Published date: 21 October 2022

This notice was replaced on 27 January 2023

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Awarded contract (published 27 January 2023, last edited 21 March 2023)

Closed early engagement


Contract summary

Industry

  • Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000

  • Training services - 80500000

Location of contract

SN2 1FL

Procurement reference

CS22487

Published date

21 October 2022

Closing date

4 November 2022

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

UK SBS is a shared business provider for a number of government bodies. One of the value-added services provided by UK SBS is Procurement. The UK SBS Procurement organisation is driven by category and consists of 4 category teams: Digital Data and Technology, Buildings and Energy, Professional Services and Goods and Self Serve. Within each team there are 3 grades of buyers managed by a Head of Procurement for each category. Each team carries out a range of procurement activities including ITQs, framework competitions and above threshold Find a Tender procedures with values ranging from £10k to £1m+. For each contracting authority there are differing levels of threshold which contributes to the decision making process: BEIS for example don't have a three quote process for procuments exceeding £10k ex VAT whereas UKRI do.

The training should encompass all facets of stakeholder/customer engagement and management including including but not limited to as listed below:
• communications,
• timeliness & responsiveness,
• effectively assessing and responding to customer needs
• managing expectations and delivery.

The training content must reflect the public sector procurement aspects that are key to the activities UK SBS undertake and how they need to be incorporated as part of customer engagement. As well as relating to public procurement processes the training should also be aligned to UK SBS internal processes and documents which are referenced below in the Requirements section .

Customer/stakeholder engagement and management additional training topics are required including:
• Specification writing and review
• Question writing and review
• Evaluation model options and selection
• Pricing model options and selection
• Effective Management of the tender process from launch through clarifications and evaluation and award using
• Line management training on reviewing and approving your team's activity and providing feedback

Budget: Estimated value £50k. Payment milestones will be linked to tasks.

We would like to invite prospective bidders to attend a pre-market engagement webinar session w/c Monday 7th November 2022, via Zoom meeting.

If you could please register your interest in attending by emailing myself at fmprocurement@uksbs.co.uk by no later than 12:00PM on Friday 4th November 2022 detailing your organisation's name and representatives of who will be attending on the day. When emailing if you could please reference in the subject "CS22487 Supplier Day". Upon registration you will be sent through a zoom code for attending the day.

Please find attached to this notice a full specification providing further details.

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About the buyer

Address

Polaris House,North Star Avenue
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Email

fmprocurement@uksbs.co.uk