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Published 19 Nov 2021, 12:01 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

(NU/1589-40) Website Quality Assurance Platform

Official notice

Authority: Newcastle University (Education)

Dynamic marketServicesRestricted procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)IT Services & Software (72)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: North East (UKC)
Dynamic market estimateValue not publishedmarket-wide estimate, not attributable revenue
Awarded 9 Nov 2021

What is being bought

Published requirement description

We are seeking to procure a quality assurance tool to accurately and frequently monitor and report on www.ncl.ac.uk ↗, in terms of:

  • ability to see the whole domain and individual sub-domains
  • identifying broken links and spelling mistakes
  • readability scoring
  • accessibility reporting
  • content and technical SEO reporting
  • easier reporting/exporting of reports across the domain and specific sub-domains
  • policies – ability to search for specific things, save the search queries and allow automatic reporting
  • reporting on image optimisation opportunities
  • CMS integration
  • being intuitive and engaging for non-expert web editors
  • having tailored access for editors
  • training/onboarding with continuous training available online
  • mobile responsive reporting
  • good crawl frequency and accuracy
  • ability to rank sub-domains against each other

We do not currently scan the whole of the web estate. We requiring a pricing breakdown to detail the cost of scanning:

  1. up to 35,000 pages
  2. up to 50,000 pages
  3. All 104,000 pages on ncl.ac.uk

CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Marketing management consultancy services · Marketing services · Programming services of packaged software products · Sales or marketing software development services · Sales or marketing software package · Sales, marketing and business intelligence software development services · Sales, marketing and business intelligence software package

How this dynamic market works

From the published notice
Type
Dynamic market
Bids received
4 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
Electronic auction
yes

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North East
48480000 Sales, marketing and business intelligence software package48481000 Sales or marketing software package72210000 Programming services of packaged software products72212480 Sales, marketing and business intelligence software development services72212481 Sales or marketing software development services79342000 Marketing services

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: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: Ability to meet the Requirements: 60%
  • price: 40%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Ability to meet required timeline: P/F
  • Quality: Ability to meet the Requirements: 60
  • Price: 40
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
  • “(NU/1589-40) Website Quality Assurance Platform” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

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
Dynamic market
Who may use this agreement
Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
19 Nov 2021, 12:01 GMT
Last source update
19 Nov 2021, 12:01 GMT
Authority reference
DN573799
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-028913
Classification (CPV)
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityMarketing management consultancy servicesMarketing servicesProgramming services of packaged software productsSales or marketing software development servicesSales or marketing software packageSales, marketing and business intelligence software development servicesSales, marketing and business intelligence software package
Delivery area
North East (UKC)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f860 Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The University will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the

contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the

award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days,

provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the

contract is entered into.

The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) provide for aggrieved parties who

have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High

Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) within 30 days of knowledge or constructive

knowledge of breach.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 44 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Nov 2021

1 suppliers are admitted to this dynamic market without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Contract 028913-2021-NU/1589-40-1

    Signed
    9 Nov 2021
    Value
    £16,984
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

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

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Newcastle University

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Newcastle University, King's Gate, Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, NE1 7RUContact name, email

Suppliers admitted to the dynamic market

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Silktide LtdAdmitted to the market 17 Brunel Parkway, Derby, North East, DE1 3NT

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.