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Published 14 Jun 2024, 10:47 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Management and Support Services in relation to Personnel in Sub-Saharan Africa

Official notice

Authority: Manchester Metropolitan University (Education)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North West (UKD33)
Published estimate£300,000≈ £100k / year44% below published estimate
Submissions closed 16 Jul 2024awarded 24 Oct 2024
Awarded to Grok Global Services
Contract term 3 yrsends 31 Aug 2027 · starts 1 Sept 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Manchester Metropolitan is seeking to appoint through a competitive tender process a suitably qualified and experienced provider of personnel management services. To include, but not limited to;

  • Provide employment support services for one member of staff to be based in Nigeria, who will: o Support recruitment and conversion operations to capitalise on market growth and increase market share. o Cover travel and recruitment activities in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya.o Be responsible for recruitment and conversion of students from within the region, assisting with local knowledge and market intelligence.

CPV: Personnel and payroll services · Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 3 yrsPublished value£300,000
Contract period: 1 Sept 2024 – 31 Aug 2027 (3 yrs)
Delivery: North West · Manchester/Africa
Variant bids: not allowed
79620000 Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

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: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 80%
  • Total Contract Cost: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 80%
  • Total Contract Cost: 20%
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Please see Tender Documentation for further information

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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 · publisher note attached
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
14 Jun 2024, 10:47 BST
Last source update
11 Nov 2024, 08:48 GMT
Award evaluation window
16 Jul 2024 – …
Authority reference
MMU1461
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-036347
Classification (CPV)
Personnel and payroll servicesSupply services of personnel including temporary staff
Delivery area
North West (UKD33)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-046ff1 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: N/A

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
16 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
16 Jul 2024, 12:05 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

in-tendhost.co.uk/mmu/aspx/Home ↗

Timeline

16 Jul 2024 → 11 Nov 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    16 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    16 Jul 2024, 12:05 BST
  3. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2024, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    11 Nov 2024, 08:48 GMT

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Nov 2024
  1. Status changed to complete
    11 Nov 2024, 08:48 GMT
  2. Buyer details updated
    11 Nov 2024, 08:48 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £168,1251 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 44 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Oct 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Grok Global ServicesSME£168,125 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Management and Support Services in relation to Personnel in Sub-Saharan Africa · Grok Global ServicesSME

    Signed
    24 Oct 2024
    Value
    £168,125
    Period
    … – 31 Aug 2027
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4bids · 4 electronic · 1 from abroad4——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Manchester Metropolitan University

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation N/A Oxford Road, Manchester , North West, M15 6BHContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Grok Global ServicesAwarded supplier Suite 916, 535 Dean Street, Brooklyn, New York, US, 11217, USAContact email, phone

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