Official UK procurement notice
Academic Integrity, Assessment Management Systems and Associated Services
Authority: APUC Ltd (Public body)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionAPUC is seeking to appoint contractors to a framework Agreement to provide Academic Integrity, Assessment Management Systems and Associated Services (APUC).
CPV: Database software package · Educational software package · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software package and information systems · Software support services · Software-related services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 10 suppliers
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Academic Integrity Systems and Associated ServicesRenewalPublished value£20,000,000
Framework for Academic Integrity, Assessment Management Systems and Associated Services: Lot 1, Academic Integrity Systems and Associated Services on behalf of the UK Universities and colleges.
Potential Services include but are not limited to: system implementation; migration support; support and maintenance; hosting, renewal of contracts and configuration and development if required by Institutions.
This framework agreement is available to participation from Full and Associate Members and future members within the UK higher education regional purchasing consortia as follows:
Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC Ltd) and associated members.
Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC);
www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members… ↗
London Universities Purchasing Consortium(LUPC);
North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC);
North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC);
Higher Education Purchasing Consortium Wales (HEPCW) www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/ ↗ Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Lot #2Assessment Management Systems and Associated ServicesRenewalPublished value£10,000,000
APUC is seeking to appoint contractors to a Framework Agreement to provide Academic Integrity, Assessment Management Systems and Associated Services: Lot 2, Assessment Management Systems and Associated Services on behalf of the UK Universities and colleges.
Potential Services include but are not limited to: system implementation; migration support; support and maintenance; hosting, renewal of contracts and configuration and development if required by Institutions.
This framework agreement is available to participation from Full and Associate Members and future members within the UK higher education regional purchasing consortia as follows:
Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC Ltd) and associated members.
Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC);
www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members… ↗
London Universities Purchasing Consortium(LUPC);
North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC);
North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC);
Higher Education Purchasing Consortium Wales (HEPCW) www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/ ↗ Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Functionality and Service Delivery: 70%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Functionality and Service Delivery: 70
- Price: 30
- Condition of participationno text publishedMinimum: Section 4B 5.1 specifies the minimum levels of insurance which are as follows: Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance, GBP 5Million Product & Public Liability Insurance, GBP 5Million Professional Indemnity GBP 2Million Cyber Insurance or equivalent Section 4.6 of the ESPD r…
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Academic Integrity, Assessment Management Systems and Associated…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 10 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 25 Apr 2024, 15:52 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Apr 2024, 15:52 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 29 May 2024 – …
- Authority reference
ITS1049 AP- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-013492- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-045535Find a Tender
- Performance terms
Submission of Management Information
Following commencement of the Framework Agreement, the Contractor will provide a performance report to the Authority on a quarterly basis to include spend by Institution under the Framework Agreement for the reporting period.
Contractors must provide the information on a quarterly basis, within 10 working days following the start of each quarter. Data must be uploaded to the website:
ucsp.ac.uk ↗ using the template provided (template shall be provided during the lead-in period). The supplied template is the only format permissible and should contain Contractor name, tender reference, total net spend by institution each month. If there has been no
spend for the quarter, then this will still require you to log in and record a nil spend return.
Publisher note: Economic operators maty be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Tenders will be required to submit a Form of Tender (Appendix A), FOI disclaimer (Appendix B), Supply Chain Code of Conduct ( Appendix D), GDPR Assurance Assessment (Appendix I), Section 1 of the SCM RP Evaluation Tool (Appendix J), which will be available within the ITT. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 26517. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 The Contracting Authority does not intend to include a sub-contract clause as part of community benefits (as per Section 25 of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014) in this contract for the following reason: The contract is not expected to be delivered through Sub-Contractors Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Provision of training opportunities to staff and students, apprenticeships and potential investment in the Institution local communities. The contractor will work with the Authority to consider community benefits can be delivered through this Framework Agreement. (SC Ref:761088)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 29 May 2024, 14:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 29 May 2024, 14:00 BST
Timeline
25 Apr 2024 → 29 May 2024 · 3 dates- Notice published25 Apr 2024, 15:52 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown29 May 2024, 14:00 BST
- Bids opened29 May 2024, 14:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- European UnionFunder
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Stirling Sheriff Court HouseReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.