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Published 9 Jul 2024, 12:06 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Wirral Creative, Digital, and Tech Specialist Sector Support

Official notice

Authority: Wirral Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£250,000exc. VAT2% below published estimate
Submissions closed 8 Aug 2024awarded 4 Sept 2024
Awarded to Form
Contract term 8 moends 31 Mar 2025 · starts 31 Jul 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Wirral Borough Council is seeking a supplier with specific expertise to design and deliver a time-limited accelerator or ‘innovation sprint’ programme for the Creative, Digital and Tech sector. You will identify and engage aspiring and existing local entrepreneurs and businesses in this sector, enrolling them on a programme of activity that helps them to start up, scale up and create new jobs. You will have experience of delivering to the target sectors, and be supported by staff with demonstrable expertise in this sector.

CPV: Business development consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded 8 mo
Contract period: 31 Jul 2024 – 31 Mar 2025 (8 mo)
Delivery: North West
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: 70%Price: 20%Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality: 70
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: 20
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
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
9 Jul 2024, 12:06 BST
Last source update
26 Sept 2024, 11:49 BST
Award evaluation window
8 Aug 2024 – …
Authority reference
DN731429
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-030754
Classification (CPV)
Business development consultancy services
Delivery area
North West (UKD74)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-047bdc 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
8 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
8 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

31 Jul 2024 → 26 Sept 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Contract starts
    31 Jul 2024, 00:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    8 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    8 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    26 Sept 2024, 11:49 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    26 Sept 2024, 11:49 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £245,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 55 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 4 Sept 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
FormSME£245,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 030754-2024-20240709-000010-1 · FormSME

    Signed
    4 Sept 2024
    Value
    £245,000
    Period
    … – 31 Mar 2025
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic5——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Wirral Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Mallory Building, 2 Alice Kerr Square, Birkenhead, North West, CH41 2ABContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Royal Court of JusticeReview body London
  • Royal Courts of JusticeReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • FormAwarded supplier Studio K, Baltic Creative Digital House, 44 Simpson St, Liverpool, North West, L1 0AXContact email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.