Research consultancy services (№4494533)

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1. Section I
   1. Name and addresses
      Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
      Anvil Court, Church Street
      Abertillery
      NP13 1DB
      United Kingdom
      Telephone: +44 1495311556
      E-mail: [email protected]
      
   2. Type of the contracting authority:
      Regional or local authority
      
   3. Main activity:
      General public services
      
2. Section II
   1. Scope of the procurement:
      1. Title:
         

         Research appointment to evaluate ESF regional approaches to Youth Employment and Attainment.

         
         Reference number: ITT_59721
         
      2. Main CPV code:
         73210000, 73210000
         
      3. Type of contract:
         Services
         
      4. Short description:
         

         Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council (Hereinafter referred to as the “Council”), is acting as procurement lead for this project on behalf of the Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO) and invites tenders for the provision of research services to provide a critical assessment of the six regional approaches to identifying those most at risk of becoming not in employment, education or training (NEET) and their programmes of support to reduce that risk.

         Broadly the evaluation can be categorised, into five areas of interest that are relevant for each operation and will form the basis of the evaluation. These five core areas of interest concern the management and implementation of the operations, the suitability and effectiveness of the assessment tools used to identify, monitor and assess reductions in a participants’ risk of becoming NEET, the effectiveness of the delivery of the operation, the impact of the interventions for participants and the cross-cutting themes.

         
         
      5. Information about lots:
         This contract is divided into lots: no
      6. Total value of the procurement:
         Value excluding VAT: 238 977.00 GBP
   2. Description
      1. Title:
         
      2. Additional CPV code(s):
         73210000
         
      3. Place of performance:
         
      4. Description of the procurement:
         

         The aim of this appointment is to provide a critical assessment of the six regional approaches to identifying those most at risk of becoming NEET and their programmes of support to reduce that risk. As part of this the evaluation should examine issues to do with the planning, implementation and management of the six regional operation teams, including the effectiveness of the operations and the early identification tools in identifying and monitoring those participants considered most at risk, and the suitability of the interventions offered to the needs of the participants.

         In addition to an assessment of the management and administration of the operations, the evaluation should also provide an assessment of the short and medium-term outcomes of the operation and, if possible, the longer term impact of the operations for the participants and their employment or engagement within education. As part of this, the evaluation should examine if there were any differences for demographic groups in achieving these outcomes and impacts.

         
         
      5. Award criteria:
         Quality criterion - Name: Policy & research / Weighting: 20
         Quality criterion - Name: Aims & Objectives / Weighting: 20
         Quality criterion - Name: Quality & Appropriateness of Approach / Weighting: 20
         Quality criterion - Name: Staff Roles / Weighting: 20
         Quality criterion - Name: Project Timelines / Weighting: 20
         Price - Weighting: 30
         
      6. Information about options:
         Options: no
      7. Information about European Union funds:
         
      8. Additional information:
         
3. Section IV
   1. Description:
      1. Type of procedure:
         Open procedure
      2. Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system:
         
      3. Information about electronic auction:
         
      4. Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA):
         The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
   2. Administrative information:
      1. Previous publication concerning this procedure:
         Notice number in the OJ S: 2017/S 102-204125
         
      2. Information about termination of dynamic purchasing system:
         
      3. Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice:
         
4. Section V
   1. Contract No: ITT_59721
      
   2. Award of contract
      1. Date of conclusion of the contract: 2017-12-04
         
      2. Information about tenders:
         Number of tenders received: 10
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: 10
         The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: no
      3. Name and address of the contractor:
         Wavehill Ltd
         21 Alban Square,
         Aberaeron
         SA46 0DB
         United Kingdom
         Telephone: +44 1545571711
         The contractor is an SME: yes
      4. Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT):
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 300 000.00 GBP
         Total value of the contract/lot: 238 977.50 GBP
         
      5. Information about subcontracting:
         
         
5. Section VI
   1. Additional information
      

      (WA Ref:74068).

      
      
   2. Procedures for review
      1. Review body
         Head of Legal and Corporate Compliance Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
         Steelwork Road
         Ebbw Vale
         NP236AA
         United Kingdom
         Telephone: +44 1495311556
         
      2. Body responsible for mediation procedures
         
         
      3. Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         
         
   3. Date of dispatch of this notice
      2017-12-04