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Published 31 Jan 2023, 10:05 GMT

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)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Awarded 4 Dec 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 · no lot values published
Lot #1End-to-end online course developmentAwarded
Lot #2Lots 2a-2f: Specific servicesCancelled

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

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
Price: 30
Published award criteria (1)
  • Price: 30
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 30 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
  • “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.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

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
Awarded
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
Unspecified in notice
First published
31 Jan 2023, 10:05 GMT
Last source update
31 Jan 2023, 10:05 GMT
Authority reference
PE2022-23/1470
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-002885
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-03a15e Find a Tender

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Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 9admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 19
Contracts signed 9latest 4 Dec 2022

9 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 9 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £150,000, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

  • DES framework End-to-end course development

    Signed
    4 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • DES framework

    Signed
    4 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • DES framework

    Signed
    4 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • DES framework

    Signed
    4 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • DES framework

    Signed
    4 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • DES Framework

    Signed
    4 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • DES Framework

    Signed
    4 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • DES Framework

    Signed
    4 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active
  • DES Framework

    Signed
    4 Dec 2022
    Value
    ceiling above
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · End-to-end online course development19bids———
Whole notice19bids———

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

Framework contractors & participating bidders

9 commercial parties on the notice
  • Curio GroupFramework contractor08207271 71-75 Shelton Street, London, Yorkshire & Humber
  • German Project Solutions GmbHFramework contractorN/A Blumenau 44, D-22089 Hamburg, Hamburg, Yorkshire & Humber
  • Hubble Studios PTY LTDFramework contractorN/A Office 3, First Floor, Powder Mill, 5 Sunrise Circle, Ndabeni, Cape Town, South Africa, Cape Town, ZA
  • Instinct Resourcing LimitedFramework contractor07406506 2ndFloor, York House, York Street, Manchester, Manchester, Yorkshire & Humber
  • Learning Design Solutions LimitedFramework contractor13272289 14 Greenways Road, Brockenhurst, Brockenhurst, Yorkshire & Humber
  • LearningMate Solutions UK LtdFramework contractor05494091 1 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2PH, United Kingdom, London, Yorkshire & Humber, WC1N 2PH
  • Online Education ServicesFramework contractor10942893 Charter Buildings, 9 Ashton Lane, Sale, Manchester, United Kingdom, Manchester, Yorkshire & Humber
  • ProversityFramework contractor08777100 Charter Buildings, 9 Ashton Lane, Sale, Greater Manchester, Manchester, Yorkshire & Humber
  • WileyFramework contractor14295362 The Atrium, Southern Gate, Terminus Road, Chichester, Chichester, Yorkshire & Humber

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.