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Published 24 Jun 2024, 16:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Supply of Education Services

Official notice

Authority: Kent County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Framework ceiling (notional)£500,000,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 30 Jul 2024awarded 12 Feb 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Framework Agreement is open to all public sector organisations, Services may include

but not be limited to the list below

•Advisory Services

•Clerking Services

•Education Consultancy

•Equality and Inclusion

•Financial Management

•General Information, Guidance and Support

•Governance Consultancy Services

•Governor Services

•Professional Development

•Pupil Skills and Development

•Recruitment Services

•Safeguarding Support and Advice

•School Improvement

•Skills and Employability Support

•Training

CPV: Administrative educational services · Adult and other education services · Education and training services · Higher education services · Primary education services · Secondary education services · Technical and vocational secondary education services · Training services · Youth education services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
15 bids received · 4 suppliers appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1This Framework Agreement is open to all public sector organisations, ServicesAwardedPublished value£500,000,000

This Framework Agreement is open to all public sector organisations, Services

may include but not be limited to the list below

•Advisory Services

•Clerking Services

•Education Consultancy

•Equality and Inclusion

•Financial Management

•General Information, Guidance and Support

•Governance Consultancy Services

•Governor Services

•Professional Development

•Pupil Skills and Development

•Recruitment Services

•Safeguarding Support and Advice

•School Improvement

•Skills and Employability Support

•Training Additional information: This is a Framework agreement is fully accessible to the all Public Sector Bodies as

identified in the Public Contract Regulations. Further information is contained within the ITT and/or available on

request

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: 90%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Delivering the Framework Agreement: 30%
  • Delivering the Service and Account Management: 45%
  • Standards, Regulations and Policies: 15%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (5)
  • Delivering the Framework Agreement: 30
  • Delivering the Service and Account Management: 45
  • Standards, Regulations and Policies: 15
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: 0
What this means for your bid
  • “Supply of Education Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

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
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
24 Jun 2024, 16:05 BST
Last source update
4 Dec 2024, 14:05 GMT
Award evaluation window
30 Jul 2024 – …
Authority reference
Y25001
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-039075
Classification (CPV)
Administrative educational servicesAdult and other education servicesEducation and training servicesHigher education servicesPrimary education servicesSecondary education servicesTechnical and vocational secondary education servicesTraining servicesYouth education services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04723b Find a Tender

Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://csg.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=907185280 GO Reference: GO-2024124-PRO-28759950

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
30 Jul 2024, 14:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
1440 days from the deadline
Bids opened
30 Jul 2024, 14:15 BST

Timeline

30 Jul 2024 → 4 Dec 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    30 Jul 2024, 14:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    30 Jul 2024, 14:15 BST
  3. Notice published
    4 Dec 2024, 14:05 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Dec 2024
  1. Status changed to complete
    4 Dec 2024, 14:05 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    4 Dec 2024, 14:05 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 4admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 1513 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Feb 2024

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Contract 039075-2024-1

    Signed
    12 Feb 2024
    Value
    —
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
This Framework Agreement is open to all public sector organisations, Services15bids · 15 electronic13—£1 – £500,000,000
Whole notice———£1 – £500,000,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Kent County Council (T/A Procurement Services)

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 1 Abbey Wood Road, West Malling, UK, ME19 4YTContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Commercial ServicesMediation body West MallingContact email
  • Commercial Services Kent LimitedReview body West MallingContact email, phone

Framework contractors & participating bidders

4 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.