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Published 18 Sept 2024, 13:17 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Contract for Enterprise Service Management System

Official notice

Authority: Liverpool John Moores University (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£400,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 18 Oct 2024awarded 6 Mar 2025
Awarded to Halo Service Solutions Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

We have now awarded this requirement:

The University is seeking to procure a cloud-based Enterprise Service Management (ESM) solution to facilitate the management of all aspects of service to staff, students and external partners, beginning with existing users (>400) of our current system in the first instance, but extending to other parts of the university in the near future in a phased approach. All staff and students will need access to the customer facing portal. We will also need to offer guest access to external enquirers including alumni, prospective students and contacts in other organisations, such as the local council and other government or higher education authorities.

CPV: Enterprise resource planning software package · Helpdesk services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1This has now been awardedAwardedPublished value£400,000
Delivery: North West · Liverpool
Extensions: We are able to extend for a period of 12 months as per the tender pack and contract noticeVariant 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
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    as per ITT pack

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

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
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
18 Sept 2024, 13:17 BST
Last source update
8 Apr 2025, 11:27 BST
Award evaluation window
18 Oct 2024 – …
Authority reference
LJMU 2411-1
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-013595
Classification (CPV)
Enterprise resource planning software packageHelpdesk services
Delivery area
North West (UKD)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-049bd7 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

as per tender pack

Publisher note: This is an award notice

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ljmu/aspx/Home ↗

Submission deadline
18 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
18 Oct 2024, 13:00 BST

Timeline

18 Oct 2024 → 8 Apr 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    18 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    18 Oct 2024, 13:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    8 Apr 2025, 11:27 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Apr 2025
  1. Status changed to complete
    8 Apr 2025, 11:27 BST
  2. Buyer details updated
    8 Apr 2025, 11:27 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £767,9901 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 159 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 6 Mar 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Halo Service Solutions LtdSME£767,990 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
15bids · 15 electronic9——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Liverpool John Moores University

Contracting authorityEducationHigher EducationEducation GB-CHC: LJMU · GB-UKPRN: 10003957 Liverpool, North WestContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • LJMU Legal ServicesReview body Liverpool

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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