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Published 14 Aug 2023, 00:11 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Delivery Associate Support for Local Authorities

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£5,166,667exc. VAT
Submissions closed 15 Sept 2023awarded 27 Nov 2023
Awarded to OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This contract has already been awarded and is published for transparency purposes.

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) have procured a network of experienced delivery experts (Delivery Associates). This network will provide advice, troubleshooting and signposting to the wider support offer available across government to Local Authorities.

CPV: Administration services · Development consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1This contract has already been awarded and is published for transparency purposesAwarded

This contract has already been awarded and is published for transparency purposes.

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities (DLUHC) has procured a network of experienced delivery experts (Delivery Associates). This network will provide advice,

troubleshooting and signposting to the wider support offer available across government to Local Authorities.

To support local partners, DLUHC has procured a service to establish a central technical advice and support offer to

troubleshoot delivery challenges across DLUHC's Levelling Up Fund, Towns Fund and Future High Streets Fund.

Delivery: UK
Extensions: DLUHC reserve the right to extend the service for the Provision of Delivery Associate Support for Local Authorities for One (1) Year via exercisable Option.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
How bids were scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Price: 30
  • Quality: 70
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
14 Aug 2023, 00:11 BST
Last source update
6 Dec 2023, 15:32 GMT
Award evaluation window
8 Sept 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-035978
Classification (CPV)
Administration servicesDevelopment consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ef58 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Submission deadline
15 Sept 2023, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
8 Sept 2023, 17:01 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

8 Sept 2023 → 6 Dec 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Bids opened
    8 Sept 2023, 17:01 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    15 Sept 2023, 17:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    6 Dec 2023, 15:32 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Sept 2023
  1. Deadline moved to 15 Sept 2023, 17:00 BST
    4 Sept 2023, 12:02 BST
    +7 days · was 8 Sept 2023, 17:00 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    6 Dec 2023, 15:32 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate · IV.2.28 Sept 202315 Sept 2023+7 d

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £5,166,6671 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 3
Contracts signed 1latest 27 Nov 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED£5,166,667 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services 2 Marsham Street, LONDON, UK, SW1P4DFContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.