Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for Education
Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
UK
E-mail: asher.jones@education.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
School and College Leaders' Mental Health Support Package 2024/27 con_24810
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85312320
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Contract to support the mental health and wellbeing needs of school and college leaders across England, and to contribute to the development, delivery, and evaluation of an ambitious government support programme.
The programme objectives are:
• To prevent the onset of mental health difficulties, by taking action to support the wellbeing of school and college leaders in England.
• To support school and college leaders experiencing mental health and wellbeing difficulties who do not have access to independent support by plugging the gap in provision.
• To promote and improve the quality of mental health and wellbeing support for school and college leaders by helping to stimulate the market and support capacity building.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 498 733.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
A three-year programme of professional supervision to a minimum of 2,500 school and college leaders in need of wellbeing support who meet the eligibility criteria. The service shall be delivered, as a minimum, through facilitated virtual or telephone-based one-to-one professional supervision, with scope for the provision of group supervision and one-to-one counselling for those identified as needing this.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Programme delivery
/ Weighting: 30
Quality criterion: Recruitment, marketing and branding
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: Mobilisation and resource capacity
/ Weighting: 15
Quality criterion: Programme evaluation
/ Weighting: 10
Quality criterion: Social Value
/ Weighting: 10
Price
/ Weighting:
70
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2023/S 000-034225
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 24810
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/04/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 6
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Education Support Partnership
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 498 733.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
19/04/2024