Published date: 10 February 2020

Last edited date: 14 February 2020

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 18 February 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£10,000 to £25,000

Procurement reference

BIP471610938

Published date

10 February 2020

Closing date

18 February 2020

Contract start date

25 February 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

NOTE: This notice was updated on 14 February 2020 for the following reason: Dear Suppliers,


'Please note, we recognise there were some errors in the awarding criteria. The amended RFQ has been amended to reflect the changes below

This contract will be awarded on the following basis:

3.How will my proposal be evaluated?
Your proposal will be evaluated by a panel comprising officers from the Devolution and Local Growth Team on the following criteria:
3.1       Project cost (30% of the overall score)
Your proposed cost will be scored as follows;
oThe lowest submitted cost, save for abnormally low bids, will be scored the full marks available
oAll other bidders' submitted costs will be scored based on their deviation from the lowest tendered submitted cost.

3.2       Methodology of proposal (40% of overall score)
The following areas will be used to assess the quality of your proposal (with the specific % of the overall marks attributed to each area in brackets):
oHow you will achieve the outcomes in the specification, (70 %)
oAny details of any additional activities you would recommend be undertaken to achieve the outcomes i.e. added value. (10 %)
oAny resource or support you would require from us to facilitate this and your timeliness & availability. (20 %)

3.3 Supplier experience weighting (30% of overall score)
•  Your past experience and how you will carry out the activities (please provide CVs if possible)

We would like to extend the deadline to Friday 21 February 1700 . This will affect the awarding timescales as below.
Date Stage
10/02/2020 Procurement Documents made available online
18/02/2020 Request for clarification
21/02/2020 Deadline for return of Quotations
21/02/2020 Evaluation of Quotations
24/02/2020 Completion of approval and award decision processes.
24/02/2020 Notification via delta of outcome and appointment of the successful Bidder
24/02/2020 Issue of award letter
25/02/2020 Contract start date
31/03/2020 Contract completion date

We thank you for your patience.(This project will involve gathering evidence and statistics to make the case for councils to play a bigger role in supporting clean growth and achieving the green jobs targets.)

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The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Maypo Kee

Address

18 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3HZ
UK

Telephone

02076643140

Email

Maypo.kee@local.gov.uk