Official UK procurement notice
(NU/1843) Student Fees Implementation Services
Authority: Newcastle University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNewcastle University will be entering into a contract with NTT DATA Business Solutions Ltd to supply implementation services for part of its IT Education Template for the University's business critical Student LifeCycle Management student record system to support the University in being able to maintain its fee setting capabilities.
CPV: Computer support and consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The award of this contract will allow for work to be carried out to implement the fees…
The award of this contract will allow for work to be carried out to implement the fees part of the IT Education Template to enable the University to use its investment in Student LifeCycle Management and deliver the ability to set, maintain and change fees in the following areas.
- Automatic fee calculation on program level
- Tuition Fee visibility in student file
- Commencing year functionality
- Fee Type determination
- Event driven calculation / batch driven calculation
- Refund functionality
- G/L determination
- Account Key / Account key grouping in condition tables
- Controlling determination
- UK specific fee configuration tables
- UK specific condition tables / access sequences / pricing procedures
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Nov 2022, 13:51 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Nov 2022, 13:51 GMT
- Authority reference
DN644370- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-033238- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0387b1Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
Intention to award a contract under UK Statutory Instrument 2015 No. 102 Part 2 Chapter 2 Section 3 Regulation 32(1)(b)(ii) and (iii) as NTT DATA Business Solutions Ltd are the strategic partner for Student LifeCycle management within the EU and UK and have enhanced the product with their IT Education template for use in the UK and EU. As the University will not be moving away from Student LifeCycle management for its student record system only NTT Data Business Solutions can provide the standard implementation services for their template and work with the University on its specific needs..
The award is lawful according to:
The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:
- competition is absent for technical reasons and.
- the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
- 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| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NTT Data Business SolutionsSME | £385,072 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
(NU/1843) Student Fees Implementation Services · NTT Data Business SolutionsSME
- Signed
- 23 Nov 2022
- Value
- £385,072
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NTT DATA Business Solutions LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.