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Official UK procurement notice

Career Development System · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: University of Hertfordshire (Education)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£180,000exc. VAT42.2% below published estimate
Submissions closed 20 Sept 2024awarded 9 Apr 2025
Awarded to GTI FUTURES LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contract AwardedThe University of Hertfordshire is looking for the provision and implementation of an integrated system for their careers development service to support careers progression and professional development.It is intended that the contract will run for an initial period of three years with the option to extend by a further two years in one-year increments, subject to satisfactory performance.Full details of the business requirements can be found within the tender pack documents which will be available via In-Tend (in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofhertford… ↗) when prospective bidders express interest.

CPV: Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The University of Hertfordshire ("The University") is looking for the provision and…AwardedRenewalPublished value£180,000

The University of Hertfordshire ("The University") is looking for the provision and implementation of an integrated system for their careers development service to support careers progression and professional development.

Delivery: East of England
Extensions: 2 x 1yrVariant bids: not allowed

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: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical fit to requirements. Expertise and track record, implementation and project management: 80%
  • price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical fit to requirements. Expertise and track record, implementation and project management: 80
  • Price: 20
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    requirements set out in tender documents

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
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
20 Aug 2024, 17:32 BST
Last source update
9 Apr 2025, 10:43 BST
Award evaluation window
20 Sept 2024 – …
Authority reference
24036
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-013874
Classification (CPV)
Software package and information systems
Delivery area
East of England (UKH23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04924c Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

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
20 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
20 Sept 2024, 12:01 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

20 Sept 2024 → 9 Apr 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    20 Sept 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    20 Sept 2024, 12:01 BST
  3. Notice published
    9 Apr 2025, 10:43 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    9 Apr 2025, 10:43 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £104,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Apr 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
GTI FUTURES LTD SME£104,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Career Development System · GTI FUTURES LTD SME

    Signed
    9 Apr 2025
    Value
    £104,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Hertfordshire

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation College Lane, Hatfield, East of England, AL10 9ABContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • GTI FUTURES LTD Awarded supplier247472 Fountain Building, Howbery Park, Wallingford, UK, OX108BA

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