Official UK procurement notice
Made Smarter Adoption Programme
Authority: West of England Combined Authority (Local council)·On behalf of: Devon County Council
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe MCA has a requirement for a single lead delivery partner (or consortium with a lead provider) to deliver the Made Smarter South West Adoption Programme which includes; diagnostic checks, 1:1 Digital Acceleration Sessions, Senior Leaders training courses, Digital Champions training courses, additional intensive support and student internships, across the South West region.
Further information regarding this procurement can be found through the Atamis e-sourcing portal
CPV: Training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£2,947,023
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 (2)
- Technical/Social Value: 80%
- Price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price: Evaluated as per the ITT & PA23 MAT - Assessment of total cost as submitted in the pricing schedule.
- Technical/Social Value: Built up of Technical (70%) & Social Value (10%) - Evaluated in accordance with PA23 and the ITT
- 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
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 10 Feb 2026, 20:02 GMT
- Last source update
- 10 Feb 2026, 20:02 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 16 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
UPN-00111- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-012158- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064d43Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 10 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 19 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
10 Feb 2026 → 1 Apr 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published259 days ago10 Feb 2026, 20:02 GMT
- Clarification questions by251 days ago19 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline232 days ago10 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by225 days ago16 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts210 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published10 Feb 2026, 20:02 GMTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- Devon County CouncilProcuring entityEvaluator
- Somerset CouncilProcuring entityEvaluator
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications In order to access the full ITT documents, please follow the instructions to our e-sourcing portal. Instructions can be found in section 19 of the ITT
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender