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Published 17 May 2022, 21:41 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Independent Advice and Guidance

Official notice

Authority: London Borough of Brent (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Education & Training (80)Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: London (UKI72)
Final published estimate£2,000,000initial estimate £1,218,100 · exc. VAT · 1 value update0.1% below published estimate
Submissions closed 18 Aug 2022awarded 12 Dec 2022
Awarded to Brent Citizens Advice Bureaux trading as Citizens Advice Brent

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This contract is for the provision of high quality information, advice and guidance to residents of the London Borough of Brent.

CPV: Education and training services · Other community, social and personal services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The Independent Advice and Guidance (IAG) service will be delivered as a face-to-face…AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,218,100

The Independent Advice and Guidance (IAG) service will be delivered as a face-to-face service in multiple locations across the borough as well as through a range of channels. The service will be accessible to all sector of the community and will cover a range of topics from benefits advice, debt management, employment rights and many others. This will be a professional service which is accessible to all and delivered free of charge.

The contract will be for a period of two years with the option of two single-year extensions (2+1+1).

The maximum contract value will be £500,000.00 per annum and £2,000,000.00 over the Contract Period.

Delivery: London
Extensions: The contract will be for a period of two years with the option of two single-year extensions (2+1+1) subject to satisfactory performance of the successful provider.Variant bids: not allowed
98000000 Other community, social and personal 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: 50%Price: 45%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Quality: 45%
  • Presentation: 5%
  • price: 45%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
  • Social Value: 10
  • Quality: 45
  • Presentation: 5
  • Price: 45
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 45 of 105 points: a 10% discount moves about 4.5 points. Quality carries 50 of 105: the paper moves it further than 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
Yes
First published
17 May 2022, 21:41 BST
Last source update
5 Feb 2023, 16:39 GMT
Award evaluation window
18 Aug 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN612563
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-003517
Classification (CPV)
Education and training servicesOther community, social and personal services
Delivery area
London (UKI72)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03397f 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
18 Aug 2022, 13:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
18 Aug 2022, 13:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index ↗

Timeline

18 Aug 2022 → 5 Feb 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    18 Aug 2022, 13:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    18 Aug 2022, 13:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    5 Feb 2023, 16:39 GMT

Notice history

3 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Jul 2022
  1. Published value updated to £2,000,000
    18 Jul 2022, 16:30 BST
    was £1,218,100
  2. Deadline moved to 18 Aug 2022, 13:00 BST
    18 Jul 2022, 16:30 BST
    +59 days · was 20 Jun 2022, 09:30 BST
  3. Status changed to complete
    5 Feb 2023, 16:39 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,997,1631 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 31 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Dec 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Brent Citizens Advice Bureaux trading as Citizens Advice BrentSME£1,997,163 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

London Borough of Brent

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Wembley, London, HA9 0FJContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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