Official UK procurement notice
Request for Proposal Events Operating Partner
Authority: Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe are looking for an operating partner to own the design and delivery of all ARIA's programmatic events from scratch, working closely with our Programme Directors and internal team to produce events which are unique, effective and fully representative of how ARIA operates.
The project is for an initial 4 months with the option to extend.
ARIA is exempt from the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR) therefore this procurement is not subject to the PCRs but is shared here for transparency.
CPV: Event services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1
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).
- Suitability
Mandatory:
All data to be stored within the UK or EEA
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plans
Cyber Essentials certification, if a bidder does not currently hold Cyber Essential Certification, bidders can in their response to this RFP, propose a date by which the certification will be obtained. This must be supported by a credible plan, setting out how the certification will be achieved by the date proposed
Confirmation of adherence with the Government's supplier Code of Conduct.
Confirmation of the embedded individual's adherence to ARIA's values and code of conduct (we will provide this to shortlisted bidders)
Desirable:
ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 22301 and Cyber Essentials Plus
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 27 Nov 2023, 09:17 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Nov 2023, 09:17 GMT
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-034884- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Dec 2023, 16:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
27 Nov 2023 → 19 Dec 2023 · 2 dates- Notice published27 Nov 2023, 09:17 GMT
- Submission deadline19 Dec 2023, 16:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Not applicable, see the ARIA Act 2022Review body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria