Find a TenderCancelled
Published 14 Apr 2021, 15:54 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Online Programme Management Solution

Official notice

Authority: Abertay University (Education)

ServicesCompetitive dialogue
Published estimate£10,000,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 17 May 2021

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The university is strategically committed to the delivery of its programmes beyond our campus, including online, and has been exploring opportunities for alternative delivery partnerships across a range of delivery models and markets.

We are looking to engage with an experienced delivery partner to both widen access to Abertay programmes, and increase revenue, by delivering some of our programmes online.

We require a delivery partner that will:

-Invest in, and develop, quality online teaching materials upfront and quickly

-Provide significant upfront financial commitment to initiate partnership programme developments

-Support the internal resource implications anticipated in developing this project at Abertay

-Provide a 50/50 revenue share with Abertay University

-Have experience in online pedagogy, and a willingness to share this expertise and develop that of our staff

-Provide a pedagogical model that promotes access to the widest possible cohort of students, via multiple start dates and carousel model of delivery

-Have significant expertise in marketing online programmes and modules

-Have knowledge of, and access to, markets in which we don’t directly operate ourselves

-Provide market research insight to guide Abertay in the development of programmes that align with market demand and university expertise

-Be committed to supporting students throughout their experience on an Abertay online programme

-Allow Abertay to retain control over the quality of programmes

-Allow Abertay to retain its intellectual property

-Have an exceptional virtual learning environment, and collaboration with whom will enable expedient development of our own

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Abertay university is strategically committed to the delivery of its programmes beyond…CancelledRenewalPublished value£10,000,000

Abertay university is strategically committed to the delivery of its programmes beyond our campus, including online, and has been exploring opportunities for alternative delivery partnerships across a range of delivery models and markets.

We are looking to engage with an experienced delivery partner to both widen access to Abertay programmes, and increase revenue, by delivering some of our programmes online.

We require a delivery partner that will:

-Invest in, and develop, quality online teaching materials upfront and quickly

-Provide significant upfront financial commitment to initiate partnership programme developments

-Support the internal resource implications anticipated in developing this project at Abertay

-Provide a 50/50 revenue share with Abertay University

-Have experience in online pedagogy, and a willingness to share this expertise and develop that of our staff

-Provide a pedagogical model that promotes access to the widest possible cohort of students, via multiple start dates and carousel model of delivery

-Have significant expertise in marketing online programmes and modules

-Have knowledge of, and access to, markets in which we don’t directly operate ourselves

-Provide market research insight to guide Abertay in the development of programmes that align with market demand and university expertise

-Be committed to supporting students throughout their experience on an Abertay online programme

-Allow Abertay to retain control over the quality of programmes

-Allow Abertay to retain its intellectual property

-Have an exceptional virtual learning environment, and collaboration with whom will enable expedient development of our own

Delivery: Scotland
Extensions: As part of the dialogue, additional purchase options will be subject to negotiation. · An additional 60 month extensionSecond stage: up to 3 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: not allowed

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: 100%
Published sub-criteria (1)
  • as per procurement docs: 100%
Published award criteria (2)
  • as per procurement docs: 100
  • Price: 0
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing

    SPD (Scotland) 4B1.1 statement:

    bidders should provide its (“general”) yearly turnover for the number of financial years specified in the relevant Contract Notice.

    ESPD 4B.6 Statement:

    Where the bidder is providing a submission on behalf of a subsidiary company, upon request, the bidder must obtain a Parent Company Guarantee prior to commencement of any subsequently awarded contract.

    ESPD 4B.5.1 and 4B.5.2 Statement:

    It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:

    Employer's (Compulsory) Liability Insurance = 5 000 000 GBP

    Public Liability Insurance = 10 000 000 GBP

    Professional Risk Indemnity Insurance = 5 000 000 GBP

    Product Liability Insurance = 5 000 000 GBP

    ESPD 4B.6 Statement 1:

    Where the bidder is providing a submission on behalf of a subsidiary company, upon request, the bidder must obtain a Parent Company Guarantee prior to commencement of any subsequently awarded contract.

    ESPD 4B.6 Statement 2:

    Bidders may be required to provide adequate assurance of financial strength to successfully complete their contractual obligations.

  • Technical & professional ability

    Bidders are required to provide two example projects, within the last three years which demonstrate that they have the relevant experience to deliver the services described in part II 2.4 of the Contract Notice and fully detailed in the ITPD. These projects should be of similar scale and complexity to this contract.

    For each example project, please provide:

    -A description of the project

    -Scope

    -Timescale from contract start to beginning teaching

    -Approximate contract value

    -Client

    Each example must be no more than 1 A4 page of text

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
Successive reduction
Candidates will be reduced successively across stages

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Competitive dialogue
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
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 Apr 2021, 15:54 BST
Last source update
21 Apr 2021, 16:14 BST
Authority reference
AU-PRO-2021-004 OPM
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-008525
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM71)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a609 Find a Tender

Publisher note: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SC Ref:651559)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
17 May 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

21 Apr 2021 → 31 May 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    21 Apr 2021, 16:14 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    17 May 2021, 12:00 BST
  3. Invitations to tender expected
    31 May 2021, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to cancelled
    21 Apr 2021, 16:14 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1

1 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Abertay University

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Bell Street, Dundee, Scotland, DD1 1HGContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Court of SessionReview body Edinburgh

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.