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An Early Intervention Foundation

Tuesday, 3 April 2012, 18:27

An Early Intervention Foundation

Department for Education. Reference number: 1017

Deadline date: 31/05/2012

This deadline is for… 12 noon 31st May 2012 for return of tenders

Contract value: £0 – £3,500,000

Location where the contract is to be carried out: London

Is this suitable for smaller suppliers? Yes

Is this contract suitable for a voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations? Yes

Name of the buying organisation: Department for Education

 

Description of the contract

An early intervention foundation will have 2 key roles: i. providing advice and support to local commissioners on evidence, social finance and payment by results relating to early intervention to assist their own procurement and evaluation, and ii. building the evidence base on what works in early intervention in the UK. The contract for an early intervention foundation will be funded for 2 years after which it will be expected to become self-financing. • The Economic and Social Research Council will advise the Department on the assessment of the academic quality of bids. • Further details about the procurement, including FAQ and contact points for further questions are available on the supplying DfE website http://www.education.gov.uk/aboutdfe/policiesandprocedures/procurement/b0037/current-contracts-advertised-by-the-department/early-intervention-foundation • These are part B services and the DfE will not be bound by the Public Contracts Regulations 2006 (as amended) except as such Regulations are applicable to part B services.

 

Classification of the contract

79315000 Social research services

80000000 Education and training services

75200000 Provision of services to the community

 

Additional information

Contract type: Services – Unspecified

Is it a framework agreement? No

Is this contract related to a programme of funding? No

Contract will be awarded based on: Most economically advantageous tender in terms of: The criteria stated in the contract documents

Estimated length of contract: 24 Months

 

Who to contact

Contact name Andy Todd

Address Early Intervention Procurement Manager, Level 5, 2 St Pauls Place, , 125 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 2FJ

Telephone

Extension number:

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Email earlyintervention.procurement@education.gsi.gov.uk

How to apply

The specification is in two parts. Part 1 covers the selection criteria. These include information on the financial stability of the bidder’s organisation, previous experience of similar work, grounds for rejection, etc. Part 2 covers how bidders proposed to meet the specification and service costs. Bidders should complete both parts of the tender, and (optionally) indicate proposed changes to the draft contract. Bids should be sent electronically as a) a Microsoft Word, or Word compatible, document and b) as a portable document format (.pdf) file c) one hard copy to earlyintervention.procurement@education.gsi.gov.uk no later than 12:00 (noon) on Thursday 31 May 2012 Only the top five bidders reaching a minimum threshold of 66 per cent at Part 1 evaluation will have their responses to Part 2 evaluated. Bidders will be informed if they are not successful at Part 1. If you have any questions in relation to this process or any part of the tender pack, please contact the procurement team in the Department for Education via email, earlyintervention.procurement@education.gsi.gov.uk . Please note that we reserve the right to publish questions and answers in a general FAQ on the department’s website, so that it can be accessed by all potential bidders.