Official UK procurement notice
An Online Programme Management Service
Authority: Sheffield Hallam University (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University has now selected a commercial partner to develop, scale and grow our online portfolio and extend our brand nationally and globally, in an operationally and financially sustainable way. They will work with us to develop a new wholly online portfolio of courses that reflect our ambition to be the world's leading applied university and ensure we are able to reach prospective students on a UK and global stage.
CPV: Adult-education services at university level · E-learning services · Higher education services · Online
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The University has now established a commercial partnership to develop, scale and grow…AwardedPublished value£85,000,000
The University has now established a commercial partnership to develop, scale and grow our online portfolio and extend our brand nationally and globally, in an operationally and financially
sustainable way. We expect the partnership to be for up to 15 years with a value of up to £85m for the partner. We have found an online education partner with a considerable track record of partnering with Higher Education Institutions, who will work with us to develop a new wholly online portfolio of courses that reflect our ambition to be the world's leading applied university and ensure we are able to reach prospective students on a UK and global stage.
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)
- Quality as specified in the ITN/ITT: 75%
- Commercial Model as specified in the ITN/ITT: 25%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality as specified in the ITN/ITT: 75%
- Commercial Model as specified in the ITN/ITT: 25%
- Suitability
as defined in the procurement documentation published on In-tend
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Successive reduction
- Candidates will be reduced successively across stages
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 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 · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 5 Jan 2022, 16:13 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Aug 2023, 14:58 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 10 Oct 2022 – …
- Authority reference
2223-14-FSP-RD- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-022483- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03077dFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Please be advised there were two additional notices linked to this procurement that FTS would not attach, those being the Contract Notice 2022/S 000-021483 and subsequently the Contract Award Notice 2022/S 000-027416 to advise of the aborted process, to allow for this new negotiated process to be invoked.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 Nov 2022, 10:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 10 Oct 2022, 12:10 BST
Timeline
11 Apr 2022 → 2 Aug 2023 · 5 dates- Next notice expected11 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST
- Bids opened10 Oct 2022, 12:10 BST
- Submission deadline30 Nov 2022, 10:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected15 Dec 2022
- Notice published2 Aug 2023, 14:58 BST
Notice history
11 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Aug 2022- Published value published: £50,000,0004 Aug 2022, 17:47 BST
- Status changed to active4 Aug 2022, 17:47 BST
- Procurement method changed4 Aug 2022, 17:47 BST
- Deadline published: 10 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST4 Aug 2022, 17:47 BST
- Status changed to cancelled30 Sept 2022, 09:37 BST
- Buyer details updated30 Sept 2022, 09:37 BST
- Published value updated to £85,000,0004 Nov 2022, 16:03 GMTwas £50,000,000
- Status changed to active4 Nov 2022, 16:03 GMT
- Procurement method changed4 Nov 2022, 16:03 GMT
- Deadline moved to 30 Nov 2022, 10:00 GMT4 Nov 2022, 16:03 GMT+51 days · was 10 Oct 2022, 12:00 BST
- Status changed to complete2 Aug 2023, 14:58 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineIV.2.2 | — | 5 Dec 2022 |
1 amendment published without a description.
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2022-09: 1 release · 30 Sept 2022
- 2022-08: 1 release · 4 Aug 2022
- 2022-01: 1 release · 5 Jan 2022
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Ed Partners Ltd. | £85,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracts
Contract 022483-2023-1 · Higher Ed Partners Ltd.
- Signed
- 2 Aug 2023
- Value
- £85,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Legal Services- Sheffield Hallam UniversityReview body
- Sheffield Hallam University Legal ServicesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- HIGHER ED PARTNERS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria