Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Advice Services
Authority: Ards and North Down Borough Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Council wishes to appoint an Advice Services provider to provide a quality generalist advice service to the public in accordance with the aims, principles and policies of a recognised advice providing body and adhere to a membership scheme or code of practice. This service must be independent, be impartial and offer a free service to all. Good customer service will be paramount. The provider must ensure a range of approaches for initial access by clients to quality advice and flexibility in methods of delivery of the service, across both urban and rural areas of the Borough.
CPV: Guidance services · Legal advisory and information services · Provision of services to the community
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Maths for everyday life - debtAwarded
Maths for everyday life - debt.
This is for delivery of basic numeracy skills courses for those aged 19 years and over who do
not hold a formal maths qualification.
The courses are designed in a way to reduce education inequalities within communities and
to reduce barriers to entry. These courses will be delivered within communities in the hope
that the fear around education is reduced and that people’s confidence will grow and strive
to gain a qualification.
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 (4)
- Methodology, Approach and Plan: 45%
- Knowledge and Understanding of the Brief: 30%
- Contract Management and Contingency: 15%
- price: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Methodology, Approach and Plan: 45
- Knowledge and Understanding of the Brief: 30
- Contract Management and Contingency: 15
- Price: 10
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Feb 2021, 09:40 GMT
- Last source update
- 9 Jan 2025, 13:59 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-000678- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029464Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Buyer details updated9 Jan 2025, 13:59 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMMUNITY ADVICE ARDS AND NORTH DOWN LIMITEDSME, Citizens Advice Ards and North DownSMEjoint award | £959,607 † | — | Awarded |
| COMMUNITY ADVICE ARDS AND NORTH DOWN LIMITEDSMEContract | £879,807 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 000678-2025-1-1 · COMMUNITY ADVICE ARDS AND NORTH DOWN LIMITEDSME, Citizens Advice Ards and North DownSME
- Signed
- 18 Feb 2021
- Value
- £959,607
- Period
- 6 Jan 2025 – 31 Mar 2025
- Status
- active
- Change Maths for everyday life - debt. This is for delivery of basic numeracy skills courses for those aged 19 years and over who do not hold a formal maths qualification. The courses are designed in a way to reduce education inequalities within communities and to reduce barriers to entry. These courses will be delivered within communities in the hope that the fear around education is reduced and that people’s confidence will grow and strive to gain a qualification., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: The Community Development Service within Ards and North Down Borough Council were successful in their bid for funding from the Department of Economy for £79,800 to deliver a programme on Maths or Everyday Life - Debt. This programme will deliver basic numeracy skills for those aged 19 years and over who do not hold a formal maths qualification. The Council already has a contract for the delivery of Community Advice which includes debt management. This contract is mainly funded by the Department for Communities. The contract provider, Community Advice Ards and North Down (CAAND) provide debt advice and are perfectly placed within the community to deliver additional courses themed around maths support with the learning outcome being managing debt. Therefore, the Council intends to modify this contract and ask CAAND to deliver this programme. A VEAT Notice (2024/S 000-037679) was issued on 21 November 2024 to inform the market of the Council's intention to modify the contract.
- Change Maths for everyday life - debt. This is for delivery of basic numeracy skills courses for those aged 19 years and over who do not hold a formal maths qualification. The courses are designed in a way to reduce education inequalities within communities and to reduce barriers to entry. These courses will be delivered within communities in the hope that the fear around education is reduced and that people’s confidence will grow and strive to gain a qualification., Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: The Community Development Service within Ards and North Down Borough Council were successful in their bid for funding from the Department of Economy for £79,800 to deliver a programme on Maths or Everyday Life - Debt. This programme will deliver basic numeracy skills for those aged 19 years and over who do not hold a formal maths qualification. The Council already has a contract for the delivery of Community Advice which includes debt management. This contract is mainly funded by the Department for Communities. The contract provider, Community Advice Ards and North Down (CAAND) provide debt advice and are perfectly placed within the community to deliver additional courses themed around maths support with the learning outcome being managing debt. Therefore, the Council intends to modify this contract and ask CAAND to deliver this programme. A VEAT Notice (2024/S 000-037679) was issued on 21 November 2024 to inform the market of the Council's intention to modify the contract.
Contract · COMMUNITY ADVICE ARDS AND NORTH DOWN LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 18 Feb 2021
- Value
- £879,807
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Procurement ManagerReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice- COMMUNITY ADVICE ARDS AND NORTH DOWN LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- Citizens Advice Ards and North DownAwarded supplier
- Community Advice Ards and North DownAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.