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Published 11 Jun 2021, 12:42 BST

Official UK procurement notice

1441 Provision of Graduation Dress Hire and Photography Services to De Montfort University

Official notice

Authority: De Montfort University (Education)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£1,750,000exc. VAT0.3% above published estimate
Submissions closed 23 Aug 2021awarded 22 Oct 2021
Awarded to William Northam & Company Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

De Montfort University ("the University") requires the combined services of full Academic Dress Hire Services and Photography and Framing Services for all graduation ceremonies, incorporating academic robes for members of staff of the university attending graduation ceremonies and all graduands.DMU proposes to enter into Contract for an initial period of three years, from 1st January 2022 to 31st December 2024. There will be the potential for two extension periods of one further year each, subject to satisfactory performance, continuation of funding and business need. The maximum total duration of this contract is therefore five years. All other information relating to Award Criteria, evaluation and the full specification can be found within our ITT document for this procurement loaded on the In-Tend e tendering portal in-tendhost.co.uk/demontfort/aspx/Home ↗

CPV: Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories · Photographic services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Provision of Graduation Dress Hire and Photography Services to De Montfort UniversityAwardedPublished value£1,750,000

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 award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 70%
  • Price: 30%
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
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
11 Jun 2021, 12:42 BST
Last source update
22 Oct 2021, 16:17 BST
Award evaluation window
23 Aug 2021 – …
Authority reference
1441
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-026556
Classification (CPV)
Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessoriesPhotographic services
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF21)
Official registry OCID
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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
23 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
23 Aug 2021, 13:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

23 Aug 2021 → 22 Oct 2021 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    23 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    23 Aug 2021, 13:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    22 Oct 2021, 16:17 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    22 Oct 2021, 16:17 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,755,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Oct 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
William Northam & Company LtdSMEProvision of Graduation Dress Hire and Photography Services£1,755,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

De Montfort University

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation John Whitehead Building, The Newarke, Leicester, East Midlands, LE2 7BYContact email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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