Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-04-13
Buyer: UK Shared Business Services Limited
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 71700000 | 72224000: Project management consultancy services | 79419000
Estimated value: 2000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-05-02
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: UK SBS PR17019 Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist Support for the International Partnership Programme.
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) is a key part of ensuring that programmes are ODA compliant and to ensure this is carried out to a high standard UKSA require expert third party resources to assist and guide the UKSA, and the IPP grant recipients.
The successful supplier will support current and future IPP grant recipients in developing and executing their M&E plans, offering training and guidance where necessary. They will also give support to the sector as a whole (through workshops and other delivery mechanisms), to upskill interested parties in the sector until it is deemed a sufficient knowledge base on ODA compliant M&E has been built.
The UKSA would look to the supplier for expertise to establish a programme level M&E process that ensures grant recipient plans are aligned to the IPP programme strategy, and compliant with UK Government guidance. This will enable UKSA to be able to report the impact of the overall IPP programme to BEIS, GCRF, DFID and others. This work has already begun with our current M&E supplier and we would look for the successful supplier to build on this work.
The successful applicant will also need to ensure that IPP grant recipients implement their M&E plans, and continue to run them to the necessary standard throughout the life of their projects, and this will require support from the successful supplier to support grant recipients and act as an independent quality assurance function.
It should be noted that any applicants that are involved with M&E provision and support to current IPP projects will be excluded from the tender to prevent conflict of interest between multiple clients. Also, successful applicants for this tender will be excluded from participating in any current or future IPP projects.
Participants will be advised if this is necessary during the procurement. Parent company and/or other guarantees of performance and financial liability may be required if considered appropriate.
Any consortium, SPV, Partnership should ideally have a designated lead service provider, all members will have joint and several liability in respect of the obligations and liabilities to any contract or framework and any subsequent contracts awarded under the same.
The government has set out the need for greater transparency across its operations to enable the public to hold public bodies and politicians to account. This includes commitments relating to public expenditure, intended to help achieve better value for money.
Suppliers and those organisations looking to bid for public sector contracts should be aware that if they are awarded a new government contract, the resulting contract will be published. In some circumstances, limited redactions will be made to some contracts before they are published in order to comply with existing regulatory needs and law, plus the protection of national security.
Suppliers (including SPV's, Consortia and Partnerships) may be required to clearly demonstrate recent successful experience in similar projects and environments.
As a user of the e-Sourcing Suite you will have access to Emptoris email messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific RFX event.
Responses received outside or concurrently using the eSourcing process will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity.
The sourcing documents can be accessed at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in III.2.1
Alternative means of demonstrating financial status if any of the above are not available (e.g. Forecast of

Eligibility requirements: All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts) This procurement will be managed electronically via the Crown Commercial Service's e-Sourcing Suite. To participate in this procurement, participants shall first be registered on the e-Sourcing Suite. If Bidders have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/emptoris by following the link ‘Supplier eSourcing Registration’. Please note that, to register, Bidders must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Note: registration may take some time please ensure that you allow a sufficient amount of time to register. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/becomea-crown-commercial-service-supplier Once you have registered on the eSourcing Suite, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing ExpressionOfInterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk Your email must clearly state: the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; Your organisations full name as a registered supplier; the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email. Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will process the email and then enable the Bidder to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. As a user of the e-Sourcing Suite you will have access to Emptoris email messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific RFX event. Please note it is your responsibility to access these emails on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information applicable to this opportunity. For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Helpdesk (Not UK SBS Ltd ): Freephone: 0345 010 3503 email: eenablement@crowncommercial.gov.uk Training support to respond to a requirement is available to bidders at http://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/Pages/supplier.aspx Responses must be received by the date in IV.3.4. Responses received outside or concurrently using the eSourcing process will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity. Candidates will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The sourcing documents can be accessed at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in III.2.1 We will also require to see at least one of the following documents a. A copy of the audited accounts for the most recent two years b. A statement of the turnover, profit & loss account, current liabilities and assets, and cash flow for the most recent year of trading for this organisation c. A statement of the cash flow forecast for the current year and a bank letter outlining the current cash and credit position d. Alternative means of demonstrating financial status if any of the above are not available (e.g. Forecast of turnover for the current year and a statement of funding provided by the owners and/or the bank, charity accruals accounts or an alternative means of demonstrating financial status). All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts). The sourcing documents can be accessed at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in III.2.1. All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts). The sourcing documents can be accessed using the instructions detailed in III.2.1. Project specific requirements. The Contracting Authority requires all interested parties to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement prior to being able to access the sourcing documents.
Candidates will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The sourcing documents can be accessed at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in III.2.1 We will also require to see at least one of the following documents a. A copy of the audited accounts for the most recent two years b. A statement of the turnover, profit & loss account, current liabilities and assets, and cash flow for the most recent year of trading for this organisation c. A statement of the cash flow forecast for the current year and a bank letter outlining the current cash and credit position d. Alternative means of demonstrating financial status if any of the above are not available (e.g. Forecast of turnover for the current year and a statement of funding provided by the owners and/or the bank, charity accruals accounts or an alternative means of demonstrating financial status). All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts). The sourcing documents can be accessed at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in III.2.1.
Candidates will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The sourcing documents can be accessed at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in III.2.1 We will also require to see at least one of the following documents a. A copy of the audited accounts for the most recent two years b. A statement of the turnover, profit & loss account, current liabilities and assets, and cash flow for the most recent year of trading for this organisation c. A statement of the cash flow forecast for the current year and a bank letter outlining the current cash and credit position d. Alternative means of demonstrating financial status if any of the above are not available (e.g. Forecast of turnover for the current year and a statement of funding provided by the owners and/or the bank, charity accruals accounts or an alternative means of demonstrating financial status).
All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts). The sourcing documents can be accessed at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in III.2.1.
All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts). The sourcing documents can be accessed using the instructions detailed in III.2.1. Project specific requirements. The Contracting Authority requires all interested parties to sign a Non Disclosure Agreement prior to being able to access the sourcing documents.