)

Technical Capacity: 90%
Financial Value for Money: 10%

Published award criteria (2)

Technical Capacity: 90
Financial Value for Money: 10

What this means for your bid

Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. 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: No (one-off requirement)
First published: 7 Jun 2023, 16:27 BST
Last source update: 6 Nov 2023, 15:41 GMT
Award evaluation window: 10 Jul 2023 – …
Authority reference: DN673535
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-032816
Classification (CPV): Education and training services
Delivery area: North West (UKD)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03d47f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract

Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list

Submission deadline: 10 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages: en
Participation fee: document
Bids opened: 10 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

www.the-chest.org.uk ↗

Timeline

10 Jul 2023 → 6 Nov 2023 · 3 dates

Submission deadline
10 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
Bids opened
10 Jul 2023, 12:00 BST
Notice published
6 Nov 2023, 15:41 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Status changed to complete
6 Nov 2023, 15:41 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £500,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 32 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 22 Sept 2023

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Worker Educational Association	£500,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 032816-2023-GMCA 716-1 · Worker Educational Association
Signed
22 Sept 2023
Value
£500,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic	2	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services GMCA Offices, 1st Floor, Churchgate House, 56 Oxford Street, Manchester, North West, M1 6EUContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Royal Courts Of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Worker Educational AssociationAwarded supplier 4 Luke Street,, London, Greater London, North West, EC2A 4XW

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.