Official UK procurement notice
The Provision of Universal Youth and Play Services
Authority: The Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement description**PLEASE NOTE** This is an Award Notice and the opportunity is now closed.
The City of London Corporation (the ‘City) undertook a 1 stage procurement process in relation to Universal Youth and Play Services (the 'Service').
The Service will commission youth work and play activities from an external organisation, which will adhere to the youth work and play principles and will raise the aspirations of children and young people aged 8-19, with an emphasis of working with children and young people aged between 8-12 and 13-19 year olds The Service will also support young people aged up to 25 with learning difficulties and or disabilities, or are a care leaver to achieve their potential.
Further information for this opportunity can be found in II.2.4) Description of the procurement field (of this notice).
CPV: Education and training services · Health and social work services · Sporting services · Vocational training services · Youth education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1**PLEASE NOTE** This is an Award Notice and the opportunity is now closedAwardedRenewalPublished value£400,000
**PLEASE NOTE** This is an Award Notice and the opportunity is now closed.
The Service is classified under Schedule 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as “Provision of services to the community”. Therefore, the Service advertised i.e. this contract notice, fall among those listed in Annex XIV to Directive 2014/24/EU and the full obligations set out in that directive do not apply. For the avoidance of doubt, the contract was procured in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 Regulations 74 to 78, more commonly known as the Light Touch Regime.
The procurement was run as a one stage process, resembling the open procedure and its main features - which includes the core elements of the standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ). Any organisation that considers itself able to meet the requirements of the selection criteria within the Qualification Envelope was invited to submit a tender.
The requirements of the Service are set out in the procurement documents, particularly the Service Specification - available from: www.capitalesourcing.com ↗
The City of London Corporation are redesigning the delivery of services to support young people living in the City aged between 8-19 years of age (and up to 25 for young people Leaving Care and young people with disabilities).
The main outcomes of the Service are:
- Increased engagement in inclusive provision that raises the aspirations and supports the development of young people between 8-19 years of age. This will enable all young people to access and engage in activities that develop their confidence and build their self-esteem.
- Reduce health inequalities, improve and maintain good physical and mental health. Ensuring that young people are informed and supported to make safe and healthy choices, and are referred to appropriate services when additional support is required.
- Ensuring young people feel safe in their communities and develop positive relationships.
- Partnership working with the City and other providers.
- Ensuring the commissioned services provide added value to the community, and support the social value act.
- Outcomes for young people demonstrated through performance data.
The duration of the contract is two (2) years, with the option to extend up to two (2) further years in annual increments. The Contract is intended to commence 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2024. Additional information: The proposed contract opportunity is a single identifiable service which would offer no commercial or operational benefits if it was divided into lots.
Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via the correspondence area in the Capital e-Sourcing system.
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 (2)
- Technical: 60%
- Price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 60%
- Price: 40%
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 20 Dec 2021, 22:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 May 2022, 10:47 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 31 Jan 2022 – …
- Authority reference
prj_COL_17378- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-011641- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0303ebFind a Tender
- Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The contracting authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar days (when using electronic means) standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the decision to award a contract before a contract is executed. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (‘Regulations’) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Any such action must be brought promptly and within the time limits as defined in the above regulations. Where a contract has not been entered into the court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the contracting authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the court has the options to award damages and/or to shorten or order the contract ineffective.
Publisher note: This procurement process is being undertaken using the electronic tendering system ‘CapitaleSourcing’ (url:www.capitalesourcing.com). Suppliers will need to register an interest on the system in order to participate and registration is free. This is a one stage procurement process; therefore, suppliers will need to register an interest on the system and submit a tender submission no later than 12.00 on 31.01.2022 in order to participate. Tender submissions cannot be uploaded after the return deadline. The estimated value given at II.2.6) is for the full duration of the contract, which is up to four (4) years in total.Organisations should note that the estimated budget for this Service will be up to 400,000 GBP and is based on one core budget (c 100,000 GBP per annum). The contracting authority reserves the right at any time to vary the timescales in this notice, cease the procurement process and not award the contract or to award only part of the opportunity described in this notice.If the contracting authority takes up any of these rights then it will not be responsible for, or pay the expenses or losses, which may be incurred by any candidate or tenderer as a result. Economic operators are solely responsible for their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of their tender submissions and all stages throughout the procurement. Under no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for costs or expense borne by the economic operators. The Service advertised in this notice fall under the services listed in Annex XIV to Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and the contracting authority is not obliged to follow The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in full. The procurement process that will apply to the Service is specified in the procurement documents accordingly. Any questions relating to this procurement must be made via the correspondence area in the Capital eSourcing system.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 31 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 31 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
Timeline
31 Jan 2022 → 5 May 2022 · 3 dates- Submission deadline31 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened31 Jan 2022, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published5 May 2022, 10:47 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete5 May 2022, 10:47 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SocietyLinks Tower Hamlets | £400,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 011641-2022-1 · SocietyLinks Tower Hamlets
- Signed
- 28 Apr 2022
- Value
- £400,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court, Royal Courts of JusticeMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SocietyLinks Tower HamletsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria