Published date: 12 April 2018

Last edited date: 12 April 2018

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: 20 April 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Development consultancy services - 73220000

  • Evaluation consultancy services - 79419000

  • Project-management services other than for construction work - 79421000

    • Welfare services for children and young people - 85311300

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£1,500,000

Procurement reference

Procurement for the Provision of Services for the Trusted Relationship Programme

Published date

12 April 2018

Closing date

20 April 2018

Contract start date

16 July 2018

Contract end date

15 July 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Authority is managing this Procurement in accordance with its general obligations under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 ("the Regulations"), and specifically in accordance with the Open Procedure (Regulation 27) of the Regulations.
This Procurement is to establish one Contract each with two suitably qualified Suppliers for the provision of services for the Trusted Relationships programme. The requirement is for:
Lot 1: Provision of an Implementation Service.
Lot 2 - Provision of an Evaluation Service.
The Lot 1 and Lot 2 requirements relate to the Trusted Relationships Fund which will provide grants to up to 10 local authority-led projects over four years across England only. Lot 1 Potential Supplier will provide project planning and delivery support to the grant projects. Lot 2 Potential Supplier will design and conduct a process and impact evaluation across the funded projects. Both potential suppliers will be required to work in partnership for the duration of the services.
The Procurement will be conducted via the Emptoris eSourcing suite.
In order to participate in this procurement, Potential Suppliers must first be registered on the eSourcing suite. If you have not yet registered on the e-Sourcing suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/emptoris/sso_login.jsp#/login/loginPage by following the link 'Supplier e-Sourcing Registration'. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esourcing-tool-guidance-for-suppliers
It should be noted that it may take up to ten (10) working days for Dun and Bradstreet to respond with a DUNS number. Once you have registered on the eSourcing portal a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing trustedrelationshipscontractproc@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk. Your email should be entitled Provision of Service for the Trusted Relationships Programme and must clearly state: the lot number, name and reference for the requirement you wish to tender for; the name of the registered supplier; and the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email. The email will be processed and then the buyer will enable the supplier to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact Crown Commercial Service Helpdesk: Freephone +44 3450103503, email: supplier@ccs.gsi.gov.uk In order to ensure a considered response to any request for clarification, the last date upon which a supplier can submit requests for clarifications is 10.4.2018 12:00HRS.
OJEU reference - 2018/S 055-121726

More information

Additional text

This Tender relates to the OJEU Contract Notice published at:
http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:121726-2018:PDF:EN:HTML

The full ITT documents for both the Lot 1 and Lot 2 Service are available to download at:
https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/emptoris/sso_login.jsp#/login/loginPage

About the buyer

Contact name

Sylvia Dada

Address

Peel Building, Marsham Street
LONDON
SW1P4DF
England

Email

sylvia.dada@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk