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Published 18 Jul 2023, 16:42 BST

Official UK procurement notice

HR Engagement Strategy & Survey Platform

Official notice

Authority: UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE) (Education)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£222,000exc. VAT18.8% below published estimate
Submissions closed 18 Aug 2023awarded 11 Oct 2023
Awarded to People Insight

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University has committed to procuring a Staff Survey tool and expert support to carry out an all-Colleague survey every 2 years and an interim pulse survey in the interval years. This contract will cover a period of 6 years with 3 complete cycles of full and interim surveys. This commitment is part of our University People Plan and ongoing engagement strategy, helping us to measure, track and benchmark our colleague engagement levels over time and understand the colleague experience compared to the rest of the Higher Education sector This will also be a key tool for us to understand the impact of various aspects of the People Plan on the culture and working environment for all colleagues, including our EDI Strategy and other strategic initiatives.

CPV: Survey conduction services · Survey design services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedPublished value£222,000
Delivery: North West
Variant bids: not allowed

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: 85%Price: 15%
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Expertise and Experience: 25%
  • Approach and Methodology: 30%
  • Technical Solution & Features: 30%
  • price: 15%
Published award criteria (4)
  • Expertise and Experience: 25
  • Approach and Methodology: 30
  • Technical Solution & Features: 30
  • Price: 15
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    As per tender documents.

What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 15 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1.5 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
18 Jul 2023, 16:42 BST
Last source update
20 Oct 2023, 11:49 BST
Award evaluation window
18 Aug 2023 – …
Authority reference
UoS/OW/22/23/QTR4/HR Engagement Strategy & Survey Platform
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-031007
Classification (CPV)
Survey conduction servicesSurvey design services
Delivery area
North West (UKD)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03e324 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

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
18 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
18 Aug 2023, 12:01 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

18 Aug 2023 → 20 Oct 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    18 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    18 Aug 2023, 12:01 BST
  3. Notice published
    20 Oct 2023, 11:49 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    20 Oct 2023, 11:49 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £180,3001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11
Contracts signed 1latest 11 Oct 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
People Insight£180,300 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 031007-2023-1 · People Insight

    Signed
    11 Oct 2023
    Value
    £180,300
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
11bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE)

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation GB-COH: RC000666 University of Salford, SALFORD, North West, M54WTContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • University of SalfordReview body Salford

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