Official UK procurement notice
Global Foundation College · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Heriot-Watt University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University wishes to develop a partnership with a suitably qualified and experienced organization to provide the recruitment, marketing, sales and admissions activities, with international student support, for a suite of educational foundation programmes for international students intending to progress onto the University’s undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes at the UK, Dubai and Malaysia campuses.
CPV: Education and training services · Higher education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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).
This procedure is being carried out in accordance with the Light Touch Regime as outlined in the Public Contract (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
This procurement will use the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation procedure.
Please refer to the Stage 1 - Selection Stage (SPD) documentation for full details of the award procedure.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Shortlisting
- Please refer to Stage 1 - Selection Stage documentation for full details of rules and criteria for participation. Bidders must pass all criteria outlined Part III [SPD] Exclusion grounds and Part IV [SPD] Selection Criteria (B) Economic and Financial Standing. The sum of the weighted scores for Part IV: C Technical and Professional Ability of Part IV [SPD] Selection Criteria, shall be combined to produce an overall score. It is anticipated that the highest five (5) scoring submissions will be selected to progress to Stage 2 – Invitation to Tender (ITT), provided that those five Bidders all achieve a minimum score of 50% on the statement questions contained within SPD section 4C.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Procedure involving negotiations
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 18 Nov 2021, 09:15 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Nov 2021, 09:15 GMT
- Authority reference
HWU-UK-2122-032- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-028770- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f7d1Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
TBC at Stage 2 - Invitation to Tender
Publisher note: - Economic operators may be excluded from this exercise if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. - Tenderers will be asked to confirm that they will be in a position to submit the following forms prior to contract award in Stage 2 – Invitation to Tender. These forms are for information only: Form of Tender; Bona Fide Tender; Freedom of Information; Supply Chain Code of Conduct; Parent Company Guarantee (if appl) - The Successful Contractor will be required to provide three years audited accounts, or equivalent prior to awarded to the Contract. There must be no qualification or contra-indication from any evidence provided in support of the Contractor’s economic and financial standing. - The Successful Contractor must confirm that they comply with the requirements of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. - Performance conditions may relate to social & environmental considerations i.e., training; recruitment; subcontracting opportunities. Further details will be included in the Stage 2 documents. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this PQQ exercise. The Project code is 5700. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 The Contracting Authority does not intend to include a sub-contract clause as part of community benefits (as per Section 25 of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014) in this contract for the following reason: Sub-contracting will not be applicable for this agreement. The Contracting Authority does not intend to include any community benefit requirements in this contract for the following reason: There is limited scope for mandated Community Benefit within this contract, however, the tender does encourage suppliers to consider Community Benefits and Added Value as part of their response to the Technical Questions in Stage 2 - ITT. (SC Ref:674107)
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
- 2 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
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- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
18 Nov 2021 → 2 Dec 2021 · 2 dates- Notice published18 Nov 2021, 09:15 GMT
- Submission deadline2 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.