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Published 31 Mar 2022, 09:51 BST

Official UK procurement notice

(NU/1589-51) Purchasing of placements on 3rd party websites

Official notice

Authority: Newcastle University (Education)

Dynamic marketServicesRestricted procedureSME suitable
Dynamic market estimateValue not publishedmarket-wide estimate, not attributable revenue
Awarded 15 Mar 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

We are seeking to appoint a supplier to help provide flexible booking of paid for placements, statistical platforms, profiles and other related services and advertising on a range of websites detailed below.

It is expected the value of each booking request will be between £500 and £100,000 inclusive of all taxes and agency fees. It is estimated there will be between 0 and 20 requests within the contract period. The total value of the work will be between £0 - £2,000,000

The supplier specifically is required to provide the following services and experience

  1. The flexible placement of at cost digital advertising and paid for profiles on:

a) Whatuni.com

b) Completeuniversityguide.co.uk

c) Hotcoursesabroad.com

d) Postgraduatesearch.com

  1. Provide campaign attribution and KPI measurements for activity relating to the paid activity on each site
  2. Direct access to IDP Connect IQ On Demand tool
  3. Direct access to IDP Connect IQ Demand Track
  4. Provide regular insight into industry best practice, trends and future placement opportunities, for example:

a) Provide insight into profile performance against competitors

b) Provide case study examples of other providers maximising their profiles on listing sites

c) Suggest additional placement opportunities across the IDP portfolio to improve campaigns and increase ROI

d) Give advance notice of new features and products available across the IDP portfolio of websites and associated third party placements

  1. Provide a single Account Manager for updating and managing the placements

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
1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
Electronic auction
yes

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

What it takes to win
i

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: 20%Price: 80%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • quality: Ability to meet the Requirements: 20%
  • Associated costs and fees: 80%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Ability to meet the Requirements: P/F
  • quality: Ability to meet the Requirements: 20
  • Associated costs and fees: 80
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • “(NU/1589-51) Purchasing of placements on 3rd party websites” 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
31 Mar 2022, 09:51 BST
Last source update
31 Mar 2022, 09:51 BST
Authority reference
DN599771
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-008636
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
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032857 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 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Mar 2022

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

Contracts

  • (NU/1589-51) Purchasing of placements on 3rd party websites

    Signed
    15 Mar 2022
    Value
    —
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
We are seeking to appoint a supplier to help provide flexible booking of paid for…1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad1—£0 – £2,000,000
Whole notice———£0 – £2,000,000

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Newcastle University

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

Suppliers admitted to the dynamic market

1 commercial party on the notice
  • IDP Connect LtdAdmitted to the market First Floor Bedford House, 69-79 Fulham High Street, Putney, Greater London, UK, SW6 3JW

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.