Official UK procurement notice
Multiply Coaching, Employment and In Work Service
Authority: Suffolk County Council (Local council)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionSuffolk County Council are currently out to tender for the provision of Multiply Coaching, Employment and In Work Service. This opportunity is available in the `Current Tenders` area of portal. Interested parties are invited to express their interest to gain full access to the tender documentation.Procurement Policy Note 09/21 requires us to calculate the value of contracts inclusive of VAT, however we can advertise them exclusive of VAT. The advertised value here is £4,500,000 exclusive of VAT. Please note that the contract value is £2,550,000 for the period of the contract (2 years and 8 months). There is potential for up to a 24 month extension period if any funding becomes available (note this funding is currently not available), if additional funding is available for the potential extension period the total contract value will be £4,500,000. The deadline date for submissions of the tender is 12 noon on Thursday 4th August 2022. Please note late returns will NOT be permitt
CPV: Guidance and counselling services · Training services · Welfare services not delivered through residential institutions
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1Multiply Coaching Service
Suffolk County Council Skills Team intends to appoint provider(s) with relevant experience and a proven track record to deliver innovative and varied services for the period of 1st November 2022 to 31st July 2025. Each service will work with adults 19+, with no upper age limit and who have not achieved a Level 2 qualification in Numeracy.1st November 2022 to 31st July 2025 with the option to extend if any funding is available for up to 24 months. Please note that funding isn’t currently available for the extension period.
Lot #2Multiply Employment Service
Suffolk County Council Skills Team intends to appoint provider(s) with relevant experience and a proven track record to deliver innovative and varied services for the period of 1st November 2022 to 31st July 2025. Each service will work with adults 19+, with no upper age limit and who have not achieved a Level 2 qualification in Numeracy.1st November 2022 to 31st July 2025 with the option to extend if any funding is available for up to 24 months. Please note that funding isn’t currently available for the extension period.
Lot #3Multiply In Work Support Service
Suffolk County Council Skills Team intends to appoint provider(s) with relevant experience and a proven track record to deliver innovative and varied services for the period of 1st November 2022 to 31st July 2025. Each service will work with adults 19+, with no upper age limit and who have not achieved a Level 2 qualification in Numeracy.1st November 2022 to 31st July 2025 with the option to extend if any funding is available for up to 24 months. Please note that funding isn’t currently available for the extension period.
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
- Closed
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 13 Jul 2022, 23:45 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Jul 2022, 23:45 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 4 Aug 2022 – …
- Authority reference
CD1371- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-019225- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0351c1Find a Tender
Publisher note: This Open with Negotiation procurement complies with the Light Touch Regime Open procedure under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. We reserve the right to hold negotiation meetings/negotiations as we consider appropriate after tender submission during the negotiation period. If negotiation is undertaken providers who have submitted a bid will have the opportunity to submit final offers. We will review our requirements and may update the requirements to reflect discussions during the clarifications before requesting final offers. The evaluation methodology and high-level criteria will remain the same.Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Suffolk County Council incorporates a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period from the point at which information on the award of contract is communicated to the tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. If an appeal regarding the award of contract has not been successfully resolved: The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rules, to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly`If the Contracting Authority identifies that the scope of this procurement falls within a business sector which may be attractive to infiltration by organised crime groups, the Contracting Authority reserves the right to include enhanced probity checks / requirements at the award stages of the procurement.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.suffolksourcing.uk/ ↗
- Submission deadline
- 4 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 4 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
Timeline
13 Jul 2022 → 1 Nov 2022 · 5 dates- Notice published13 Jul 2022, 23:45 BST
- Submission deadline4 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened4 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
- Bids must remain valid until31 Oct 2022, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts1 Nov 2022
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.