Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-01-04
Buyer: Department for Education
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72212600: Database software programming services | 79212000
Estimated value: 800000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-02-05
Award criteria: The most economic tender
EU fund: ESF

Technical requirements: Storitve razvoja programske opreme za podatkovne baze in storitve razvoja operacijske programske opreme
Development, Technical Maintenance and Support of the ESFA’s Provider Data Self-Assessment Tool (PDSAT).
The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Education (DfE), and exists to fund education and skills training for children, young people and adults in England.
The Further Education (FE) and skills sector comprises around 1,500 colleges and training organisations (“providers”), employers and around 1,000 organisations with which colleges and training organisations subcontract.
Providers that receive funding directly from the ESFA need to return data relating to their learners and learning programmes in the form of Individualised Learner Records (ILRs).
The Provider Data Self-Assessment Toolkit (PDSAT) is a tool for analysing learner and learning delivery data. It interrogates ILR data and produces reports on this data, so that providers can identify and investigate potential anomalies in their ILR data and correct the data where necessary. This reduces the risk of returning inaccurate ILR data to the ESFA.
The ESFA is looking to procure the ongoing development, technical maintenance and support of the (PDSAT) suite of interrogative reports and assurance sampling software.
The successful contractor will be awarded a contract for a 2-year period for the 2019 to 2020 and 2020 to 2021 funding years. There will also be the option for extend for a further 2 years on to be reviewed an annual basis for the funding years 2021 to 2022 and 2022 to 2023 funding years.
— selection criteria as stated in the procurement documentation attached to the online Standard Selection Questionnaire (SSQ), https://supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk
— selection criteria as stated in the procurement documentation attached to the online Standard Selection Questionnaire (SSQ)
The Contracting Authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point that information on the award of the contracts is communicated to suppliers. Unsuccessful suppliers shall be informed by the Contracting Authority as soon as possible after the decision has been made. If an appeal regarding the award of the contract has not been successfully resolved, The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No. 102) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by the breach of the rules to take legal action. Any such action must be brought within the applicable limitation period. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the Contracting Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into the Court may, depending on the circumstances, award damages, make a declaration of ineffectiveness, order the Contracting Authority to pay a fine, and/or order that the duration of the contract is shortened. The purpose of the standstill period referred to above is to allow the parties to apply to the Courts to set aside the award decision before the contract is entered into.


Award value: 800000