Official UK procurement notice
UK Shared Prosperity Fund (ATT)
Authority: Torbay Council (Local council)
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71)Research & Development (R&D) (73)Administration, defence and social security services (75) Delivery: South West (UKK42)
Awarded value£426,4622 contracts · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 16 Feb 2023awarded 8 Mar 2023
Awarded to Exeter Community Energy, Studio Zao Innovations Ltd.2 awards
Contract term Ends 31 Mar 2025
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF or the Fund) is a central pillar of the UK government’s ambitious Levelling Up agenda and a significant component of its support for places across the UK. It will help places right across the country deliver enhanced outcomes and recognises that even the most affluent parts of the UK contain pockets of deprivation and need support. The Council through this tender process sought organisations to deliver specific interventions in order to achieve the programmes outputs and outcomes.
CPV: Energy-efficiency consultancy services · Environmental services · Provision of services to the community · Research and development services and related consultancy services
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values published · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1E13: Community measures to reduce the cost of livingAwarded
Community measures to reduce the cost of living, including through measures to improve energy efficiency, and combat fuel poverty and climate change.
- The successful Supplier is required to deliver a programme of support to help residents, primarily in Torbay's most deprived areas, to improve their energy efficiency.
- The outputs and outcomes delivered through the project must be achieved by 31 March 2025.
- 200 households supported to take energy efficiency measures
- 450 people reached
5% increased take up of energy efficiency measures
Lot #2E20: R&D grants supporting innovation, product and service development / E23: Strengthening local entrepreneurial systemsAwarded
- E20: Research and development grants supporting the development of innovative products and services
- E23: Strengthening local entrepreneurial ecosystems and supporting businesses at all stages of their development to start, sustain, grow and innovate, including through local networks
- Interventions E20 and E23 are being commissioned together.
- The successful Supplier is required to provide business support to start up and existing high growth businesses - this can be in terms of sector, job growth, revenue.
- The successful Supplier is also required to administer the grants delivering the required outputs and outcomes.
- The outputs and outcomes delivered through the project must be achieved by 31 March 2025.
- E20: 9 businesses receiving grants
- E23: 110 businesses receiving non-financial support
- E20: £200,000 of increased investment
- E20: 9 businesses introducing new products to the firm
- E20: 5 businesses adopting new technologies/processes to the firm
- E20: 9 R&D active businesses
- E20: 7 businesses adopting new or improved products or services
- E23: 20 jobs created
- E23: 50 jobs safeguarded
- E23: 10 new businesses created
- E23: 10 businesses introducing new products to the firm
- E23: 50 businesses with improved productivity
- E23: 15 businesses engaging in new markets
Lot #3E29: Supporting decarbonisation and improving the natural environmentCancelled
- Supporting decarbonisation and improving the natural environment whilst Growing the local social economy
- Taking a whole systems approach to invest in infrastructure to deliver effective decarbonisation across energy, buildings and transport and beyond, in line with our legally binding climate target
- Maximising existing or emerging local strengths in low carbon technologies, goods and services to take advantage of the growing global opportunity
- The successful Supplier is required to develop and support the implementation of 96 decarbonisation plans that lead to evidenced resource efficiency.
- The successful Supplier will be responsible for administering the capital allocation in 2024/2025 and will need to give careful consideration as to how this will be done.
- The outputs and outcomes delivered through the project must be achieved by 31 March 2025.
- 96 businesses receiving non-financial support
- 40 businesses receiving grants
- 96 decarbonisation plans developed
- 30 jobs created
- 40 jobs safeguarded
- 20 new businesses created
- 20 businesses adopting new to the firm technologies or processes
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).
How bids were scored · same split on all 3 lots
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Project Proposal and Deliverability: 60%
- Compliance: 20%
- Financial Management: 20%
Published award criteria (4)
- Project Proposal and Deliverability: 60
- Compliance: 20
- Financial Management: 20
- There was a fixed budget set and pricing was assessed on the basis of pass/fail with a pass being on or below budget and fail being over budget: 0
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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 17 Jan 2023, 17:34 GMT
- Last source update
- 22 Mar 2023, 14:42 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 17 Feb 2023 – …
- Authority reference
DN651852- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-008351- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-039854Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
- Submission deadline
- 16 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 17 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
Timeline
16 Feb 2023 → 22 Mar 2023 · 3 dates- Submission deadline16 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened17 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published22 Mar 2023, 14:42 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete22 Mar 2023, 14:42 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 3
Awarded value £426,4622 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 4
Contracts signed 2latest 8 Mar 2023
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lot 1 · E13: Community measures to reduce the cost of living1 award | |||
| Exeter Community EnergySME | £75,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Lot 2 · E20: R&D grants supporting innovation, product and service development / E23: Strengthening local entrepreneurial systems1 award | |||
| Studio Zao Innovations Ltd. | £351,462 † | — | Awarded |
1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracts
E13: Community measures to reduce the cost of living · Exeter Community EnergySME
- Signed
- 8 Mar 2023
- Value
- £75,000
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2025
- Status
- active
E20: R&D grants supporting innovation, product and service development / E23: strengthening local entrepreneurial systems · Studio Zao Innovations Ltd.
- Signed
- 8 Mar 2023
- Value
- £351,462
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2025
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · E13: Community measures to reduce the cost of living | 2bids | — | — | — |
| 2 · E20: R&D grants supporting innovation, product and service development / E23: Strengthening local entrepreneurial systems | 2bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Exeter Community EnergyAwarded supplier
- Studio Zao Innovations LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.