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title: "Assessment Centre Experience (ACE)"
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# Assessment Centre Experience (ACE)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/assessment-centre-experience-ace-ocds-h6vhtk-043d11). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Hertfordshire: "Assessment Centre Experience (ACE)". Published status: complete. Published Value: £540,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 27 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Hertfordshire](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-hertfordshire-urn-133783)
- **Published Value:** £540,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 27 March 2024 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Cultural event organisation services, Event services
- **Delivery Location:** UKH23
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £467,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/assessment-centre-experience-ace-ocds-h6vhtk-043d11#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-043d11`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/assessment-centre-experience-ace-ocds-h6vhtk-043d11#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Funiversityofhertfordshire%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/assessment-centre-experience-ace-ocds-h6vhtk-043d11#participate

## Description
The University of Hertfordshire is conducting a tender exercise in order to set up a contract for the provision of the Assessment Centre Experience (ACE). It is anticipated that the contract will be awarded 15th April 2024 and will run from the 1st of May 2024 for three (3) years until 30th April 2027. At the end of the first three years the University will have an option to extend for a further year. This is subject to satisfactory performance of the contract. The contract duration is a maximum of four years.  All University policies and regulations relating to information, security, data management, systems and services, will apply to all contracts resulting from this tender.   All other information is available at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofhertfordshire/aspx/Home

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79952000, 79952100
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** The University of Hertfordshire is conducting a tender exercise in order to set up a contract for the provision of the Assessment Centre Experience (ACE) event for students

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Assessment Centre Experience (active)
  - Award id: `017958-2024-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Gradcore**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-115785`
  - Value: £467,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Assessment Centre Experience (active)
  - Signed Value: £467,000
  - Signed Date: 10/06/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F017958-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-06-11T09:54:03.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T07:03:52.612Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-043d11