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Published 27 Jan 2021, 11:18 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Assessment Centre Experience - 2021

Official notice

Authority: University of Hertfordshire (Education)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£48,400≈ £32k / year
Submissions closed 1 Mar 2021
Contract term 1 yr 6 moends 31 Dec 2022 · extension options published · starts 1 Jul 2021

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Hertfordshire is looking to appoint a Contractor to deliver an Assessment Centre Experience for up to 3200 second year students in 2021, and subject to funding, 2022. The purpose of the event is to mimic that of a typical graduate recruitment process, so that students can experience a workplace recruitment process involving interviews, presentations and group exercises. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation, the successful contractor must be capable of delivering both an in-person (live) event, and also an online (virtual) event.

CPV: Assessment centre services for recruitment · Event services · Higher education services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Provision of an Assessment Centre Experience for up to 3200 students in November 2021…Renewal 1 yr 6 moPublished value£484,000

Provision of an Assessment Centre Experience for up to 3200 students in November 2021 with possible extension to 2022

Contract period: 1 Jul 2021 – 31 Dec 2022 (1 yr 6 mo)
Delivery: East of England · Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Extensions: Possible extension period is 1st Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022. See tender documents for full details.Variant bids: allowed

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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
27 Jan 2021, 11:18 GMT
Last source update
27 Jan 2021, 11:18 GMT
Award evaluation window
1 Mar 2021 – …
Authority reference
21001
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-001613
Classification (CPV)
Assessment centre services for recruitmentEvent servicesHigher education services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-028da3 Find a Tender

Publisher note: Tender documentation is available at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofhertfordshire under the Current Tenders link where you can view the project details. If the tender is of further interest, express an interest in the project and register your organisation with our e-tendering system. Once your registration has been accepted, and you have received your login details by email, you can login to view and download the tender documentation in the My Tenders section of the website. Upon completion of your tender response this must be uploaded with all the accompanying documentation that has been requested and submitted via the In-Tend e-tendering portal only.Please note: If you have already registered on the University of Hertfordshire e-tendering portal there is no need to re-register. Simply login using your existing details.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
1 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
1 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

27 Jan 2021 → 1 Jul 2021 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    27 Jan 2021, 11:18 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    1 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    1 Mar 2021, 12:00 GMT
  4. Contract starts
    1 Jul 2021, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Hertfordshire

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation MacLaurin Building, 4 Bishops Square, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, East of England, AL10 8NEContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Crown Commercial ServicesReview body Liverpool

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria