Official UK procurement notice
NU/1897 Professional Skills and Career Development Platform
Authority: Newcastle University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNewcastle Business School is looking for a provider of a recognised career and skills training platform who has extensive experience of working with higher education organisations or similar. Your platform will seamlessly interface with a (or many) professional social networking site(s) that are well recognised by graduate recruiters and potential employers. Your coverage should be vast, and broad, covering tens of thousands of possible career and professional development videos and resources which a business graduate at any level of their educational journey may wish to access. This will be constantly developed and kept up to date. You will have an excellent and high quality website and phone app. Your platform will integrate seamlessly with our Canvas VLE and meet all our university requirements regarding accessibility.
CPV: Education and training services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The scope of this contract is to provide a recognised career and skills training…AwardedPublished value£200,000
The scope of this contract is to provide a recognised career and skills training platform which has the following features:
- extensive experience of working with higher education organisations.
- seamlessly interface with a (or many) world leading professional social networking site(s) that are well recognised by graduate recruiters and potential employers.
- coverage should be vast, and broad, covering tens of thousands of poss3ble career and professional development videos and resources which a business graduate at any level of their educational journey may wish to access. This will be constantly developed and kept up to date.
- high quality website and phone app.
- integrate seamlessly with Canvas VLE
- meet all our university requirements regarding accessibility
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 70
- Price: 40
- Price carries 40 of 110 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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- 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
- 15 Mar 2023, 11:36 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 May 2023, 08:25 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 18 Apr 2023 – …
- Authority reference
DN659745- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-013846- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b2fcFind a Tender
- 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.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 18 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 18 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
Timeline
18 Apr 2023 → 16 May 2023 · 3 dates- Submission deadline18 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened18 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST
- Notice published16 May 2023, 08:25 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete16 May 2023, 08:25 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| £167,200 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 013846-2023-NU/1897-1 · Linkedin
- Signed
- 5 May 2023
- Value
- £167,200
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- LinkedinAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.