Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for Education
Post-16 Maths and English | Higher and Further Education Directorate
Cheylesmore House, Quinton Road
Coventry
CV1 2WT
UK
Telephone: +44 8450194170
E-mail: Sourcinghelp@education.gov.uk
Fax: +44 2476823675
NUTS: UKZ
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/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
Centres for Excellence in Maths
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
DfE will work with a delivery partner to research, develop, evaluate and disseminate high quality basic maths teaching approaches and resources that focus on students aged 16+ with low prior maths attainment to be trialled and developed within the new centres for excellence.
Whilst DfE has selected and will grant fund the centres, they will be operationally managed by the delivery partner, who will be responsible for training, mentoring and supporting the centres for excellence to trial the approaches.
The delivery partner will monitor and review the centres for excellence to establish and maintain exemplary standards of provision to meet both local and national maths priorities.
The delivery partner will support the centres for excellence to network and disseminate the new or improved ways of teaching maths through post-16 maths networks.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
4 734 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKZ
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
This procurement will be subject to the light touch regime of the Public Contract Regulations 2015. Full procurement documentation is available from the e-tendering portal url in Section 1 para 1.3.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The Department reserves the right to extend this contract for 2 further periods of 12 months to 31.3.2023.
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:
2018/S 174-394999
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
18/02/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The Education and Training Foundation (ETF)
157-197 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SW1W 9SP
UK
NUTS: UKZ
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 4 734 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Courts of Justice
London
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
High Court
Royal Court of Justices, the Strand
London
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point that information on the award of the contracts is communicated to suppliers. Unsuccessful suppliers shall be informed by the Contracting Authority as soon as possible after the decision has been made. If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by the breach of the rules to take legal action. Any such action must be brought within the applicable limitation period. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the Contracting Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may, depending on the circumstances, award damages, make a declaration of ineffectiveness, order the Contracting Authority to pay a fine, and/or order that the duration of the contract is shortened. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Department for Education
London
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
20/03/2019