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Published 15 Sept 2025, 16:06 BST

Official UK procurement notice

EXECUTIVE AND ACADEMIC GOVERNANCE REVIEW

Official notice

Authority: City University (Education)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Published estimate£100,000≈ £120k / year · £120,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 6 Oct 2025
Contract term 10 moends 30 Nov 2026 · starts 2 Feb 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University is seeking a supplier to provide Executive and Academic Governance Review to assess and evaluate the University’s current arrangements for supporting Council and Senate decision-making and ensuring effective and transparent decision-making throughout the University.

It will make recommendations for future arrangements to maximise effectiveness and efficiency of governance whilst also demonstrating accountability, transparency and compliance with regulatory and best practice requirements.

This will include governance processes, systems, culture and behaviour; and recommend improvements with regards to governance best practice in higher education, taking into consideration the OfS regulatory framework, CUC guidance and related documentation and codes on best practice in both HE and other sectors. See Scope document

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CPV: Corporate governance rating services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1 10 moSMEPublished value£100,000
Contract period: 2 Feb 2026 – 30 Nov 2026 (10 mo)Value: £100,000 exc. VAT · £120,000 inc. VAT
Eligibility: SME eligible

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)
  • Criterion 2: 80%
  • Criterion 1: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Criterion 1: Price weighting
  • Criterion 2: Quality weighting
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
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
15 Sept 2025, 16:06 BST
Last source update
15 Sept 2025, 16:06 BST
Authority reference
Ref: 26/0048
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-056680
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Corporate governance rating services
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059a96 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Submission deadline
6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

All Tender responses need to be submitted via Delta eSourcing Portal: www.delta-esourcing.com ↗

Timeline

15 Sept 2025 → 2 Feb 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    15 Sept 2025, 16:06 BST
  2. Submission deadline385 days ago
    6 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Contract starts267 days ago
    2 Feb 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    15 Sept 2025, 16:06 BST
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

EXECUTIVE AND ACADEMIC GOVERNANCE REVIEW

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PVHC-8282-CYGZ City St George’s, University of London, Northampton Square, London, London, EC1V 0HBContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender