Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Cambridgeshire District Councils
CPCA, 72 Market Street
Ely
CB7 4LS
UK
Contact person: Miss Saffron Bamforth
Telephone: +44 1480277180
E-mail: saffron.bamforth@cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk
NUTS: UKH11
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca.gov.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Other: Combined Authority
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
CPCA — Peer to Peer Network Programme
Reference number: DN499299
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79900000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The CPCA is seeking to appoint up to 2 providers to deliver key elements of the Peer Network Programme. This is expected to support the growth of a specified number of participants and SMEs, through the provisions of cohort groups, across the relevant LEP/Growth Hub area. The requirement has been divided into 2 geographical lots, and tenderers are invited to submit a proposal for one or both. As the aim of this funding is to boost economic recovery, the CPCA has decided to apply the option of accelerating the procurement, in accordance with the PCR2015, so as to realise the benefits as soon as possible.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH11
UKH12
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The CPCA is seeking to appoint up to 2 providers to deliver key elements of the Peer Network Programme. This is expected to support the growth of a specified number of participants and SMEs, through the provisions of cohort groups, across the relevant LEP/Growth Hub area. The requirement has been divided into 2 geographical lots, and tenderers are invited to submit a proposal for one or both. As the aim of this funding is to boost economic recovery, the CPCA has decided to apply the option of accelerating the procurement, in accordance with the PCR2015, so as to realise the benefits as soon as possible.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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
- Accelerated procedure
Justification:
The funding for this project seeks to facilitate the recovery of the current economy through working with businesses to identify different ways of working, as such, to enable this to happen as quickly as possible, the CPCA has decided to utilise the accelerated procedure to both ensure the outcomes are realised as quickly as possible and also to ensure the funding is fully utilised by 31 March 2021.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2020/S 183-443164
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
No
V.1 Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
01/02/2021