Official UK procurement notice
Target X Recruitment Suite
Authority: University of East Anglia (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionHigher Education specific recruitment software application, which must be fully integrated with the Universities existing CRM platform, Salesforce. Covering all aspects of recruitment event management, direct applications and decision management, including the ability to communicate compliantly with all constituents.
CPV: Industry specific software package
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Cloud based software for Higher Education specific recruitment software application,…
Cloud based software for Higher Education specific recruitment software application, covering all aspects of recruitment event management, direct applications and decision management, including the ability to communicate compliantly with all constituents. The recruitment software application must fully integrate with the Salesforce Eco System.
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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).
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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).
- Price
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Mar 2023, 10:38 BST
- Last source update
- 27 Mar 2023, 10:38 BST
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-008783- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b62eFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
Given the embedded nature of both how the system is used within Salesforce and with our business processes, whilst ensuring we are CMA and GDPR / UK Data Act 2018, means that there is no other system in the market that can deliver the integrated and holistic recruitment processes for UEA.
Continual due diligence is undertaken through extensive research to understand current product availability and future upcoming functional and product developments and can confirm, that there is no other solution available now nor on the road-map for the next 18 months.
Publisher note: The University of East Anglia (UEA) uses Salesforce Education Cloud (EDA) and Salesforce Marketing Cloud for all CRM interactions with all prospects, enquirers and applicants (constituents). We require a software product that is fully integrated with this CRM platform, in order to facilitate the ability for constituents to make an application to study at UEA. The software must be EDA compatible. This software package comes with integration services, allowing us to service our data to other core and corporate systems. The system is required to be mobile first. The data that is collected, feeds other aspects of the Salesforce eco-system including Marketing Cloud and Salesforce Student Success Hub (student support case management system, which holds all current student details). The TargetX recruitment suite is utilised for admitting to a variety of courses at UEA. These vary in length, level of study and type. For example all post graduate taught and research programs, degree apprenticeships, continuing profession development and the full suite of undergraduate programs. TargetX recruitment suite allows us to; prospecting, event management, recruitment, direct applications, application processing and academic reviewing and associated MI. TargetX recruitment suite allows us to be CMA and GDPR / UK Data Act 2018 compliant, for our applicant and student data held within the system, especially for the communication of contractual correspondence (durable medium). The remedies rules are set out in Part 3 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liaison International | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 008783-2023-1 · Liaison International
- Signed
- 27 Mar 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud based software for Higher Education specific recruitment software application,… | — | — | — | US$533,140 – US$536,140 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | US$533,140 – US$536,140 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Chancery Division of the High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Liaison InternationalAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.