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Published 10 Sept 2021, 11:18 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Integrated Digital Platform for CPD, Careers and Professional Membership

Official notice

Authority: The Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesRestricted procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,250,000exc. VAT44% above published estimate
Submissions closed 11 Oct 2021awarded 21 Jan 2022
Awarded to Placecube Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

TIAH as the contracting authority require an economic operator to support all aspects of their development, launch and running of a membership and learning management system / online platform.

The platform that is developed must have the capability of providing all aspects of the authority's online experience for external users (visitors and members), internal users and partners. The platform must include a wide range of facilities including but not limited to a user profiling capability to deliver personalized experiences for platform visitors, managing and delivering digital learning, e-learning, blended learning, learning pathways, gamification, virtual instructor led training and instructor led training to users, with e-learning delivered directly by the authority and / or its training partners.

The platform must have the capability of being marketed on and offline using techniques including but not limited online advertising, social media marketing, and search engine optimization. It must be capable of supporting different commercial offers such as a range of pricing and subscription offers, memberships and potentially other commercial offers that may include bulk discounts and / or limited time offers.

CPV: Contact management software package · Customer Relation Management software package · E-learning services · Electronic publishing software package · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Platform interconnectivity software package · Web page editing software package

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,250,000

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: 60%Price: 30%Social value: 10%
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical: 60%
  • price: 30%
  • Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Technical: 60
  • Social Value: 10
  • Price: 30
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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
Restricted 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
10 Sept 2021, 11:18 BST
Last source update
16 Mar 2022, 10:19 GMT
Authority reference
TIAH001CPD
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-007117
Classification (CPV)
Contact management software packageCustomer Relation Management software packageE-learning servicesElectronic publishing software packageIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportPlatform interconnectivity software packageWeb page editing software package
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02df5f Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Language: EN
Submission deadline
11 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

11 Oct 2021 → 16 Mar 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    11 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Invitations to tender expected
    28 Oct 2021, 00:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    16 Mar 2022, 10:19 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Mar 2022
  1. Status changed to complete
    16 Mar 2022, 10:19 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    16 Mar 2022, 10:19 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,800,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 21 Jan 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Placecube LimitedTIAH001CPDSubcontracting: declared£1,800,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

The Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawPublicly funded professional membership body for the agriculture and horticulture sectors C/O Bates Wells 10 Queen Street Place, London, UK, EC4R 1BEContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

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