Official UK procurement notice
Recruitment Pilot for Individual Placement & Support (IPS) Services
Authority: NHS England (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNHS England would like to tender for the services of an organisation to design and deliver a national recruitment initiative which includes the development of an applicant database for existing and future IPS roles, standardized materials for the advertising of roles along with delivery of innovative recruitment practices with IPS providers to fill vacancies for Employment Specialists within Individual Placement and Support (IPS) services.
CPV: Administrative healthcare services · Health services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£500,000
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 (3)
- Technical: 70%
- Price: 20%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical: 70
- Social Value: 10
- Price: 20
- 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- 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
- 15 Dec 2022, 14:28 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Jun 2023, 16:55 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 16 Jan 2023 – …
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-018170- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-038dd2Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome ↗
- Submission deadline
- 16 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 16 Jan 2023, 13:00 GMT
Timeline
16 Jan 2023 → 26 Jun 2023 · 5 dates- Submission deadline16 Jan 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened16 Jan 2023, 13:00 GMT
- Contract starts14 Feb 2023
- Bids must remain valid until31 Mar 2023, 23:59 BST
- Notice published26 Jun 2023, 16:55 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete26 Jun 2023, 16:55 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Think Ahead Organisation, Think AheadSME | £496,514 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 018170-2023-1 · The Think Ahead Organisation, Think AheadSME
- Signed
- 15 Jun 2023
- Value
- £496,514
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2025
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Think Ahead Organisation, Think AheadAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.