Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Surrey County Council
Woodhatch Place, 11 Cockshot Hill
Reigate
RH2 8EF
UK
Contact person: Andrew Clarke
E-mail: andrew.clarke@surreycc.gov.uk
NUTS: UKJ2
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login?cid=surreycc#
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login?cid=surreycc#
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
SCC APC Surrey County Council and Multiply
Reference number: DN2600
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80300000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The purpose of the Multiply grant is to provide support towards expenditure lawfully incurred or to be incurred by local authorities in delivering numeracy provision to adults aged 19 years and above, up to and including Level 2, boosting people’s ability to use maths in their daily life at home and work – and enabling them to achieve a formal qualification that can open doors for them.
The grant shall be used to deliver the activities that it has set out in its approved investment plan for the Multiply programme. These may, in principle, include proposals for a wide variety of activity that:
a) increase the number of adults achieving maths qualifications (up to, and including, Level 2 – with GCSEs and FSQs as our qualification of choice in England);
b) improve labour market outcomes; and
c) increase adult numeracy across the population
Examples of activities could include (interventions):
a) Courses designed to increase confidence with numbers for those needing the first steps towards formal numeracy qualifications;
b) Courses designed to help people use numeracy to manage their money;
d) Courses aimed at people who can’t apply for certain jobs because of lack of numeracy skills and/or to encourage people to upskill in numeracy order to access a certain job/career;
e) New intensive and flexible numeracy courses targeted at people without Level 2 maths, leading to a Functional Skills Qualification;
f) Courses for parents wanting to increase their numeracy skills in order to help their children and help with their own progression;
i) Numeracy activities, courses or provision developed in partnership with community organisations and other partners aimed at engaging the hardest to reach learners – for example, those not in the labour market or other groups identified locally as in need;
These activities/courses should also include working with prisoners, those recently released from prison or on temporary licence; and those 19 or over that are leaving, or have just left, the care system.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
1 600 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80300000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ2
Main site or place of performance:
The county of Surrey
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The purpose of the Multiply grant is to provide support towards expenditure lawfully incurred or to be incurred by local authorities in delivering numeracy provision to adults aged 19 years and above, up to and including Level 2, boosting people’s ability to use maths in their daily life at home and work – and enabling them to achieve a formal qualification that can open doors for them.
The grant shall be used to deliver the activities that it has set out in its approved investment plan for the Multiply programme. These may, in principle, include proposals for a wide variety of activity that:
a) increase the number of adults achieving maths qualifications (up to, and including, Level 2 – with GCSEs and FSQs as our qualification of choice in England);
b) improve labour market outcomes; and
c) increase adult numeracy across the population
Examples of activities could include (interventions):
a) Courses designed to increase confidence with numbers for those needing the first steps towards formal numeracy qualifications;
b) Courses designed to help people use numeracy to manage their money;
d) Courses aimed at people who can’t apply for certain jobs because of lack of numeracy skills and/or to encourage people to upskill in numeracy order to access a certain job/career;
e) New intensive and flexible numeracy courses targeted at people without Level 2 maths, leading to a Functional Skills Qualification;
f) Courses for parents wanting to increase their numeracy skills in order to help their children and help with their own progression;
i) Numeracy activities, courses or provision developed in partnership with community organisations and other partners aimed at engaging the hardest to reach learners – for example, those not in the labour market or other groups identified locally as in need;
These activities/courses should also include working with prisoners, those recently released from prison or on temporary licence; and those 19 or over that are leaving, or have just left, the care system.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Application Quality
/ Weighting: 75
Cost criterion: Value for money (Excel – Cost per learner)
/ Weighting: 25
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
16 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 12
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
02/05/2024
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 3 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
02/05/2024
Local time: 12:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales — High Court of Justice
Royal Court of Justice
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
27/03/2024