Official UK procurement notice
Chagossians Higher Education Bursaries Scheme
Authority: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAward Notice for Chagossians Higher Education Bursaries Scheme
Chagossians are the former inhabitants of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) / Chagos Archipelago. In 2016, the UK Government made a commitment to provide £40m of support to the Chagossian community. As part of this commitment, FCDO have funded a number of projects in the UK and Mauritius, including a bursary scheme for Chagossians with Middlesex University Mauritius (MUM). FCDO’s contract with MUM will end in August 2024. To date, 11 Chagossians have benefitted from bursaries awarded by MUM.
The purpose of the tender was to ensure FCDO continue their support for the community by putting in place a further scheme for Chagossians to benefit from higher education for the 24/25 academic year and beyond.
CPV: Foreign economic-aid-related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£3,000,000
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 (1)
- Price per Quality Point: 100%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price per Quality Point: 100
- Price: 0
- Suitability
By contract start date the successful bidder must be;
- Registered as a higher education provider with the UK Office for Students (OFS)
- Accredited by the Mauritius Higher Education Commission
- Provide face-to-face tuition at a campus in Mauritius
- Have a UK campus to which bursary recipients studying in Mauritius could transfer if they wished.
- Offer a wide-range of foundation, undergraduate, and post-graduate degree courses
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- 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
- 18 Apr 2024, 14:26 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Aug 2024, 10:25 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 20 May 2024 – …
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-027232- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04535dFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 May 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 240 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 20 May 2024, 12:01 BST
Timeline
20 May 2024 → 27 Aug 2024 · 3 dates- Submission deadline20 May 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened20 May 2024, 12:01 BST
- Notice published27 Aug 2024, 10:25 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete27 Aug 2024, 10:25 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middlesex International (Mauritius) Ltd operating as Middlesex University (Mauritius)SME | £3,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Chagossians Higher Education Bursaries Scheme · Middlesex International (Mauritius) Ltd operating as Middlesex University (Mauritius)SME
- Signed
- 23 Jul 2024
- Value
- £3,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 2 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria