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Published 22 Sept 2022, 15:06 BST

Official UK procurement notice

SLC Identification, Intervention and Evaluation Package

Official notice

Authority: Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£1,500,000exc. VAT0.6% below final estimate
Submissions closed 31 Oct 2022awarded 22 Nov 2022
Awarded to Cardiff Metropolitan University, University of Portsmouth

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Welsh Government is seeking to contract for the development of a bilingual (Welsh/ English) Speech, Language and Communication (SLC) package.

CPV: Design and execution of research and development · Education and training services · Educational equipment · Educational software development services · Educational software package · Pre-school education services · Primary education services · Programming languages · Programming languages and tools · Programming languages and tools development services · Research and development consultancy services · Research and development services and related consultancy services · +3 more

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Welsh Government is seeking the development of a bilingual (Welsh/ English) Speech,…AwardedRenewal

Welsh Government is seeking the development of a bilingual (Welsh/ English) Speech, Language and Communication (SLC) package, to include:

  • An SLC identification tool (or tools) suitable, and fit-for-purpose, for use with all children in Wales aged from birth to 5 years. The tool(s) should be suitable for use by all Early Years practitioners and clinicians. The tool will be developed, piloted, refined and validated by the successful bidder. It will include a user manual incorporating full technical specifications.
  • Associated interventions to be specified (or developed), for use at universal, population and targeted levels.
  • Training content for practitioners who will use the tool
  • Evaluation of the tool(s), interventions and training

Please note that all elements of the package will be owned solely by Welsh Government upon completion of the contract.

Delivery: Wales
Extensions: Potential to extend the contract term by a further 12 months.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 (6)
  • evidence your capability, skill and expertise in speech, language and communication (SLC) development in children aged from birth to 5 years: 15%
  • capability, skill and expertise in co-producing, evaluating, refining and validating tools for the identification of Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN): 15%
  • capability, skill and expertise in co-producing and evaluating universal, population and targeted interventions to support SLC development: 15%
  • capability, skill and experience in co-producing and evaluating training for practitioners who support SLC development: 15%
  • demonstrate your ability to meet the aims and objectives of the project within the allocated timeframe and budget: 20%
  • price: 20%
Published award criteria (6)
  • evidence your capability, skill and expertise in speech, language and communication (SLC) development in children aged from birth to 5 years: 15
  • capability, skill and expertise in co-producing, evaluating, refining and validating tools for the identification of Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN): 15
  • capability, skill and expertise in co-producing and evaluating universal, population and targeted interventions to support SLC development: 15
  • capability, skill and experience in co-producing and evaluating training for practitioners who support SLC development: 15
  • demonstrate your ability to meet the aims and objectives of the project within the allocated timeframe and budget: 20
  • Price: 20
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
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 Sept 2022, 15:06 BST
Last source update
29 Nov 2022, 13:50 GMT
Award evaluation window
1 Nov 2022 – …
Authority reference
C425/2022/2023
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-033787
Classification (CPV)
Design and execution of research and developmentEducation and training servicesEducational equipmentEducational software development servicesEducational software packagePre-school education servicesPrimary education servicesProgramming languagesProgramming languages and toolsProgramming languages and tools development services
+5 moreResearch and development consultancy servicesResearch and development services and related consultancy services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-036a96 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Performance terms

Provided in tender documentation.

Publisher note: E-TENDER INFORMATION: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk - The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation. - Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic information about your Organisation and about the User performing the Registration. - The User who performs the Registration becomes the Super User for the Organisation. - On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password. - The Password will be sent by e-mail to the email address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page. - In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password. - Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click “Forgot your password?” - Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation. - If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Platform then you must not register again. - Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to arrange access to the Platform. - Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation). - Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration. Please contact the Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform. - Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 2pm HOW TO FIND THE ITT: - Once logged in you must click on ‘ITT’s Open to all Suppliers’ - The etender references for this contract are: Project_51299and ITT _97899 - Click on the title to access summary details of the contract. If you are still interested in submitting a tender, click the ‘Express an Interest button’. This will move the ITT from the ‘Open to all Suppliers’ area to the ‘My ITT’s’ on the home page. - You will then see the full details of the ITT in the qualification and technical envelopes along with any relevant documents in the ‘Attachments’ area. - Should you have any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages’ area to contact the buyer directly – Please do not contact the named person at the top of this notice. NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process.To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID= 124838 (WA Ref:124838) Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are: as described in the tender documents The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding. (WA Ref:127034)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN, CY
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Submission deadline
31 Oct 2022, 14:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en, cy
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
1 Nov 2022, 09:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

31 Oct 2022 → 29 Nov 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    31 Oct 2022, 14:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    1 Nov 2022, 09:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    29 Nov 2022, 13:50 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    29 Nov 2022, 13:50 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,490,7581 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Nov 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Cardiff Metropolitan University, University of Portsmouthjoint award£1,490,758 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services Gwasanaethau Caffael Corfforaethol / Corporate Procurement Services, Parc Cathays / Cathays Park, Caerdydd / Cardiff, Wales, CF10 3NQContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties 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