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Published 7 Jul 2023, 08:34 BST

Official UK procurement notice

IPS Technical Support and Fidelity Reviews Services

Official notice

Authority: Department of Health & Social Care (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79)Education & Training (80) Delivery: London (UKI32)
Published estimate£954,166exc. VAT
Submissions closed 8 Aug 2023awarded 12 Sept 2023
Awarded to Social Finance Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

IPS (Individual Placement Support) Technical Support and Implementation Services as well as Fidelity Reviews.

CPV: Miscellaneous business and business-related services · Specialist training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The contractor will deliver IPS (Individual Placement Support) Technical Support and…AwardedRenewal

The contractor will deliver IPS (Individual Placement Support) Technical Support and Implementation Services as well as Fidelity Reviews.<br/>The aim of this contract is to provide implementation and capability support to help IPS service providers to successfully offer an expanded IPS service. The key elements of this provision are:<br/>a) Operational support for mobilisation and quality improvement<br/>b) Delivery of independent fidelity reviews and guided self-assessments<br/>c) Workforce development support<br/>d) Effective reporting and monitoring<br/><br/>Contract term: 12/09/2023 to 31/03/2025 (18 months). There will be a provision to extend at the absolute discretion of the Authority for a further period or periods of up to 18 months.<br/><br/>Estimated contract value: £954,166 (exclusive of VAT) 1,145,000 (inclusive of VAT) for the initial term and £334,000 (exclusive of VAT) 400,800 (inclusive of VAT) for the extension. Additional information: Published redacted contract can be found in here: www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0116fb37-1dd4… ↗

Delivery: London
Extensions: Option to extend for a further period or periods of up to 18 monthsVariant bids: not allowed
80510000 Specialist 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: 70%Price: 20%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Quality: 70%
  • Cost: 20%
  • Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality: 70
  • Social value: 10
  • Cost: 20
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
7 Jul 2023, 08:34 BST
Last source update
12 Sept 2023, 14:43 BST
Award evaluation window
8 Aug 2023 – …
Authority reference
C166204
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-026965
Classification (CPV)
Miscellaneous business and business-related servicesSpecialist training services
Delivery area
London (UKI32)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03df92 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Atamis legacy domain (health-family.force.com) · Who buys & how to bid on Atamis
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Legacy Salesforce domain still used in notices — use the current Atamis portal · this portal address is a legacy domain; the operator has migrated

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Submission deadline
8 Aug 2023
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
8 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗

Timeline

8 Aug 2023 → 12 Sept 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    8 Aug 2023
  2. Bids opened
    8 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    12 Sept 2023, 14:43 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    12 Sept 2023, 14:43 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £954,1661 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Sept 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Social Finance Ltd£954,166 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department of Health and Social Care

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsHealth 39 Victoria Street, London, London, SW1H 0EUContact 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 (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

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