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Published 12 May 2022, 15:13 BST

Official UK procurement notice

(NU/1777) Supply of a Survey Platform Solution

Official notice

Authority: Newcastle University (Education)

ServicesOpen procedure
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submissions closed 13 Jun 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Newcastle University is looking for a secure, customisable easy to use survey platform to

collect and analyse data provided by our colleagues, contingent colleagues and

postgraduate students across all Faculties. Data could be gathered through a quick pulse

survey or as part of a comprehensive listening strategy with a view to generating actionable

insights and identifying opportunities for impact.

Newcastle University has in the region of 28,000 students and 6,000 staff. The University

requires a licence for approximately 6,500 stakeholders who may use the survey platform as

end users. To date various licence agreements have been in place across the University for a

range of survey platform providers for use across research, academic and cross-cutting

requirements. The lack of consistency in terms of features and capability of these platforms

has led to challenges when conducting data gathering exercises across target audiences.

Therefore, the University is clear that the need to administer well-designed surveys exceeds

the scale and capability of existing provision.

The University’s ambition is to provide a positive survey experience for all colleagues and

students, enabled by a platform which includes powerful analytics, reporting tools and

technical support when needed.

The scope of this tender is for the supply and support of a survey platform to be used by all

members of the University, including those located in our Branch Campuses in Malaysia and

CPV: Survey services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1CancelledRenewal
Delivery: North East
Extensions: The contract is expected to commence in July 2022 ready to ‘go-live’ on 26 September 2022, but for the purposes of licensing will run for an initial 12 months from the go-live date, ending on 4th September 2023. If the performance of the successful tenderer fulfils the expectations of the University during the initial 12-month contract period, then a further 12-month contract may be awarded to run from 26 September 2023 until 25 September 2024, subject to mutual agreement. A final 12-month contract may then also be awarded on the same basis, to run from 26 September 2024 to 25 September 2025.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: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Technical Merit and Functional Fit: 20%
  • Usability: 20%
  • Qualitative Requirement: 20%
  • price: 40%
Published award criteria (4)
  • Technical Merit and Functional Fit: 20
  • Usability: 20
  • Qualitative Requirement: 20
  • 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.

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
Cancelled
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
12 May 2022, 15:13 BST
Last source update
3 Aug 2022, 11:01 BST
Award evaluation window
13 Jun 2022 – …
Authority reference
DN612131
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-021226
Classification (CPV)
Survey services
Delivery area
North East (UKC22)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03370d Find a Tender
Review and risk notes
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.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
13 Jun 2022, 14:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
13 Jun 2022, 14:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

13 Jun 2022 → 3 Aug 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    13 Jun 2022, 14:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    13 Jun 2022, 14:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    3 Aug 2022, 11:01 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to cancelled
    3 Aug 2022, 11:01 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1

1 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Newcastle University

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Newcastle University, Procurement Services, Kingsgate, Newcastle, North East, NE1 7RUContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.