Published date: 5 December 2018

Last edited date: 5 December 2018

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 20 September 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations - 98110000

Location of contract

North West, South West

Value of contract

£2,560,864.77

Procurement reference

RD1001051;RD1001050

Published date

5 December 2018

Closing date

20 September 2017

Contract start date

27 November 2017

Contract end date

31 January 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive dialogue (above threshold)

Tenders are invited from pre-qualified suppliers after discussion of requirements and potential solutions.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Invitation to Tender was for the procurement of the North West and South West Schools' Buying Hubs (Hubs). It is the Department's intention to establish a national network of School Buying Service Providers, beginning with a pilot phase.

The Department is Piloting the Schools' Buying Hub concept in two regions of England (North West and South West) with the potential to roll out more hubs nationality if it proves successful.

The Service Provider will act as a trusted support to schools in the North West region. This support will include:

• Advice and guidance - to reduce spend across all categories of spend
• Complex contracts support
• Local and Regional aggregation to reduce spend on complex areas such as Learning resources (excluding ICT equipment), ICT learning resources and Administrative supplies.

The Hubs will offer services to all state 5-16 year schools in their region.

The Service Provider will also need to provide the following secondary services (including but not limited to):
• a customer relationship management Solution (CRM) and underpinning technologies
• a programme for ensuring high levels of registration with and uptake of the Hubs service
• Multichannel contact centre systems and functionality including web-based and telephony support, social media (where appropriate), and delivery of targeted communications;
• access to specialist procurement advisors

Award information

Awarded date

24 November 2017

Contract start date

27 November 2017

Contract end date

31 January 2019

Total value of contract

£2,560,864.77

This contract was awarded to 2 suppliers.

2buy2.com Limited

Address

Pencoed Technology Centre, Pencoed Technology Park, Pencoed, Bridgend CF35 5HZ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

PLACE GROUP LIMITED trading as SCHOOLS BUYING CLUB

Address

The Regent, Chapel Street, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 4AE

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

About the buyer

Address

Department for Education
Cheylesmore House , Quinton Road, Cheylesmore
Coventry
CV1 2WT
England

Email

Sourcing.HELP@education.gov.uk