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Published 16 Jan 2025, 16:27 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Youth Employment and Enhanced Service.

Official notice

Authority: East Suffolk Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79)Education & Training (80) Delivery: East of England (UKH14)

Published estimate£705,000≈ £235k / year

Submissions closed 19 Feb 2025awarded 12 May 2025

Awarded to Inspire Suffolk Ltd

Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Mar 2028 · extension options published · starts 1 Apr 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

East Suffolk Council is commissioning a Youth Employment Service and Enhanced Service for 16–24-year-olds, focussing primarily on those who are currently not in employment, education or training (NEET), but also providing a universal offer to any young person seeking advice and support. The service will support and encourage young people to become work ready and ultimately move into paid work, work placements, employment, voluntary work, education, apprenticeships and/or training.

CPV: Coaching services · Education and training services · Personal development training services · Training programme services · Training services · Vocational secondary education services · Vocational training services · Youth education services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewal 3 yrsPublished value£705,000

Contract period: 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2028 (3 yrs)

Delivery: East of England

Extensions: 18 months for Enhance service Subject to Funding -Variant bids: not allowed

79998000 Coaching services 80000000 Education and training services 80212000 Vocational secondary education services 80310000 Youth education services 80500000 Training services 80521000 Training programme services

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: 100%

Published sub-criteria (1)

As state din Tender Documents: 100%

Published award criteria (2)

As state din Tender Documents: 100
Price: 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: 16 Jan 2025, 16:27 GMT
Last source update: 15 May 2025, 14:12 BST
Award evaluation window: 19 Feb 2025 – …
Authority reference: 2554-PPT-O
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-021777
Classification (CPV): Coaching servicesEducation and training servicesPersonal development training servicesTraining programme servicesTraining servicesVocational secondary education servicesVocational training servicesYouth education services
Delivery area: East of England (UKH14)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04d3d9 Find a Tender

Review and risk notes

Review procedure: As stated in the tender documents

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: 19 Feb 2025, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel: {"written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bids opened: 19 Feb 2025, 16:00 GMT

Timeline

19 Feb 2025 → 15 May 2025 · 4 dates

Submission deadline
19 Feb 2025, 16:00 GMT
Bids opened
19 Feb 2025, 16:00 GMT
Contract starts
1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice published
15 May 2025, 14:12 BST

Notice history

1 event · 5 releases on Find a Tender

Status changed to complete
15 May 2025, 14:12 BST

Published amendments (3 · 3 deadline changes)

When	What	Before	After	Shift
—	DeadlineClosing date · IV.2.2	17 Feb 2025	21 Feb 2025	+4 d
—	DeadlineClosing date · IV.2.2	17 Feb 2025	21 Feb 2025	+4 d
—	DeadlineClosing date · IV.2.2	17 Feb 2025	21 Feb 2025	+4 d

3 amendments published without a description.

Routine re-releases (5)

2025-02: 1 release · 17 Feb 2025
2025-01: 1 release · 16 Jan 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £705,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 44 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 12 May 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Inspire Suffolk LtdSME	£705,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Youth Employment and Enhanced Service · Inspire Suffolk LtdSME
Signed
12 May 2025
Value
£705,000
Period
… – 31 Mar 2028
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic	4	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

East Suffolk Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Riverside , 4 Canning Road , Lowestoft, East of England, NR330EQContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

East Suffolk Council Procurement TeamReview body Lowestoft

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Inspire Suffolk LtdAwarded supplier1101519 Lindbergh Road Ipswich , Ipswich , East of England

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