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Published 14 Feb 2022, 18:15 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Contract for an employer broker service for the Office for Students Postgraduate Conversion Course Programme

Official notice

Authority: Office for Students (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£108,333exc. VAT
Submissions closed 16 Mar 2022awarded 10 May 2022
Awarded to GTI FUTURES LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

In support of the National AI Strategy an additional 2,000 AI and Data Science conversion courses scholarships are to be delivered from 2023 to 2025. The Office for AI (OAI) and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) are developing the programme model to deliver these additional scholarships. The Government wants companies across the country to be a part of this AI scholarship programme through matched funding support between government and industry. The successful bidder for this tender will primarily be responsible for brokering relationships between universities and employer to stimulate investment into the conversion course scholarships.

CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£108,000
Delivery: South West · Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Variant 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
  • Price

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
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
14 Feb 2022, 18:15 GMT
Last source update
19 May 2022, 12:05 BST
Award evaluation window
16 Mar 2022 – …
Authority reference
PRN1789
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-013467
Classification (CPV)
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Delivery area
South West (UKK1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031702 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
electronic ordering

Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=691718718 GO Reference: GO-2022519-PRO-20162966

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
16 Mar 2022, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
16 Mar 2022, 16:00 GMT

Timeline

16 Mar 2022 → 19 May 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    16 Mar 2022, 16:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    16 Mar 2022, 16:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    19 May 2022, 12:05 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    19 May 2022, 12:05 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £108,3331 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 10 May 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
GTI FUTURES LTDSME£108,333 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 013467-2022-1 · GTI FUTURES LTDSME

    Signed
    10 May 2022
    Value
    £108,333
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Office for Students

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services Nicholson House, Lime Kiln Close, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, South West, BS34 8SRContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • GTI Futures LtdAwarded supplier02347472 The Foundation Building, Howberry Business Park, Benson Lane, Wallingford, South West, OX10 8BA

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.