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SC230178 - Investment, Financial Due Diligence Support Services

Kent County Council · compiled

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Opportunity overview

Kent County Council (KCC) has awarded a contract to provide independent financial appraisal reports to support the investment decisions of the KCC managed business investment schemes.

Awarded to

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FSE C.I.C

Match pending…
Published award value
Value not stated
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
22 Nov 2023
Award ID
058982-2025-1
Status
active
Location
Fleet, England, UK, GU51 2UZ, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV79412000 — Financial management consultancy services

Lots

  • The key requirements of the Service are as follows: a) to attend to 2-3 monthly decision meetings on request; b) to prepare at the full application stage for each eligible applicant of the KCC managed business investment schemes, a financial appraisal report. This report should contain business and financial analysis of the investment proposal and be submitted via KCC to the monthly decision meetings; c) to prepare at the debt recovery stage for existing loan recipients of KCC managed business investment schemes, a financial appraisal report. This report should contain business and financial analysis of the current financial position of the business to assist in the understanding of the current financial position of a company. This report to be submitted via KCC to the monthly decision meeting; d) Each financial appraisal report should include a range of information to assist the monthly decision-making meeting make its Recommendations i.e., to Partially Fund/Fully Fund/Reject/Defer, suggest conditions, repayment schedule and security (if funding was to be offered); e) there may be an ad-hoc requirement for follow-up independent appraisal work connected with the KCC managed business investment schemes. Most of this work can be undertaken remotely but attendance at designated Investment Advisory Board (IAB) or Subgroup (SG) meetings and the Debt Recovery Group meeting are also a requirement for the contractor. The contract may be extended for a further period of up to 24 months.Value not stated

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
DN690183
Status
complete
Has Recurrence
Yes
Procurement Method
selective
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure

Covered By

GPA

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Tender Period

Ends
18 Oct 2023, 12:00

Classification

Id
79412000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Financial management consultancy services

Submission terms

Languages

en

Submission Method

electronicSubmission

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Has Renewal
Yes
Description
The key requirements of the Service are as follows: a) to attend to 2-3 monthly decision meetings on request; b) to prepare at the full application stage for each eligible applicant of the KCC managed business investment schemes, a financial appraisal report. This report should contain business and financial analysis of the investment proposal and be submitted via KCC to the monthly decision meetings; c) to prepare at the debt recovery stage for existing loan recipients of KCC managed business investment schemes, a financial appraisal report. This report should contain business and financial analysis of the current financial position of the business to assist in the understanding of the current financial position of a company. This report to be submitted via KCC to the monthly decision meeting; d) Each financial appraisal report should include a range of information to assist the monthly decision-making meeting make its Recommendations i.e., to Partially Fund/Fully Fund/Reject/Defer, suggest conditions, repayment schedule and security (if funding was to be offered); e) there may be an ad-hoc requirement for follow-up independent appraisal work connected with the KCC managed business investment schemes. Most of this work can be undertaken remotely but attendance at designated Investment Advisory Board (IAB) or Subgroup (SG) meetings and the Debt Recovery Group meeting are also a requirement for the contractor. The contract may be extended for a further period of up to 24 months.

Renewal

Description
The initial contract period is 36 months. The contract may be extended by two further periods of 12 months. The maximum contract duration is 60 months.

Second Stage

Maximum Candidates
5

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
Type
cost
Description
100

Contract period

Duration In Days
1,080

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Entry 2
Region
UK

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
economic
Document Type
economicSelectionCriteria
Entry 2
Id
technical
Document Type
technicalSelectionCriteria

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-1163
Name
Kent County Council

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Maidstone
Postal Code
ME14 1XQ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
County Hall

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Id
01
Scheme
COFOG
Description
General public services

Identifier

Legal Name
Kent County Council

Contact

Name
Miss Molly Roast
Telephone
+44 3000414141
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-69062
Name
Kent County Council

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Kent
Postal Code
ME14 1XQ
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
Kent County Council
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-161719
Name
FSE C.I.C

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UK
Locality
Fleet, England
Postal Code
GU51 2UZ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
First Floor Linea House, Harvest Crescent

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Legal Name
FSE C.I.C
Organisation 4
Id
GB-FTS-70442
Name
Kent County Council

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Kent
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
Kent County Council

Award information

Award 1
Id
058982-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-161719
Name
FSE C.I.C

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
058982-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
058982-2025-1
Date Signed
22 Nov 2023, 00:00

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Maidstone · UK · ME14 1XQ · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UK

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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