Notice Information
Notice Title
Management & Running of Schools Buying Hubs Regional Pilot
Notice Description
The Invitation to Tender was for the procurement of the North West and South West Schools' Buying Hubs (Hubs). It is the Department's intention to establish a national network of School Buying Service Providers, beginning with a pilot phase. The Department is Piloting the Schools' Buying Hub concept in two regions of England (North West and South West) with the potential to roll out more hubs nationality if it proves successful. The Service Provider will act as a trusted support to schools in the North West region. This support will include: * Advice and guidance - to reduce spend across all categories of spend * Complex contracts support * Local and Regional aggregation to reduce spend on complex areas such as Learning resources (excluding ICT equipment), ICT learning resources and Administrative supplies. The Hubs will offer services to all state 5-16 year schools in their region. The Service Provider will also need to provide the following secondary services (including but not limited to): * a customer relationship management Solution (CRM) and underpinning technologies * a programme for ensuring high levels of registration with and uptake of the Hubs service * Multichannel contact centre systems and functionality including web-based and telephony support, social media (where appropriate), and delivery of targeted communications; * access to specialist procurement advisors
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-178e6079-70d8-4dac-aeef-07e626360e8a
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4cd30edd-24a3-40da-ad97-24441f2f2790
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive dialogue (above threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
80 - Education and training services
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
79600000 - Recruitment services
80000000 - Education and training services
98110000 - Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,560,864 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £2,922,577 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Dec 20187 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 20 Sep 2017Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 15 Mar 20178 years ago
- Contract Period
- 27 Nov 2017 - 31 Jan 2019 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
- Contact Name
- Kate Haseler-Young
- Contact Email
- sourcing.help@education.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- COVENTRY
- Postcode
- CV1 2WT
- Post Town
- Coventry
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG33 Coventry
- Delivery Location
- TLD North West (England), TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Coventry
- Electoral Ward
- St Michael's
- Westminster Constituency
- Coventry South
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4cd30edd-24a3-40da-ad97-24441f2f2790
5th December 2018 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/96a18a64-fb5d-4b45-835f-6bde8523fd3c
30th May 2017 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d4a4d062-c33e-4292-8153-f79437049d4d
19th January 2017 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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