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Published 25 Jul 2022, 16:02 BST

Official UK procurement notice

659 - Design Services 2 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: ASTON UNIVERSITY (Education)

Framework agreementServicesRestricted procedure

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG31)

Framework ceiling (notional)£800,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue

Submissions closed 24 Aug 2022awarded 14 Dec 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Aston University is seeking to appoint 3 Suppliers to create and establish a Design Services Framework with options to extend the appointment subject to the mutual agreement of the parties.

The University requires a wide and varying range of services each year. The document 'Design Project Range' represent a small cross-section of the types of work that are required.

The University has two in-house designers and currently outsources design requirements. Design suppliers will be expected to work with the in-house designers and the approved print suppliers where appropriate. Design suppliers must always follow Aston University’s corporate guidelines.

CPV: Design consultancy services · Graphic design services · Services related to printing

How this framework works

From the published notice

Places: up to 3 suppliers · 27 bids received (9.0 per place) · 3 appointed (full)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£630,000

Delivery: West Midlands · Aston University, Aston Triangle or associations of the University.

Extensions: The framework will be in place for 3 years with the option to extend for a further year based on satisfactory performance.Second stage: up to 6 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

79415200 Design consultancy services 79822500 Graphic design services

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)

Approach to Brand Assurance: 30%
Approach to Risk, Contract Management and Communication: 10%
Presentation: 30%
price: 30%

Published award criteria (4)

Approach to Brand Assurance: 30%
Approach to Risk, Contract Management and Communication: 10%
Presentation: 30%
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.
“659 - Design Services 2” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 3 suppliers, not a single contract.

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

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Restricted 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: Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement: Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Yes
First published: 25 Jul 2022, 16:02 BST
Last source update: 6 Feb 2023, 16:24 GMT
Authority reference: DN623069
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-003627
Classification (CPV): Design consultancy servicesGraphic design servicesServices related to printing
Delivery area: West Midlands (UKG31)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-035592 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

Appointment period ends: 24 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages: en
Bid validity: 90 days from the deadline

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index ↗

Timeline

24 Aug 2022 → 6 Feb 2023 · 3 dates

Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
24 Aug 2022, 12:00 BST
Invitations to tender expected
31 Aug 2022, 00:00 BST
Notice published
6 Feb 2023, 16:24 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Status changed to complete
6 Feb 2023, 16:24 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Suppliers appointed 3admitted to the panel · see the list ↓

Bids received 27

Contracts signed 3latest 14 Dec 2022

3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £630,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

Contract 003627-2023-659-1
Signed
14 Dec 2022
Value
ceiling above
Status
active
Design Services 2
Signed
14 Dec 2022
Value
ceiling above
Status
active
Design Services 2
Signed
14 Dec 2022
Value
ceiling above
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
27bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Aston University

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

Other public bodies

European UnionFunder

Framework contractors & participating bidders

3 commercial parties on the notice

Creative TriangleFramework contractor 150 Upper New Walk, Leicester, East Midlands, LE1 7QA
Hybrid News LimitedFramework contractor 46-48 Queen Charlotte Street, Bristol, South West, BS1 4HXContact email
Morton Ward LtdFramework contractor 12a Timberbush, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH6 6QHContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.