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Published 25 Jun 2024, 09:49 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Virtual Internship Advanced Professional Degree

Official notice

Authority: Nottingham Trent University (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable

Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF14)

Published estimate£400,000exc. VAT19.7% above published estimate

Submissions closed 29 Jul 2024awarded 24 Sept 2024

Awarded to Mindless Academy ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Nottingham Trent University is seeking to appoint a Supplier to design and deliver an virtual internship opportunity scheme for students of the Nottingham Business School (NBS). Each academic year NBS delivers a 20-credit point personal development module to all level 5 (year 2) business school students (circa. 1800 students). The module runs for 12 weeks in the second semester (late January – May). Supplier will be required to attend a half a day student information event in October 2024. This will include recruiting students to the programme.

Recurrence: 4 Years

CPV: Education and training services · Higher education services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£400,000

Delivery: East Midlands

Extensions: 2 years + 1 year + 1 yearVariant bids: not allowed

80300000 Higher education 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

Quality: 70%Price: 25%Environmental: 5%

Published sub-criteria (5)

Technical Criteria: 25%
Delivery of Outputs: 30%
Service Delivery: 15%
price: 25%
Sustainability: 5%

Published award criteria (5)

Technical Criteria: 25%
Delivery of Outputs: 30%
Service Delivery: 15%
Sustainability: 5%
Price: 25%

What this means for your bid

Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 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: 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 · 4 Years
First published: 25 Jun 2024, 09:49 BST
Last source update: 24 Sept 2024, 12:19 BST
Award evaluation window: 29 Jul 2024 – …
Authority reference: NTU/24/2666/DS
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-030469
Classification (CPV): Education and training servicesHigher education services
Delivery area: East Midlands (UKF14)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-047256 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply

Public notice page · account needed to bidLanguage: EN

Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=83032&B=NTU ↗

Submission deadline: 29 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel: {"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages: en
Bids opened: 29 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗

Timeline

29 Jul 2024 → 29 Sept 2024 · 4 dates

Submission deadline
29 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
Bids opened
29 Jul 2024, 12:00 BST
Notice published
24 Sept 2024, 12:19 BST
Bids must remain valid until
29 Sept 2024, 23:59 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Status changed to complete
24 Sept 2024, 12:19 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £478,8001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 33 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 24 Sept 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Mindless Academy ltdSMEVirtual Internship Applied Professional Development	£478,800 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Virtual Internship Applied Professional Development · Mindless Academy ltdSME
Signed
24 Sept 2024
Value
£478,800
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
3bids · 3 electronic	3	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Nottingham Trent University (NTU)

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation GB 277399933 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, East Midlands, NG1 4FQContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Royal Courts of JusticeReview bodyReview contact point London
The Royal Courts of JusticeMediation body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Mindless Academy ltdAwarded supplier12341402 5 Chalfont Road, Liverpool, North West, L18 9UPContact email

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