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Published 18 Nov 2021, 09:15 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Global Foundation College · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Heriot-Watt University (Education)

ServicesProcedure involving negotiations
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submissions closed 2 Dec 2021

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University wishes to develop a partnership with a suitably qualified and experienced organization to provide the recruitment, marketing, sales and admissions activities, with international student support, for a suite of educational foundation programmes for international students intending to progress onto the University’s undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes at the UK, Dubai and Malaysia campuses.

CPV: Education and training services · Higher education services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

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

This procedure is being carried out in accordance with the Light Touch Regime as outlined in the Public Contract (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

This procurement will use the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation procedure.

Please refer to the Stage 1 - Selection Stage (SPD) documentation for full details of the award procedure.

Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
Shortlisting
Please refer to Stage 1 - Selection Stage documentation for full details of rules and criteria for participation. Bidders must pass all criteria outlined Part III [SPD] Exclusion grounds and Part IV [SPD] Selection Criteria (B) Economic and Financial Standing. The sum of the weighted scores for Part IV: C Technical and Professional Ability of Part IV [SPD] Selection Criteria, shall be combined to produce an overall score. It is anticipated that the highest five (5) scoring submissions will be selected to progress to Stage 2 – Invitation to Tender (ITT), provided that those five Bidders all achieve a minimum score of 50% on the statement questions contained within SPD section 4C.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Procedure involving negotiations
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
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
18 Nov 2021, 09:15 GMT
Last source update
18 Nov 2021, 09:15 GMT
Authority reference
HWU-UK-2122-032
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-028770
Classification (CPV)
Education and training servicesHigher education services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02f7d1 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Performance terms

TBC at Stage 2 - Invitation to Tender

Publisher note: - Economic operators may be excluded from this exercise if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. - Tenderers will be asked to confirm that they will be in a position to submit the following forms prior to contract award in Stage 2 – Invitation to Tender. These forms are for information only: Form of Tender; Bona Fide Tender; Freedom of Information; Supply Chain Code of Conduct; Parent Company Guarantee (if appl) - The Successful Contractor will be required to provide three years audited accounts, or equivalent prior to awarded to the Contract. There must be no qualification or contra-indication from any evidence provided in support of the Contractor’s economic and financial standing. - The Successful Contractor must confirm that they comply with the requirements of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. - Performance conditions may relate to social & environmental considerations i.e., training; recruitment; subcontracting opportunities. Further details will be included in the Stage 2 documents. The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this PQQ exercise. The Project code is 5700. 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: Sub-contracting will not be applicable for this agreement. The Contracting Authority does not intend to include any community benefit requirements in this contract for the following reason: There is limited scope for mandated Community Benefit within this contract, however, the tender does encourage suppliers to consider Community Benefits and Added Value as part of their response to the Technical Questions in Stage 2 - ITT. (SC Ref:674107)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ ↗

Submission deadline
2 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

18 Nov 2021 → 2 Dec 2021 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    18 Nov 2021, 09:15 GMT
  2. Submission deadline
    2 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Heriot-Watt University

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Moyen House, Research Park North, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH14 4APContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Edinburgh Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace CourtReview body Edinburgh

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.