Published date: 19 March 2021
This notice was replaced on 1 June 2021
This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:
Awarded contract (published 1 June 2021)
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Contract summary
Industry
Software package and information systems - 48000000
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000
Location of contract
South East
Value of contract
£150,000
Procurement reference
KENT001-DN533652-57556355
Published date
19 March 2021
Closing date
12 April 2021
Closing time
1pm
Contract start date
1 June 2021
Contract end date
31 May 2023
Contract type
Supply contract
Procedure type
Other
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Kent County Council (the Council) is the largest local authority in England by population, covering an area of 3,500 square kilometres. It has an annual expenditure of over £1bn on goods and services and a population of 1.5m. The Council provides a wide range of personal and strategic services on behalf of its residents, operating in partnership with 12 district councils and 320 parish/town/community councils.
The Council is committed to delivering social value and improving the social, economic, and environmental wellbeing of the county. As an extension to this, the Council champions active and connected communities and recognises the important role we have to play in supporting the VCSE sector in its endeavours to improve the lives of the county's residents.
The Council has an established track record of bringing together the VCSE, private and public sectors in collaboration to deliver improved outcomes for Kent's residents. However, the Council believes that there is further potential to build on its existing offer of support to the VCSE sector and, through the Council's procurement processes, to broker a more direct link between VCSEs that require support and organisations able to offer it.
In order to achieve this objective, the Council requires a Digital Social Value Platform (DSVP), which will become an integral part of the Council's procurement process. The platform must enable VCSEs across Kent to request and secure the resources they need from other organisations who are bidding for the Council's contracts and which are in a position to provide those resources.
Practically, as a part of the Council's request for social value during a procurement process, bidders for the Council's contracts would be directed to the DSVP where they would select those resources requested by VCSEs that they can deliver during the life of the contract.
The DSVP will encourage competition between those bidders offering resources in order to maximise what is ultimately committed. Based on criteria, priorities and weightings set by the Council, the DSVP will automatically and objectively evaluate and score what has been offered in order to help determine the winner on that element of the tender based on which bidder offers the most in terms of overall value. Commitments from the successful bidder will form a part of its contract with the Council and the DSVP will provide ongoing monitoring data to help the Council track the successful delivery of the resources.
It is a requirement that this platform is available to be used within six weeks of contract award in order to ensure that the Council is able to extend this offer of additional support to VCSEs as part of its wider package of support following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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About the buyer
Contact name
Chris Grove
Address
Sessions House
Maidstone
ME14 1XQ
England
Telephone
+44 3000416178
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