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Published 24 Aug 2022, 16:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

PE2022-23/1470 Digital Education Service Framework for Online learning design, development, technical and project management services

Official notice

Authority: University of Leeds (Education)

Framework agreement2 lotsServicesOpen procedure
Framework ceiling (notional)£800,000total for 2 lots · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 28 Sept 2022
Lots 2see the lot list below

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The University of Leeds Digital Education Service seeks to establish strong relationships with suppliers of online learning design, development, technical and project management services for project-based working. This framework agreement will enable the Digital Education Service to be responsive to demand and provides additional capacity to complement the expertise within our established in-house design and development team. Services will be required for full or part(s) of the end-to-end design and development of fully online degree modules, short courses or professional learning (CPD) courses, or where specific professional skills are required to supplement our in-house online learning teams on a temporary basis.

Applications to join the framework are invited from:

•Companies providing end-to-end online course development (Lot 1)

•Agencies and companies providing specific services (Lots 2a-2f)

CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Education and training services · Educational software development services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Industry specific software development services · Recruitment services

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value

Every one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £400,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.

Lot #1End-to-end online course developmentRenewalceiling above
Lot #2Lots 2a-2f: Specific servicesRenewalceiling above

LOT 2. Course development services

Under Lot 2, tenders are invited from companies and agencies to provide services under one or more of the six skill groups (a-f) . The purpose of Lot 2 is to enable contracting of specialists on a temporary basis to work on discrete projects as part of a project team comprising internal and/or external team members. The six skill groups are defined below:

a)Online education project management – overseeing design and development of substantial projects comprising multiple short courses/modules.

b)Senior learning designer / learning designer – providing learning design workshop at the start of projects to produce a course outline; providing quality review of authored work; providing quality review of built assets.

c)Educational copy editor / proof-reader – contracted by project/group of courses to proof-read according to defined style guide either pre-build or on learning platforms and provide tracked-changes document.

d)Digital learning developer – building content into learning packages, e.g. Articulate Rise, Evolve.

e)Learning technologist – testing accessibility compliance of assets; scoping solutions by working with academic and learning design teams; problem-solving platform issues.

f)Digital designer (education) - creation of visual assets with an understanding of instructional requirements for education.

If a supplier can offer services in more than one area, they should submit a tender response for each area they wish to provide services for.

Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber · Leeds
Extensions: 2 yearsVariant 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
Lot distribution rule: Lots 2a - 2f
What this means for your bid
  • “PE2022-23/1470 Digital Education Service Framework for Online learning…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
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
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
24 Aug 2022, 16:05 BST
Last source update
24 Aug 2022, 16:05 BST
Award evaluation window
28 Sept 2022 – …
Authority reference
PE2022-23/1470
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-023672
Classification (CPV)
Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityEducation and training servicesEducational software development servicesIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportIndustry specific software development servicesRecruitment services
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE42)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0362a0 Find a Tender

Publisher note: For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Leeds:-Business-services:-law%2C-marketing%2C-consulting%2C-recruitment%2C-printing-and-security./3H2NUUEQ66 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/respond/3H2NUUEQ66 GO Reference: GO-2022824-PRO-20843290

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
28 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
120 days from the deadline
Bids opened
28 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST

Timeline

24 Aug 2022 → 28 Sept 2022 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    24 Aug 2022, 16:05 BST
  2. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    28 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids opened
    28 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Leeds

Contracting authorityEducationRegional or local authorityEducation Purchasing Office, 1 - 3 Lifton Villas, Lifton Place, Leeds, Yorkshire & Humber, LS2 9JZContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

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