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Published 2 Feb 2024, 16:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

QUB/2518/24 - Cultural Change Consultancy Services

Official notice

Authority: Queen's University Belfast (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureAccelerated
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submissions closed 19 Feb 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Queen’s seeks to appoint the services of a Consultancy team to support cultural change.The outputs we are seeking from the culture change programme are:

  • An assessment of current culture which can be segmented.
  • A vision for a desired culture which can be segmented.
  • Robust, segmented, statistically sound data to evidence decision making regarding cultural change.
  • A measurable change programme detailing the impact/prioritisation of each change lever, roles, responsibilities, and resourcing requirements.

CPV: Business analysis consultancy services · Business and management consultancy and related services · Human resources management consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1
Delivery: Northern Ireland · Belfast, Northern Ireland
Extensions: Contract period is 12 months, with options to extend its duration by up to a further 48 monthsVariant 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: 70%Price: 30%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 70%
  • Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 70
  • Price: 30
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Please refer to the tender documents.

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.

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
Closed
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
2 Feb 2024, 16:05 GMT
Last source update
2 Feb 2024, 16:05 GMT
Award evaluation window
19 Feb 2024 – …
Authority reference
QUB/2518/24
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-003587
Accelerated

Queen's will be availing of Article 27 (3), Public Contracts Regulations 2015; where a state of urgency duly substantiated by the contracting authority renders impracticable the time limit laid down in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, it may fix a time limit which shall be not less than 15 days from the date on which the contract notice was sent.

Classification (CPV)
Business analysis consultancy servicesBusiness and management consultancy and related servicesHuman resources management consultancy services
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN06)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0436ec Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

This authority 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 Contract Regulations 2015 (SI 2015/102) (as amended) 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).

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: In-tend · Who buys & how to bid on In-tend
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · one account per buying organisation's portal · reCAPTCHA on signup
Submission deadline
19 Feb 2024, 16:00 GMT
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
19 Feb 2024, 16:01 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

2 Feb 2024 → 18 Jun 2024 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    2 Feb 2024, 16:05 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    19 Feb 2024, 16:00 GMT
  3. Bids opened
    19 Feb 2024, 16:01 GMT
  4. Bids must remain valid until
    18 Jun 2024, 23:59 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Queen's University Belfast

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

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