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Published 26 Apr 2024, 10:12 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Internship Provider for Postgraduate Students (April 2024)

Official notice

Authority: University of Hertfordshire (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£12,600,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 27 May 2024awarded 31 Aug 2024
Awarded to Virtual Internships

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Hertfordshire is conducting a tender exercise in order to set up a contract for the provision of a Postgraduate Students Internship Provider.It is anticipated that the contract will be awarded June 2024 and will run from July 2024 for two (2) years. At the end of the first two (2) years the University will have an option to extend for two years in twelve month increments. This is subject to satisfactory performance of the contract. The service should be available October 2024 for delivery to students. The planning and promotions for the scheme should take place in August/September 2024.All University policies and regulations relating to information, security, data management, systems and services, will apply to all contracts resulting from this tender. The University reserves the right not to award this contract.The University reserve the right not to award this tender.

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The Contractor will support the University’s postgraduate students with flexible…AwardedPublished value£12,600,000

The Contractor will support the University’s postgraduate students with flexible internship opportunities with real employers to enhance their career prospects. The Contractor will provide a strategic partnership through their internship programme. This will need to be provided to postgraduate students with a range of real-life employers across a range of sectors. Note: the number of students will fluctuate during the contract term and the University does not guarantee any minimum or maximum numbers. The Contractor will be expected to offer all students who apply a suitable internship opportunity within 6 weeks of application.

Delivery: East of England · University of Hertfordshire
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
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As stated in the tender documents

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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
26 Apr 2024, 10:12 BST
Last source update
3 Sept 2024, 12:27 BST
Award evaluation window
28 May 2024 – …
Authority reference
24005
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-028112
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
East of England (UKH23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04554d Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Information to be obtained from the University of Hertfordshire

How it was run

Official notice
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Submission deadline
27 May 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
28 May 2024, 09:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

27 May 2024 → 3 Sept 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    27 May 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    28 May 2024, 09:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    3 Sept 2024, 12:27 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    3 Sept 2024, 12:27 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £10,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 55 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 31 Aug 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Virtual InternshipsSMEInternship Provider for Students£10,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Internship Provider for Students · Virtual InternshipsSME

    Signed
    31 Aug 2024
    Value
    £10,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids · 5 electronic5——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Hertfordshire Higher Education Corporation

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation MacLaurin Building, 4 Bishops Square, Hatfield, East of England, AL10 8NEContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Crown Commercial ServicesMediation 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