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Published 1 Apr 2022, 17:19 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Placement Management Solution (Higher Education)

Official notice

Authority: University of Huddersfield (Education)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£600,000exc. VAT8.3% below published estimate
Submissions closed 20 May 2022awarded 29 Mar 2023
Awarded to QuantumIT Europe Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Huddersfield intends to implement a single system for student placement management. There are several systems already in use across the institution which will be replaced by the single procured solution. The single system will achieve the following outcomes: - Replace manual placement activity with a systemised process- Deliver a business-wide solution using a centralised system- Deliver operational dashboards to facilitate day to day placement management Implementation of a university wide placement management system to increase the efficiency of the administration of placement opportunities. The following objectives have been identified: - Procurement of a suitable commercial off the shelf (COTS) placement system developed for higher education usage - Development, customisation, and implementation of the system in a phased rollout - Support a standardised process for placement management across the University which includes automating parts of the process

CPV: Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£600,000
Extensions: The resulting agreement will have an initial duration of 2 years during which time the supplier will be required to deliver against all agreed milestones. Upon successful delivery against these milestones, the agreement will extend for an additional 3 years, with the option to extend for 2 further periods of 3 years and 2 years. The maximum agreement term is 10 years.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
  • Price
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability

    None

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
Goods
Notice status
Awarded
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
1 Apr 2022, 17:19 BST
Last source update
26 Apr 2023, 10:08 BST
Award evaluation window
20 May 2022 – …
Authority reference
HUD-CLS-040
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-011922
Classification (CPV)
Software package and information systems
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE44)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03296a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
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Submission deadline
20 May 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
20 May 2022, 13:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

20 May 2022 → 26 Apr 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    20 May 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    20 May 2022, 13:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    26 Apr 2023, 10:08 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    26 Apr 2023, 10:08 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £550,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Mar 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
QuantumIT Europe Limited£550,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Huddersfield

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Queensgate, Huddersfield, Yorkshire & Humber, HD1 3DHContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

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