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Published 28 Jun 2022, 10:34 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Innovation Fund Administrator - Embedding Children’s Rights in Public Services

Official notice

Authority: Scottish Government (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submission deadline Not published

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Scottish Government has a requirement to place a contract with an external service provider for the provision of fund administration services.

The service provider will be required to develop, establish and administer a grant funding programme (the Innovation Fund) that will stimulate improvement and innovation activity supporting the process of embedding a child rights based approach in public bodies and supporting the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into public services.

CPV: Administration services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The objectives of this Contract include, but are not limited to the following:Cancelled

The objectives of this Contract include, but are not limited to the following:

  • To set up and administer an Innovation Fund
  • To provide support and guidance to interested parties to access these funds via the application process
  • To deliver pre-funding activities which include pre-application engagement, application sifting, eligibility checks, due diligence, development of a grading process, and setting up the Fund from June 2022
  • Develop a decision making process which include representation from Scottish Government and children/young people
  • To administer 2 rounds of funding, between July 2022 and March 2024 and associated pre- and post-funding activities, with a round of awards made within each financial year of the period.
  • To administer the eligibility, due diligence and grading process in a robust and independent way.
Delivery: Scotland

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: 70%Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70
  • Price: 30
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
Cancelled
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
28 Jun 2022, 10:34 BST
Last source update
28 Jun 2022, 10:34 BST
Authority reference
CASE/582931
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-017590
Classification (CPV)
Administration services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-034b5c Find a Tender

Publisher note: The Single Procurement Document (Scotland) is a standard qualification questionnaire supplied by Scottish Ministers for all regulated procurements. The SPD (Scotland) is used to self-certify for the minimum requirements to tender for this contract opportunity and will be scored on a Pass/Fail basis. Individual questions that form the Quality award criteria will be scored using the following methodology: 0 - Unacceptable; 1 - Poor; 2 - Acceptable; 3 - Good; 4 - Excellent. The lowest total tender price will be awarded 100% of the score available for Price. The Price score for the remaining Tenderers will be relative to the lowest total tender price. NOTE: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to carry out this procurement process. The project code is 21329 and the ITT code is 44397. Please note this is a separate website and if you are not already registered, you will be required to do so. To access PCS-Tender, record your interest in this notice and access the tender documentation please visit https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk. Please search for the project Code under PQQs/ITTs Open to All Suppliers and use the Search/Filter function then the Project Code from the dropdown list. Please note that once you have expressed interest in the PQQ/ITT it will move to your My PQQs/ITTs area. For further information on using PCS-Tender, please read the Supplier Response Guide: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/esop/pts-host/public/pts/supplierhelppage/PCS-TSupplierResponseGuide (SC Ref:698521)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1

1 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Scottish Government

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services 4 Atlantic Quay, 70 York St, Glasgow, Scotland, G2 8EAContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body Edinburgh

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.