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Published 26 Apr 2024, 11:40 BST

Official UK procurement notice

QUB/2532/24 Contract for Employee Management Operator - USA

Official notice

Authority: Queen's University Belfast (Education)

ServicesOpen procedure

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: United States (US)

Awarded value£800,000published contract · exc. VAT

Submissions closed 27 May 2024awarded 25 Jun 2024

Awarded to SannamS4 Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Global Student Recruitment Team at Queen's has overarching responsibility for delivering the University's international student recruitment targets, in conjunction with Faculty Student Recruitment Hubs. Over the past 5-year period, Queen's Global Student Recruitment Team presence has expanded and currently there is representation across a number of key regions. The University is keen to further expand its in-market network by embedding staff in the United States of America. The University therefore invites tenders for an Employee Management Operator who will provide a recruitment platform to employ an existing in-market representative and ensure full compliance with local employment legislation in the USA.

Recurrence: 114 months

CPV: Personnel and payroll services · Personnel services except placement and supply services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewal

Delivery listed: United States (US)

Extensions: The University reserves the right to extend the contract by up to a period of 60 months · A renewal, if the service is still required, will be initiated after a period of 114 months should the option to extend be fully exercised.Variant bids: not allowed

79630000 Personnel services except placement and supply services 79631000 Personnel and payroll 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

Price

Conditions of participation1

Suitability
Please refer to tender documents

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

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: Yes · 114 months
First published: 26 Apr 2024, 11:40 BST
Last source update: 25 Jun 2024, 10:44 BST
Award evaluation window: 27 May 2024 – …
Authority reference: QUB/2532/24
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-019385
Classification (CPV): Personnel and payroll servicesPersonnel services except placement and supply services
Delivery area: United States (US)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04555b Find a Tender

Publisher note: 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) 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

Submission deadline: 27 May 2024, 16:00 BST
Submission channel: {"written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bids opened: 27 May 2024, 16:00 BST

Timeline

27 May 2024 → 25 Jun 2024 · 3 dates

Submission deadline
27 May 2024, 16:00 BST
Bids opened
27 May 2024, 16:00 BST
Notice published
25 Jun 2024, 10:44 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Status changed to complete
25 Jun 2024, 10:44 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £800,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 25 Jun 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
SannamS4 LimitedEmployee Management Operator USA	£800,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Employee Management Operator USA · SannamS4 Limited
Signed
25 Jun 2024
Value
£800,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad	0	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Queen's University Belfast

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

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

SannamS4 LimitedAwarded supplier London, UK

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