Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Education and Skills Funding Agency
Cheylesmore House, Quinton Road
Coventry
CV1 2WT
UK
Telephone: +44 12345678
E-mail: ESFAProcurement.HELP@education.gov.uk
NUTS: UKG
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://education.app.jaggaer.com
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
Coordinating and Delivering Apprenticeship Support and Knowledge for Schools (ASK) in the North Region
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The ESFA is looking to award a single supplier or consortium to deliver the ASK programme for the North Region. The ESFA wants to encourage applications from a range of providers to promote evidence-based innovation and support the development of a sustainable market.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
3 110 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The ASK Programme aims to assist schools with their statutory duty to provide impartial careers advice and guidance to young people by providing them with a bespoke package of comprehensive information about apprenticeships.
Schools can access a variety of support including student awareness sessions, CPD for teachers, parent events and live broadcasts. The ASK Programme supports the Apprenticeship reform programme, benefits realisation strategy and communications objectives through the Fire it Up campaign. It is about improving awareness and boosting perceptions of apprenticeships, driving growth in applications and supporting progression and increasing 16-18 starts.
This is the first time that the programme has included KS3, for those students in year 7, 8, 9 as historically the ASK Programme has been for years 10, 11 and 12 and 13.
There are 3 strands to the wider ASK Programme and all are essential to the delivery of the ASK Programme:
— ASK service delivery programme (the ASK Services to which this procurement refers) — being the delivery partners contracted to deliver face to face sessions to students, teachers and parents.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 80 %
Cost criterion: Understanding and Acceptance of Funding available
/ Weighting: 20 %
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
As shown in the procurement documentation there is the option to extend annually for a further 2 years. The total value for the contract shown at II.2.6) includes the value for this option but exercising the option is subject to continuing availability of funding, contractor performance and continuing government priorities and therefore the 2 year option monies are not guaranteed to be available at this time.
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:
2019/S 142-349695
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
02/01/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 5
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
B L Training Ltd
1st Floor, 11 Nelson Street
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
UK
NUTS: UKC
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 2 164 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal 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.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/05/2020