FOI/202200273528 · FOI · partially withheld
Procurement exercise for the National Care Service Business Case and Operating Models: FOI release
Information requested
All information about the evaluation criteria used in the award of the contract; All information about the evaluation panel; All information held on the other five tenders; All details about the contract itself; and All information on any pre-tender meetings held between those on the evaluation panel and organisations.
Response
Attached to this response are:
the bid pack which includes the evaluation criteria; the statements of requirements for the procurement; the call off order form ("Contract"); outcome letters to the bidders following evaluation of their bids;
An exemption applies under s.33(1) of FOISA to the information you have requested, and we have redacted some commercially sensitive information which could prejudice the commercial interests of a person or company. An exemption also applies under s.38(1) of FOISA to the information you have requested. Due to rights and safeguards under data protection legislation we have redacted personal information from all of the documentation released. However, in relation to your request for all information about the evaluation panel we are able to release the details of officials who are part of the Senior Civil Service.
Role Name SG Procurement Senior Portfolio Specialist-Chair redacted SG Finance redacted SG Economist redacted SG Deputy Director NCS Anna Kynaston SG Deputy Director Data and Digital Lorna Gibbs Independent Panel Member – Third Sector redacted Independent Panel Member – Lived Experience redacted
Additionally, I can confirm that the evaluation panel met once on 1st December 2021 and scored the bids using a consensus approach. About FOI
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Response Attached to this response are: the bid pack which includes the evaluation criteria; the statements of requirements for the procurement; the call off order form ("Contract"); outcome letters to the bidders following evaluation of their bids; An exemption applies under s.33(1) of FOISA to the information you have requested, and we have redacted some commercially sensitive information which could prejudice the commercial interests of a person or company. An exemption also applies under s.38(1) of FOISA to the information you have requested.