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Published 20 Dec 2022, 12:59 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Place Partnership Fund – Lowestoft

Official notice

Authority: East Suffolk Council (Local council)

5 lotsServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£600,000total for 5 lots
Submissions closed 20 Jan 2023
Lots 5see the lot list below
Contract term 3 yrsends 29 May 2026 · starts 1 Jun 2023

What is being bought5 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Please note that this is a Voluntary Procurement exercise to undergo a competitive process to set up a Partnership Agreement. As such UK/EU Contract Regulations do not apply.East Suffolk Council is looking to work with experienced and skilled creative and cultural organisations on a programme of bold and transformative cultural activities to be delivered over a period of 3 years through Arts Council England’s ‘Place Partnership Fund’.Through the Place Partnership Fund, the projects will aim to deliver against at least one of the following outcomes:

  • Support and involve communities in high quality culture
  • Improve creative and cultural education for children and young people
  • Improve health and wellbeing through creative and cultural activity
  • Build skills and capacity in the cultural sector and grow its economic impact
  • Establish an ongoing, sustainable, collaborative partnership for developing and delivering cultural activity across the town.

CPV: Administrative recreational, cultural and religious services · Cultural event organisation services · Education and training services · Recreational, cultural and sporting services · Specialist training services · Training programme services

Lots and requirements (5)Procurement structure

5 lots · all with a published value (£600,000 together)
Lot #1Skills and Business Support 3 yrsPublished value£100,000

East Suffolk Council is looking to work with experienced and skilled creative and cultural organisations on a programme of bold and transformative cultural activities to be delivered over a period of 3 years through Arts Council England’s ‘Place Partnership Fund’.Through the Place Partnership Fund, the projects will aim to deliver against at least one of the following outcomes:

  • Support and involve communities in high quality culture
  • Improve creative and cultural education for children and young people
  • Improve health and wellbeing through creative and cultural activity
  • Build skills and capacity in the cultural sector and grow its economic impact
  • Establish an ongoing, sustainable, collaborative partnership for developing and delivering cultural activity across the town.
Contract period: 1 Jun 2023 – 29 May 2026 (3 yrs)
Delivery: UK
Variant bids: allowed
Lot #2Children & Young People 3 yrsPublished value£100,000

East Suffolk Council is looking to work with experienced and skilled creative and cultural organisations on a programme of bold and transformative cultural activities to be delivered over a period of 3 years through Arts Council England’s ‘Place Partnership Fund’.Through the Place Partnership Fund, the projects will aim to deliver against at least one of the following outcomes:

  • Support and involve communities in high quality culture
  • Improve creative and cultural education for children and young people
  • Improve health and wellbeing through creative and cultural activity
  • Build skills and capacity in the cultural sector and grow its economic impact
  • Establish an ongoing, sustainable, collaborative partnership for developing and delivering cultural activity across the town.
Contract period: 1 Jun 2023 – 29 May 2026 (3 yrs)
Delivery: UK
Variant bids: allowed
Lot #3Developing the Lowestoft cultural sector post Covid 3 yrsPublished value£100,000

East Suffolk Council is looking to work with experienced and skilled creative and cultural organisations on a programme of bold and transformative cultural activities to be delivered over a period of 3 years through Arts Council England’s ‘Place Partnership Fund’.Through the Place Partnership Fund, the projects will aim to deliver against at least one of the following outcomes:

  • Support and involve communities in high quality culture
  • Improve creative and cultural education for children and young people
  • Improve health and wellbeing through creative and cultural activity
  • Build skills and capacity in the cultural sector and grow its economic impact
  • Establish an ongoing, sustainable, collaborative partnership for developing and delivering cultural activity across the town.
Contract period: 1 Jun 2023 – 29 May 2026 (3 yrs)
Delivery: UK
Variant bids: allowed
Lot #4Health & Wellbeing 3 yrsPublished value£150,000

East Suffolk Council is looking to work with experienced and skilled creative and cultural organisations on a programme of bold and transformative cultural activities to be delivered over a period of 3 years through Arts Council England’s ‘Place Partnership Fund’.Through the Place Partnership Fund, the projects will aim to deliver against at least one of the following outcomes:

  • Support and involve communities in high quality culture
  • Improve creative and cultural education for children and young people
  • Improve health and wellbeing through creative and cultural activity
  • Build skills and capacity in the cultural sector and grow its economic impact
  • Establish an ongoing, sustainable, collaborative partnership for developing and delivering cultural activity across the town.
Contract period: 1 Jun 2023 – 29 May 2026 (3 yrs)
Delivery: UK
Variant bids: allowed
Lot #5Community Participation 3 yrsPublished value£150,000

East Suffolk Council is looking to work with experienced and skilled creative and cultural organisations on a programme of bold and transformative cultural activities to be delivered over a period of 3 years through Arts Council England’s ‘Place Partnership Fund’.Through the Place Partnership Fund, the projects will aim to deliver against at least one of the following outcomes:

  • Support and involve communities in high quality culture
  • Improve creative and cultural education for children and young people
  • Improve health and wellbeing through creative and cultural activity
  • Build skills and capacity in the cultural sector and grow its economic impact
  • Establish an ongoing, sustainable, collaborative partnership for developing and delivering cultural activity across the town.
Contract period: 1 Jun 2023 – 29 May 2026 (3 yrs)
Delivery: UK
Variant bids: allowed

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
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

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
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
20 Dec 2022, 12:59 GMT
Last source update
20 Dec 2022, 12:59 GMT
Award evaluation window
20 Jan 2023 – …
Authority reference
2204-OPS-O
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-036028
Classification (CPV)
Administrative recreational, cultural and religious servicesCultural event organisation servicesEducation and training servicesRecreational, cultural and sporting servicesSpecialist training servicesTraining programme services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
20 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
20 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT

Timeline

20 Dec 2022 → 1 Jun 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    20 Dec 2022, 12:59 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    20 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    20 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    1 Jun 2023, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Suffolk Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityRecreation, culture and religion Riverside, 4 Canning Road, Lowestoft, UK, NR33 0EQContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

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