Find a TenderAwardedContract details notice
Published 28 Jul 2025, 11:17 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Member Deliberative Assembly · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Corporation (Central government)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow threshold
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£120,000£120,000 inc. VAT4.5% below published estimate
Submissions closed 26 Aug 2025awarded 7 Oct 2025
Awarded to SHARED FUTURE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY
Contract term 8 moends 29 May 2026 · starts 19 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Work closely with Dr. Emmeline Cooper and the internal team

to help practically deliver the assembly. This will include

managing the process of onboarding participants (including the

payment of honorariums and travel expenses); managing

external speakers; inputting into the design process; facilitation

and front of house support during the assembly itself; and

inputting into the analysis and reporting of the assembly

outcomes

CPV: Research services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 8 moPublished value£120,000
Contract period: 19 Sept 2025 – 29 May 2026 (8 mo)Value: £120,000 exc. VAT · £120,000 inc. VAT

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: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Experience: 30%
  • Approach to Project: 50%
  • Cost and financials: 20%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Experience: Please provide a summary of your relevant experience in providing similar services to other organisations. Please also include information about who will be working on the project, including their background, experience, relevant expertise and expected role.
  • Approach to Project: Please reflect on the information provided in the RFP, particularly the information contained in the core requirements section. Please outline your approach for how you would work with Nest and deliver against these core requirements. If there are things in addition to the requirements outlined in the RFP that you think would be beneficial, please feel free to include them – for example if you have digital tools that could potentially be utilized. However, if this comes at an additional cost please clearly separate these costs out so that we can make a fair cost comparison between bidders.
  • Cost and financials: Please provide your costs broken down in the following manner: Sortition and recruitment related costs Participant onboarding costs (admin, travel costs etc) Facilitation costs Related expenses for facilitators (travel, accommodation etc) Expert speaker related costs (approx. 10 expert speakers) Supporting process design costs Supporting analysis and reporting costs [Please complete commercial schedule] Prices submitted should be in pound sterling, include expenses and be inclusive of VAT
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
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
28 Jul 2025, 11:17 BST
Last source update
13 Oct 2025, 17:31 BST
Authority reference
TEN-2526-016(PA2023)
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-043361
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Research services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0566d1 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
26 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
11 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

28 Jul 2025 → 13 Oct 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    28 Jul 2025, 11:17 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    11 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    26 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    19 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Latest notice published378 days ago
    13 Oct 2025, 17:31 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Jul 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    28 Jul 2025, 11:17 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract details notice published
    13 Oct 2025, 17:31 BST
    UK7
  3. Status changed to complete
    13 Oct 2025, 17:31 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £114,5711 contract inc. VAT; no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 7 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
SHARED FUTURE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANYSME£114,571 inc. VAT †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · SHARED FUTURE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANYSME

    Signed
    7 Oct 2025
    Value
    £114,571 inc. VAT
    Period
    7 Oct 2025 – 29 May 2026 · up to 29 Nov 2026 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    Nest may, at its discretion and upon written notice to the Supplier, extend the Contract on the same terms as set out in the Contract, up to a further 6 months.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

1

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PQGC-5667-VDDT 10 South Colonnade, London, London, E14 4PUContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender