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Official UK procurement notice

Quality Evaluation Framework · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: The Arts Council of England (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,350,000≈ £386k / year0% below published estimate
Submissions closed 2 Jun 2022awarded 30 Sept 2022
Awarded to Counting What Counts Ltd
Contract term 3 yrs 6 moends 31 Mar 2026 · starts 1 Oct 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Quality Evaluation Framework: A quality evaluation tool that captures data and provides users with insights into what audiences, participants, peers, artists and creative practitioners think about the work they produce.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Research consultancy services · Software-related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1A contract to provide an online data collection and analysis platform and associated…Awarded 3 yrs 6 moPublished value£1,350,000

A contract to provide an online data collection and analysis platform and associated support services that will enable the Cohort to capture data from their audiences, participants, peers and self to provide insights into what they think about their activity. The tool should use self, peer and public assessment to capture the quality of the arts and cultural work. A detailed set out requirements was set out in the ITT issued to the market as part of the procurement.

Contract period: 1 Oct 2022 – 31 Mar 2026 (3 yrs 6 mo)
Delivery: UK · UNITED KINGDOM
Variant bids: not 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: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical: 70%
  • Socila Value: 10%
  • Commercial: 20%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Technical: 70%
  • Socila Value: 10%
  • Commercial: 20%
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As outlined in the tender documents

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 · publisher note attached
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
22 Apr 2022, 16:05 BST
Last source update
31 Oct 2022, 12:05 GMT
Award evaluation window
2 Jun 2022 – …
Authority reference
406 ACE ITT
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-030653
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportResearch consultancy servicesSoftware-related services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032fb3 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

As outlined in the tender documents

Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=729089522 GO Reference: GO-20221031-PRO-21314817

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
2 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
2 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST

Timeline

2 Jun 2022 → 31 Oct 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    2 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    2 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    1 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    31 Oct 2022, 12:05 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    31 Oct 2022, 12:05 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,349,7731 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 30 Sept 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Counting What Counts LtdSME£1,349,773 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 030653-2022-406 ACE ITT-1 · Counting What Counts LtdSME

    Signed
    30 Sept 2022
    Value
    £1,349,773
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2026
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Arts Council of England

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGrant Funding 21 Bloomsbury Street, London, UK, WC1B 3HFContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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