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Published 5 Jan 2022, 17:29 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

596 - Student Virtual Internships

Official notice

Authority: ASTON UNIVERSITY (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Awarded value£198,000published contract · exc. VAT
Submissions closed 4 Feb 2022awarded 10 Aug 2022
Awarded to Virtual Internships

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The aim of the internship is to offer postgraduate students the opportunity to experience working with real companies in a field related to their career aspirations. The ultimate aim is to help them develop essential and transferable skills as well as virtual work competencies supported by a comprehensive career training programme that allows them to stand out from PG students from other institutions when applying for permanent roles at the end of their course.

CPV: Placement services of personnel

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The provision of virtual student internshipsAwardedRenewal
Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: This contract may be extended and may be renewed depending on the success and impact upon our postgraduates.Variant bids: allowed

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Terms and Conditions: 5%
  • Technical Architecture: 5%
  • Services & Operational Delivery: 60%
  • price: 30%
Published award criteria (4)
  • Terms and Conditions: 5
  • Technical Architecture: 5
  • Services & Operational Delivery: 60
  • Price: 30
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Yes
First published
5 Jan 2022, 17:29 GMT
Last source update
17 Aug 2022, 09:43 BST
Award evaluation window
4 Feb 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN584927
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-022739
Classification (CPV)
Placement services of personnel
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG31)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03078e Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
4 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
4 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

4 Feb 2022 → 17 Aug 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    4 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    4 Feb 2022, 12:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    17 Aug 2022, 09:43 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    17 Aug 2022, 09:43 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £198,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 44 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Aug 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Virtual InternshipsSME£198,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 022739-2022-596-1 · Virtual InternshipsSME

    Signed
    10 Aug 2022
    Value
    £198,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Aston University

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Aston Triangle, Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 7ETContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.