Official UK procurement notice
(NU1589-54) Technical SEO Support
Authority: Newcastle University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe are seeking to appoint a supplier to work on the second phase of our technical SEO project.
In this last year, we’ve audited the technical SEO performance of NCL.ac.uk, ran thorough and automated competitor analyses, and built a three-year SEO strategy that prioritises narrowing the way in which Google crawls the estate in order to maximise crawl budget, and fix critical technical SEO issues.
This work was spearheaded by an external technical SEO agency.
This tender is for the second phase of this SEO project, to deliver the elements detailed below.
The supplier must have demonstrable, specialist experience in technical SEO, specifically within the context of large sites (200,000+ URLs) and within the Higher Education sector. They will also need to have the ability to integrate into our existing content and web teams, whilst being sensitive to the challenges of effecting change in such a large, complex organisation as Newcastle University.
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How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
- Bids received
- 2 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: 60%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (4)
- Ability to meet the timeline: P/F
- Ability to meet the Requirements: P/F
- Quality: Ability to meet the Requirements: 60
- Price: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “(NU1589-54) Technical SEO Support” 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
- 6 Jun 2022, 12:44 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Jun 2022, 12:44 BST
- Authority reference
DN601350- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-015490- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-034328Find 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
(NU1589-54) Technical SEO Support
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2022
- Value
- £18,720
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Suppliers admitted to the dynamic market
1 commercial party on the notice- Andrew Charlton T/A Crawl LtdAdmitted to the market
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.