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Published 28 May 2024, 15:03 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Student Placement System · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: University of Hertfordshire (Education)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£200,000exc. VAT37.7% above published estimate
Submissions closed 28 Jun 2024awarded 6 Feb 2025
Awarded to Quantum IT Europe Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Hertfordshire is looking for the provision and implementation of a student placement system to support the planning and allocation of embedded student placements within the Health and Education Sector. It is intended that implementation of the system will be completed to allow processing of student placements in the 2025/2026 academic year starting in September 2025. This may require the planning aspects to be live some months earlier than this. It is intended that the contract will run for an initial period of three years with the option to extend by a further two years in one-year increments, subject to satisfactory performance.

CPV: Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The University of Hertfordshire ("The University") is looking for the provision and…AwardedRenewal

The University of Hertfordshire ("The University") is looking for the provision and implementation of a student placement system to support the planning and allocation of embedded student placements within the Health and Education Sector. It is intended that implementation of the system will be completed to allow processing of student placements in the 2025/2026 academic year starting in September 2025. This may require the planning aspects to be live some months earlier than this. It is intended that the contract will run for an initial period of three years with the option to extend by a further two years in one-year increments, subject to satisfactory performance.

Delivery: East of England
Extensions: optional 2 x 12 month renewals subject to requirement and performanceVariant 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: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Fit to requirements, Expertise, Implementation: 80%
  • price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Fit to requirements, Expertise, Implementation: 80
  • Price: 20
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    Requirements as stated in the procurement documents

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 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
Goods
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
28 May 2024, 15:03 BST
Last source update
18 Feb 2025, 10:04 GMT
Award evaluation window
28 Jun 2024 – …
Authority reference
24030
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-005517
Classification (CPV)
Software package and information systems
Delivery area
East of England (UKH23)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-046bc1 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

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
28 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
28 Jun 2024, 12:05 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

28 Jun 2024 → 18 Feb 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    28 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    28 Jun 2024, 12:05 BST
  3. Notice published
    18 Feb 2025, 10:04 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    18 Feb 2025, 10:04 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £275,3001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 77 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 6 Feb 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Quantum IT Europe LimitedSME£275,300 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
7bids · 7 electronic7——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Hertfordshire

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation College Lane, Hatfield, East of England, AL10 9ABContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Crown Commercial ServicesReview body Liverpool

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Quantum IT Europe Ltd.Awarded supplier7308632 Suite 1120, Floor 11, 3 Picadilly Place, Manchester M1 3BN, Manchester, UK, M1 3BN

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

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