Official UK procurement notice
Schools Partnership Foundation · UK public procurement notice
Authority: University of Ulster (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe provision of educational programmes and activities that inspires and unites young
people across Derry/ Londonderry with Ulster University and the Foyle Learning Community.
CPV: Education and training services · Secondary education services · Technical and vocational secondary education services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The provision of educational programmes and activities that inspires and unites young…Awarded
The provision of educational programmes and activities that inspires and unites young people across Derry/ Londonderry with Ulster University and the Foyle Learning Community. The programme will be based on using football to engage and inspire young people to build a better life for themselves and unite the communities in which they live. Additional information: The estimated total value stated above in Section II.1.7 includes the four (4) year contract period.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 May 2023, 10:18 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Jul 2023, 11:45 BST
- Authority reference
project_27583- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-019445- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c7dbFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
This is a unique partnership with the MU Foundation, The Foyle Learning Community and several UU departments to support educational attainment and aspiration at the Magee campus at Derry~Londonderry.
The UU/MUF Partnership identifies and creates opportunities for collaborative educational outreach between UU, FLC and the wider Northwest community, with the following partnership objectives:
- to deliver educational programmes to develop a long-term partnership that is focused on
delivering positive impacts and outcomes for young people in Derry~Londonderry initially,
evolving to other agreed areas of Northern Ireland over time.
- work ‘where people need our support’; that is to work primarily in those areas that suffer from considerable socio-economic challenge (indicators are free school meals, indices of multiple deprivation).
The Partnership co-designs a portfolio of programmes addressing the challenges young people face, such as low levels of confidence, motivation, teacher and school
disengagement, anti-social behaviour, low attainment and low aspirations. The programmes currently dovetail existing WAP schools outreach, giving additional partnership benefit to the schools and pupils.
The Direct Award complies with PCR Regs 32 (9) for this procurement where it states that the negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public supply contracts for new works and services consisting of the repetition of similar works or services entrusted to the economic operator to which the same contracting authority awarded an original contract, provided that such works or services are in conformity with a basic project for which the original contract was awarded following a procedure in accordance with regulation 26(1) and (2).
- Review procedure
The University incorporated a minimum 10 calendar days standstill period at the point information on award of the contract was communicated to all tenderers. The standstill period provided time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 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 (Northern Ireland).
Publisher note: It is anticipated the contract will commence on 1 August 2023.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester United FoundationSMESubcontracting: declared | £200,000 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Manchester United FoundationSME | £200,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 019445-2023-project_27583-1 · Manchester United FoundationSME
- Signed
- 26 Jun 2023
- Value
- £200,000
- Status
- active
Contract 013411-2023-1 · Manchester United FoundationSME
- Signed
- 11 May 2023
- Value
- £200,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of Justice in Northern IrelandReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Manchester United FoundationAwarded supplier
- Manchester United FoundationAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.