Official UK procurement notice
QUB/2262/22 Tuition Fee Payment Acceptance Platform
Authority: Queens University Belfast (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionQueen’s seeks to procure a cloud-based Tuition Fee Payment Acceptance Platform to significantly improve the processes, security and customer experience associated with taking tuition fee related payments from payers. The new solution will replace the current Worldpay Corporate Gateway, and other manual payment methods within the Student Finance Office, with one third party software solution, which offers multiple payment methods and is a one-stop shop, fully integrated to Oracle’s PeopleSoft Campus Solutions in the Cloud (OCI), PUM25 known internally at Queen’s as Qsis.
CPV: Financial information systems · International payment transfer services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedWhat 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 sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 62%
- Price: 38%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 62
- Price: 38
- Suitability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
- Price carries 38 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.8 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
- 29 Jul 2022, 13:22 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Feb 2023, 14:19 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 29 Aug 2022 – …
- Authority reference
QUB/2262/22- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-005312- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035773Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Aug 2022, 23:59 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 29 Aug 2022, 16:15 BST
Timeline
28 Aug 2022 → 22 Feb 2023 · 3 dates- Submission deadline28 Aug 2022, 23:59 BST
- Bids opened29 Aug 2022, 16:15 BST
- Notice published22 Feb 2023, 14:19 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete22 Feb 2023, 14:19 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flywire Payments LtdTuition Fee Payment Acceptance Platform | £1,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Tuition Fee Payment Acceptance Platform · Flywire Payments Ltd
- Signed
- 21 Nov 2022
- Value
- £1,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- European UnionFunder
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Flywire Payments LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria