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Published 18 Nov 2022, 14:40 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Specialist Early Years Education Service

Official notice

Authority: Bath & North East Somerset Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published value£1,560,000published on the single lot · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 21 Dec 2022awarded 17 Jan 2023
Awarded to First Steps (Bath)

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Specialist Early Years Education Service will improve the individual development, learning and wellbeing of children aged 2-5 years with additional/complex needs living in Bath & North East Somerset, through delivery of high quality, specialist early years provision and promoting inclusive practice in mainstream early years settings.

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,560,000
Delivery: South West
Extensions: Option to extend for up to a further 2 years beyond the initial term · Option for extension beyond the initial term - extension of up to 24 monthsVariant 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: 90Price: 20Social value: 10
Published sub-criteria (6)
  • Service Delivery: Specialist Provision: 25
  • Service Delivery: Parents & Carers: 25
  • Service Delivery: Mainstream Early Years Settings Practitioners: 25
  • Staffing: 15
  • price: 20
  • Added Social Value: 10
Published award criteria (6)
  • Service Delivery: Specialist Provision: 25
  • Service Delivery: Parents & Carers: 25
  • Service Delivery: Mainstream Early Years Settings Practitioners: 25
  • Staffing: 15
  • Added Social Value: 10
  • Price: 20
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 120 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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
18 Nov 2022, 14:40 GMT
Last source update
30 Jan 2023, 12:09 GMT
Award evaluation window
21 Dec 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN633662
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-002770
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
South West (UKK12)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-038691 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
21 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
21 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

21 Dec 2022 → 30 Jan 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    21 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    21 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    30 Jan 2023, 12:09 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    30 Jan 2023, 12:09 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 17 Jan 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
First Steps (Bath)SME——Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 002770-2023-DN633662-1 · First Steps (Bath)SME

    Signed
    17 Jan 2023
    Value
    —
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
The Specialist Early Years Education Service will improve the individual development,…1bids · 1 electronic——£1,001,472 – £1,502,208
Whole notice———£1,040,000 – £1,560,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Bath and North East Somerset Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Guildhall, High Street, Bath, South West, BA1 5AWContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The High CourtReview body Bath

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