Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Education Scotland
Denholm House, Almondvale Business Park
Livingston
EH54 6GA
UK
Contact person: Anna Sanina
E-mail: anna.sanina@gov.scot
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA11402
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Coach Development and 1:1 Matching for Professional Leadership and Learning Coaching Programmes
Reference number: EDUC #487
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79998000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Service Provider will co-create and manage a programme which will offer a professional learning programme which will build capacity for participants across Professional Learning and Leadership (PLL) programmes to develop skills to facilitate coaching conversations. The coaches then offer 1:1 coaching to participants across other programmes modelling the current Stepping Stones/Middle Leader prototype project.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Service Provider will co-create and manage a programme which will offer a professional learning programme which will build capacity for participants across Professional Learning and Leadership (PLL) programmes to develop skills to facilitate coaching conversations. The coaches then offer 1:1 coaching to participants across other programmes modelling the current Stepping Stones/Middle Leader prototype project.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Technical Criteria
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 6
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Extension option for this contract is at sole discretion of the Authority (Education Scotland) and would only be until June 2022.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Minimum level(s) of standards required:
Clauses quoted refer to SPD document. Weighting: Pass/Fail
For Question 4B.4 of the SPD (Financial Ratios). Bidders must demonstrate a Current Ratio (net current assets divided by net current liabilities) of 0.8 or greater.
For Question 4B.5.1 & 4B.5.2 of the SPD (Minimum Insurance Levels). Bidders must hold, or commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types of insurance indicated below:
Employer’s Liability Insurance - GBP 5,000,000.00
Public Liability Insurance - GBP 1,000,000.00
Professional Indemnity Insurance - GBP 1,000,000.00
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Minimum level(s) of standards required:
Clauses quoted refer to SPD document. Weighting: Pass/Fail
For Question 4A.3 of the SPD (Suitability) Bidder (Entity itself) must hold a membership in the Association for Coaching (AC) or EMCC or equivalent.
For Question 4C.1.2 of the SPD (Technical and professional ability) Bidders are required to provide evidence of having the necessary capacity and capability to deliver the requirement.
Bidder should provide a minimum of 2 examples that demonstrate experience that is relevant to this procurement exercise delivering similar project within education sector. Examples must be from within the last three years.
In order to ensure that newer or start-up companies have a chance to demonstrate any experience relevant to the current requirement, examples may be provided from:
- Within their own organisation (bidders may rely on the experience of personnel that they intend to use to carry out the current requirement, even if that experience was gained whilst working for a different organisation).
- Other consortium members (where a consortium bid is being proposed).
- Named sub-contractors (where sub-contractors are being used and their identity is known at the ITT stage).
Bidders should be aware that there should be no material change to the skills experience and resources available to them during the course of the contract.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
10/09/2021
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
10/09/2021
Local time: 12:30
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=663453.
The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.
Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.
Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2361
A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows:
The tenderer will be expected to demonstrate they have a social enterprise aspect to their work.
(SC Ref:663453)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
West Lothain Civic Centre
Howden South Road
LIVINGSTON
EH54 6FF
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
10/08/2021