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Published 3 Nov 2022, 12:54 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

QUB/2307/22 Learning and Development Framework

Official notice

Authority: Queen's University Belfast (Education)

Framework agreement2 lotsServicesOpen procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79)Education & Training (80) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN06)

Framework ceiling (notional)£500,000total for 2 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue

Submissions closed 5 Dec 2022awarded 30 Jan 2023

Lots 2see the lot list below

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The Organisational Development team within the People and Culture Directorate at Queen's University Belfast delivers a range of learning and development events and other resources for staff to build organisational capability. This includes events, courses and workshops which are co-ordinated and offered on an annual basis. Some aspects utilise internal expertise, some elements require delivery from external providers.The Organisational Development team has a requirement to augment existing internal expertise/programmes which they manage. They are therefore seeking to establish a framework of suitable providers under the following Lots:-

Lot 1: Personal/professional skills development
Lot 2: Leadership and Management Development The scope of this framework solely relates to central Organisational Development budgeted learning and development.

Recurrence: 54 months

CPV: Management training services · Personal development training services · Personnel-training services · Training programme services

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value · same evaluation weights on every lot

Every one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £250,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.

Lot #1Personal/professional skills developmentAwardedRenewalceiling above

Lot 1 covers Personal/Professional Skills development which is appropriate for the full range of staff categories and grades in the University. The appointed Framework Providers must be able to provide skills/capability development to promote the following indicative topics, which is not exhaustive:-

Communicating effectively
Time management/managing your workload/working smarter
Skills for Effective Mentoring
Effective Project Working, Project Management Skills
Preparing for Management/Leadership Roles
Responding to change
Individual Career Development
Interviewee Skills
Personal Development Review Skills (Reviewers and Reviewees)

Delivery: Northern Ireland · Queen's University Belfast

Extensions: The contract is for a period of 12 months inititally with options to extend by up to a further 48 months. · Renewal may commence in 54 months if all options are exercised.Variant bids: not allowed

79632000 Personnel-training services 80521000 Training programme services 80570000 Personal development training services

Lot #2Management and Leadership DevelopmentAwardedRenewalceiling above

This Lot covers the design and delivery of learning and development inititatives for senior levels of staff in the UniversityExamples of topics and development tools which may be required are listed below. This list is not exhaustive:

Leading effective teams
Managing people
Managing performance effectively
Conducting effective performance and development reviews
Difficult conversations
Facilitation, managing group discussions and chairing meetings
Developing a business case
Emotional Intelligence/self-awareness as a leader/manager
Personal resilience and enabling resilience in others
Adapting your leadership style
Coaching skills for managers
Critical thinking/decision making
Strategic thinking/developing strategy
Leading change effectively in an agile environment
External awareness/working with stakeholders
Leadership development at senior strategic level
Coach development/supervision
Executive coaching (1:1 for senior leaders, where offered as an inherent part of Programme)
Development support methods and tools e.g. Action Learning, 360 degree feedback and other psychometric or development tools

Delivery: Northern Ireland · Queen's University Belfast

80532000 Management training services 80570000 Personal development training services

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 · same split on all 2 lots

Quality: 70%Price: 30%

Published sub-criteria (2)

Technical: 70%
price: 30%

Published award criteria (2)

Technical: 70%
Price: 30%

Staff: Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted

What this means for your bid

Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
“QUB/2307/22 Learning and Development Framework” is a framework: 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: 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: Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement: Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Yes · 54 months
First published: 3 Nov 2022, 12:54 GMT
Last source update: 30 Jan 2023, 11:50 GMT
Award evaluation window: 5 Dec 2022 – …
Authority reference: QUB/2307/22
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-002761
Classification (CPV): Management training servicesPersonal development training servicesPersonnel-training servicesTraining programme services
Delivery area: Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-037ebc Find a Tender

Contract terms

Electronic trading: electronic ordering · electronic payment

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: portal not identified

Language: EN

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.in-tendhost.com/queensuniversitybelfast/aspx/Home ↗

Appointment period ends: 5 Dec 2022, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel: {"written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bids opened: 5 Dec 2022, 16:15 GMT

Timeline

5 Dec 2022 → 30 Jan 2023 · 3 dates

Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
5 Dec 2022, 16:00 GMT
Bids opened
5 Dec 2022, 16:15 GMT
Notice published
30 Jan 2023, 11:50 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Status changed to complete
30 Jan 2023, 11:50 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Suppliers appointed 3admitted to the panel · see the list ↓

Bids received 65 from SMEs · busiest of 2 lots

Contracts signed 3latest 30 Jan 2023

3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £300,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

Personal / professional skills development
Signed
30 Jan 2023
Value
ceiling above
Status
active
Management and Leadership Development
Signed
13 Jan 2023
Value
ceiling above
Status
active
Management and Leadership Development
Signed
13 Jan 2023
Value
ceiling above
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Lot	Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1 · Personal/professional skills development	6bids · 6 electronic	5	—	—
2 · Management and Leadership Development	6bids · 6 electronic	5	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Queen's University Belfast

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Purchasing Office, University Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT7 1NNContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Framework contractors & participating bidders

3 commercial parties on the notice

Advance HEFramework contractor IC 2.12 Innovation Centre, Innovation Way, York Science Park, York, Yorkshire & Humber, YO10 5BR
Elementa LeadershipFramework contractor GL10 3UT, Gloucestershire, South West, GL10 3UT
Think People Consulting LtdFramework contractor 12th Floor, Causeway Tower, James Street Sotuh, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 8DN

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria