Official UK procurement notice
Alumni & Fundraising CRM Systems and Associated Services (APUC)
Authority: APUC Ltd (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAPUC is seeking to appoint Contractors to a Framework Agreement provide Alumni & Fundraising CRM Systems and Associated Services (APUC).
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software package and information systems · Software support services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 6 suppliers
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1APUC is seeking to appoint contractors to a Framework Agreement to provide Alumni and…RenewalPublished value£20,000,000
APUC is seeking to appoint contractors to a Framework Agreement to provide Alumni and Fundraising CRM Systems on behalf of the UK Universities and colleges.
Potential Services include but are not limited to: system implementation; migration support; support and maintenance; hosting and renewal of contracts.
Configuration and development if required by Institutions.
This framework agreement is available to participation from Full and Associate Members and future members within the UK higher
education regional purchasing consortia as follows:
Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC Ltd) and associated members.
Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC);
www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members… ↗
London Universities Purchasing Consortium(LUPC);
North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC);
North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC);
Higher Education Purchasing Consortium Wales (HEPCW) www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/ ↗ Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public
Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Functionality and Service Delivery: 70%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Functionality and Service Delivery: 70
- Price: 30
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Alumni & Fundraising CRM Systems and Associated Services (APUC)” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 6 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 16 Nov 2022, 16:37 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Nov 2022, 16:37 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 19 Dec 2022 – …
- Authority reference
Reference number: ITS1054AP- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-032555- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03850aFind a Tender
- Performance terms
SUBMISSION OF MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
Prior to the commencement of the Framework Agreement, the Contractor will provide the Authority with contact details of the
Management Information contact who will be provided with a template spreadsheet/reporting schedule along with a username and password for the management information website www.ucsp.ac.uk ↗
The Contractors must provide the information on a quarterly basis, within 10 working days following the start of each quarter by logging into the website and uploading the template document. If there has been no spend for the quarter then this will still require you to log in and record a nil spend return.
Publisher note: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Tenderers will be required to submit a Form of tender, FOI disclaimer, APUC Supply Chain Code of Conduct including completion of Section 1 of the Sustain Supply Chain Evaluation Tool, and GDPR Assurance Assessment which will be available within the ITT. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 22800. For more information see: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ The Authority is using the Scottish Government Cyber Resilience Framework: self-assessment tool as part of this procurement exercise. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 22800. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 The Contracting Authority does not intend to include a sub-contract clause as part of community benefits (as per Section 25 of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014) in this contract for the following reason: This is a specialist multi-supplier framework for which sub-contracting options are limited. Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Provision of training opportunities to staff and students, apprenticeships and potential investment in Institution local communities. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 22800. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see:https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: The Contractor will work with the Authority to consider what community benefits can be delivered through this Framework Agreement. This will include, whenever feasible, ensuing that any Institution undertaking a call off can capture community benefits.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 19 Dec 2022, 17:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 19 Dec 2022, 17:30 GMT
Timeline
16 Nov 2022 → 19 Dec 2022 · 3 dates- Notice published16 Nov 2022, 16:37 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown19 Dec 2022, 17:00 GMT
- Bids opened19 Dec 2022, 17:30 GMT
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff Court HouseReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria