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title: "UK SBS CS19261 Healthy Ageing Challenge Community of Practice"
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# UK SBS CS19261 Healthy Ageing Challenge Community of Practice

Buyer: UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8e005dc1-8e44-4952-9aca-2f2a44005ffd

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## Summary

The UK Shared Business Services Limited (UK SBS) is currently involved in the procurement of a project titled "UK SBS CS19261 Healthy Ageing Challenge Community of Practice." This procurement falls within the services sector, specifically focusing on project management consultancy and social work-related services. The tender process is in the Award stage, with the contract period starting on 3rd February 2020 and concluding on 2nd February 2024. Bidders must submit their proposals via the Delta eSourcing Portal by 11:00 on 3rd January 2020, to align with the procurement method classified as an open procedure above the threshold.

This procurement presents significant opportunities for businesses, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs). The initiative aims to establish a Community of Practice that supports the Healthy Ageing Challenge participants. Businesses capable of developing innovative products, services, and business models tailored to support an ageing population will find this contract particularly relevant. Companies that focus on effective collaboration, the sharing of best practices, and accelerating the development of solutions for healthy ageing will be well-positioned to compete for this contract.

## Notice

The final date and time for the submission of bids is 03/01/2020 at 11:00. DO NOT apply directly to the buyer. All tender information MUST be submitted through the Delta eSourcing Portal. Brief Description of Requirement UKRI is seeking to secure a partner to establish and deliver a Community of Practice (CoP) which supports the Healthy Ageing Challenge participants through an environment of peer support and active learning. The Healthy Ageing Challenge is a PS98M investment to enable businesses, including social enterprises, to develop and deliver products, services and business models that will be adopted at scale which support people as they age. The CoP will be responsible for sharing learnings between challenge participant organisations, identifying and overcoming common barriers, enabling collaboration between organisations and supporting the challenge in scaling and spreading ideas and good practice from the challenge to a wider interested audience. The objectives of the CoP are to: * Accelerate the pace of proposition development by identifying and overcoming common barriers and through the sharing of lessons learned; * Generate insights that enable the spread of ideas, products, services and processes to other sectors and audiences; * Support the Challenge in identifying what is most effective in contributing to healthy ageing, by making appropriate links from the emerging findings of Trailblazers with a wider evidence base within the research community and across the other Challenge activities; and to * Enable the creation of new collaborations and partnerships where there is the potential to increase the collective impact of a set of complementary activities. Please note the contract duration is for an initial 2 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years on an annual basis. Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement. All attachments can be found with the Document Uploads tab within the Delta eSourcing Portal. This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set out in the RFP document. How to Apply UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) will be using the Delta eSourcing Portal for this procurement. To register on the Delta eSourcing portal please use the link https://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com and follow the instructions to register. If you are already registered on the Delta eSourcing Portal and wish to participate in this procurement, please use the link: https://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com and the follow the instructions to 'Login' Once you are logged into the system you will be able to link yourself into this procurement using the Access Code: 87MP763GMV Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control. Additional information: DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts) Responses must be received by the date in the tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the Delta eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity. As a user of the Delta eSourcing Portal you will have access to the Delta messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific tender event. Please note it is your responsibility to access these messages on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information applicable to this opportunity. The contracting authority expressly reserves the right: i. not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;and ii. to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the procurement; and in no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for any costs incurred by any supplier. If the contracting authority decides to enter into a contract with the successful supplier, this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent contracts being awarded. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of bidders. About UK Shared Business Services UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) brings a commercial attitude to the public sector; helping our contracting authorities to improve efficiency, generate savings and modernise. Where UK SBS is not named as the Contracting Authority within the documentation, UK SBS will be acting as an agent on behalf of the Contracting Authority. Our broad range of expert services is shared by our customers. This allows our customers the freedom to focus resources on core activities; innovating and transforming their own organisations. For full details of our partner base please review the following link: http://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/contracts/Pages/default.aspx

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/08f27c85-013a-4b96-aac5-185a5702401f |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Planning, Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Oct 2020 |
| Submission deadline | 3 Jan 2020 |
| Future notice date | 13 Sep 2019 |
| Award date | 5 Feb 2020 |
| Contract period | 1 Mar 2020 - 1 Mar 2024 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £1,398,947 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED |
| Locality | SWINDON |
| Post town | Swindon |
| Postcode | SN2 1FF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK71 Swindon |
| Local authority | Swindon |
| Electoral ward | Rodbourne Cheney |
| Westminster constituency | Swindon North |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CENTRE FOR AGEING BETTER |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 85 - Health and social work services
- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 72224000 - Project management consultancy services
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

## Release History

- 7 Oct 2020 at 15:31 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/08f27c85-013a-4b96-aac5-185a5702401f
- 17 Dec 2019 at 15:23 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a90ab4c7-9cea-4b2c-9269-6440e283660f
- 20 Nov 2019 at 16:38 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a90ab4c7-9cea-4b2c-9269-6440e283660f
- 6 Sep 2019 at 11:01 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cc49b9f8-1a8b-48e4-bc9b-46d12a631486
- 5 Sep 2019 at 18:52 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cc49b9f8-1a8b-48e4-bc9b-46d12a631486
- 5 Sep 2019 at 18:50 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cc49b9f8-1a8b-48e4-bc9b-46d12a631486

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/08f27c85-013a-4b96-aac5-185a5702401f
  7th October 2020 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a90ab4c7-9cea-4b2c-9269-6440e283660f
  17th December 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cc49b9f8-1a8b-48e4-bc9b-46d12a631486
  6th September 2019 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/f9f12f8e-a6bf-4500-8477-1cccc8336894
  Prior Information Notice
- https://ted.europa.eu/TED/notice/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:419830-2019:TEXT:EN:HTML&tabId=1
  TED Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/b5f1720f-a12a-4a77-9898-b65759958cca
  HA CoP Suppliers Day Slides - 20 Sept 2019 - Inc UKSBS
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/721d988a-1c42-47d6-9ab9-9b439032f25f
  CS19261 AW5.2 Price Schedule v2
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/23e0db96-848f-48c3-8426-7a737969b3e3
  CS19261 - Contract
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/eacfe7c3-7281-401c-bae8-f3a4334345ee
  CS19261 - RFP Questions v6
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/0288f3d0-e9c8-4d18-8ef0-0cf12d2101ff
  CS19261 - RFP
- https://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com
  Delta eSourcing Portal
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/29a41c5d-ede4-4a14-b643-a23f6b54cdc4
  CS19261 - RFP Extended

## Notice URLs

- http://www.uksbs.co.uk
- http://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/contracts/Pages/default.aspx

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