Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Home Office
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
UK
Contact person: MBEB Procurement Team
E-mail: MBEBProcurementTeam@homeoffice.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office
Address of the buyer profile: https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
Public order and safety
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
HO UKVI - Migration Business Endorsing Body Services
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72221000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Home Office is seeking to improve immigration arrangements for entrepreneurial talent from overseas, including further reform of existing visa routes. The service requires Endorsing Bodies to assess the credibility and potential of business and investment proposals and to oversee the successful implementation and delivery of businesses subsequently set up in United Kingdom.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
9 500 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79412000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Authority has customers (Visa Applicants) in the UK who include but are not limited to:
• those seeking to extend permissions to work or study in the UK;
• those seeking to extend permissions to stay or settle with family;
• those seeking to evidence their rights as European Economic Area nationals and family members; and
• those progressing from earlier immigration permissions to British nationality.
The UK Visa & Immigration (UKV&I) service is responsible for making millions of decisions every year about who has the right to visit or stay in the country, with a firm emphasis on national security and a culture of customer satisfaction for people who come here legally.
The business endorsement function services the current UK unsponsored business visa programmes covering a number of business/investment routes. To qualify for a visa, applicants must first obtain an endorsement from an approved endorsing body. Endorsement does not guarantee a visa will be issued, but shows the Visa Applicant and their business, has the support of leading business organisations or higher education providers.
The Authority may expand the scope of the migration business Endorsing Body services to accommodate future policy decisions in relation to other visa routes to include, but not be limited, to development of the immigration system's offer for business and innovation focused visa routes.
The key service requirements are for endorsing bodies to:
• Assess and issue endorsements for visa applicants (Customers);
• Stay in contact with the Customer, where the Customer has previously been endorsed, at checkpoints after 12 and 24 months, and report on their progress, and in particular alerting the Authority if they are not satisfied with their progress and performance for the duration of their endorsed leave;
• Carry out further endorsements and Checkpoint Monitoring where a Visa Applicant applies for a visa extension;
• Issue further endorsements in respect of a Customer's settlement application.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 100
Cost criterion: Cost
/ Weighting: 0
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:
2022/S 000-007946
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Concession Contract For the Provision of Migration Business Endorsing Body Services
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
24/10/2022
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 13
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 11
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 13
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Geminus Innovation Limited
Preston
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Envestors Limited
Droitwich
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
UK Endorsement Services
Wigan
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:
: 9 500 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Public Procurement Review Service
Cabinet Office
London
UK
Telephone: +44 3450103503
E-mail: publicprocurementreview@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-procurement-review-service-scope-and-remit
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
10/11/2022