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Published 6 Sept 2021, 15:30 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Invitation to Tender for Due Diligence Services

Official notice

Authority: De Montfort University (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£400,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 8 Oct 2021awarded 17 May 2022
Awarded to GW Consulting International Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University seeks proposals from suitably experienced and qualified suppliers for the provision of Due Diligence Services; primarily to be utilised when engaging new partners overseas. The University proposes to enter into contract with a single supplier for a maximum period of four years in total. The Contract will have an initial period of two years, with a potential extension period of a further two years based on continued satisfactory supplier performance, availability of funding and business need. The anticipated arrangement will involve engaging a supplier on contract, and "calling off" the services as they are required. For avoidance of doubt, there is not a consistent ongoing requirement, nor indeed any guarantee of any business at all under the contract. All other information relating to Award Criteria, evaluation and the full specification etc. can be found within our ITT document for this procurement loaded on the In-Tend e tendering portal in-tendhost.co.uk/de ↗

CPV: Auditing services · Business and management consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Provision of Due Diligence ServicesAwardedPublished value£400,000

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
  • Price

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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
6 Sept 2021, 15:30 BST
Last source update
28 May 2026, 09:50 BST
Award evaluation window
8 Oct 2021 – …
Authority reference
1647
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-050072
Classification (CPV)
Auditing servicesBusiness and management consultancy services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF21)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02dd9e Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
8 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
8 Oct 2021, 13:00 BST

Timeline

8 Oct 2021 → 28 May 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    8 Oct 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    8 Oct 2021, 13:00 BST
  3. Notice published153 days ago
    28 May 2026, 09:50 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    28 May 2026, 09:50 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £120,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 74 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 17 May 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
GW Consulting International LimitedSME£120,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
7bids · 7 electronic4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

De Montfort University

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation THE GATEWAY, LEICESTER, East Midlands, LE1 9BHContact 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