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Published 15 Jun 2021, 14:35 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Consultancy Services for Supporting International Higher Education Partnership

Official notice

Authority: University Of Edinburgh (Education)

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Scotland (UKM75)
Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Awarded 15 Jun 2021

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Edinburgh requires Consultancy Services for Supporting an International Higher Education Partnership in China

CPV: Business and management consultancy services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The University of Edinburgh seeks to further mature a partnership with a consortium of…Awarded

The University of Edinburgh seeks to further mature a partnership with a consortium of high-profile Chinese entities. The partnership intends to develop and deliver a “Health research, innovation and education programme.”

The university is now tendering to create a Framework Agreement to provide consultancy services from suitably qualified and experienced management consultancies to assist with phase 2 and possibly into phase 3 of the programme, to deliver the following objectives:

  • Support the management and implementation of the programme.
  • Monitor the progression of project plans and deliverables across the partnership to ensure achievement of mutually agreed objectives on-time and within budget.
  • Demonstrate that the partnership delivers value for money.
  • Advise on the balance of risk in the programme – strategic and delivery
Delivery: Scotland · Edinburgh, once Covid Restrictions allow. Occasional travel to China possibly required.
Extensions: The University would like to have the potential to use this Framework Agreement to purchase additional consultancy services if other projects within the University have projects of comparable scope and require a similar skill set to the current programme. With regard to estimated spend, UoE estimates the maximum spend for phase 2 and 3 of the current programme on this Framework Agreement would be a maximum of GBP 3.6 million. An additional allowance of GBP 1.4 million has been added to allow for potential spend on other similar or associated projects and is much more speculative.
79410000 Business and management consultancy 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: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (9)
  • Methodology: 11%
  • Service Delivery Team: 13%
  • Cultural and Geopolitical Challenges: 5%
  • Value maximisation: 6%
  • Quality Assurance: 8%
  • Security: 8%
  • Innovation and Value Added Services: 6%
  • Community Benefits: 3%
  • price: 40%
Published award criteria (9)
  • Methodology: 11
  • Service Delivery Team: 13
  • Cultural and Geopolitical Challenges: 5
  • Value maximisation: 6
  • Quality Assurance: 8
  • Security: 8
  • Innovation and Value Added Services: 6
  • Community Benefits: 3
  • Price: 40
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
  • “Consultancy Services for Supporting International Higher Education…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, 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
Awarded
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
15 Jun 2021, 14:35 BST
Last source update
15 Jun 2021, 14:35 BST
Authority reference
EC0928
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-013496
Classification (CPV)
Business and management consultancy services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02bc2b Find a Tender

Publisher note: (SC Ref:657412)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 15 Jun 2021

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Contract 013496-2021-EC0928-1

    Signed
    15 Jun 2021
    Value
    £5,000,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University Of Edinburgh

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 1HTContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body Edinburgh

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.