Official UK procurement notice
(NU/1589-51) Purchasing of placements on 3rd party websites
Authority: Newcastle University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe are seeking to appoint a supplier to help provide flexible booking of paid for placements, statistical platforms, profiles and other related services and advertising on a range of websites detailed below.
It is expected the value of each booking request will be between £500 and £100,000 inclusive of all taxes and agency fees. It is estimated there will be between 0 and 20 requests within the contract period. The total value of the work will be between £0 - £2,000,000
The supplier specifically is required to provide the following services and experience
- The flexible placement of at cost digital advertising and paid for profiles on:
a) Whatuni.com
b) Completeuniversityguide.co.uk
c) Hotcoursesabroad.com
d) Postgraduatesearch.com
- Provide campaign attribution and KPI measurements for activity relating to the paid activity on each site
- Direct access to IDP Connect IQ On Demand tool
- Direct access to IDP Connect IQ Demand Track
- Provide regular insight into industry best practice, trends and future placement opportunities, for example:
a) Provide insight into profile performance against competitors
b) Provide case study examples of other providers maximising their profiles on listing sites
c) Suggest additional placement opportunities across the IDP portfolio to improve campaigns and increase ROI
d) Give advance notice of new features and products available across the IDP portfolio of websites and associated third party placements
- Provide a single Account Manager for updating and managing the placements
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How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
- Bids received
- 1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
- Electronic auction
- yes
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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)
- quality: Ability to meet the Requirements: 20%
- Associated costs and fees: 80%
Published award criteria (3)
- Ability to meet the Requirements: P/F
- quality: Ability to meet the Requirements: 20
- Associated costs and fees: 80
- Price carries 80 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “(NU/1589-51) Purchasing of placements on 3rd party websites” is a dynamic market: 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- Procedure method
- Restricted 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
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 31 Mar 2022, 09:51 BST
- Last source update
- 31 Mar 2022, 09:51 BST
- Authority reference
DN599771- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-008636- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032857Find a Tender
- Review procedure
The University will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the
contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the
award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days,
provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the
contract is entered into.
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) provide for aggrieved parties who
have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High
Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) within 30 days of knowledge or constructive
knowledge of breach.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this dynamic market without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
(NU/1589-51) Purchasing of placements on 3rd party websites
- Signed
- 15 Mar 2022
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| We are seeking to appoint a supplier to help provide flexible booking of paid for… | 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | £0 – £2,000,000 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £0 – £2,000,000 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Suppliers admitted to the dynamic market
1 commercial party on the notice- IDP Connect LtdAdmitted to the market
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.