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Official UK procurement notice

Virtual Internships 2025 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE) (Education)

ServicesBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£49,000≈ £49k / year · £49,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 26 Jun 2025awarded 8 Jul 2025
Awarded to Anglo Educational Services, Virtual Internship Partners2 awards
Contract term 1 yrends 30 Jun 2026 · starts 1 Jul 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

With internationalisation of education and learning, we are committed to develop our students into highly skilled graduates and global citizens. Enhancement in student employability skills

through diverse work experience opportunities including placements and internships form key part of our offer. As a result, we are looking for a provider offering virtual placements across the globe, through relevant online platform. We are interested to hear from providers offering opportunity for students to experience new and diverse organisational cultures across the UK,

Europe and many more. We are looking for relative products/services/platforms offering flexibility for students to undertake a virtual internship which aligns with their respective

programme of study. This would include internships across multiple Industry Sectors, and must cover, Procurement, Logistics and Supply Chain, Project Management, International Business.

The provider to support our ongoing EFMD accreditation supporting our culture environment.

The offer should provide knowledge and understanding of varied cultural behaviours supporting individual students through the application process in order to increase students' employability

skills. An online offer, that is easily accessible and managed through appropriate platform where students can record and monitor progress and interact via dashboard interventions

CPV: Education and training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 1 yrSMEPublished value£49,000
Contract period: 1 Jul 2025 – 30 Jun 2026 (1 yr)Value: £49,000 exc. VAT · £49,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligible
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1

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 awarding rule: The award criteria will be based on Time to Implement Internships Scope Price Diversity and cultural coverage Technical Support, online platform Additional Resources after completion Skills Developed

Conditions of participation1

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
12 Jun 2025, 10:20 BST
Last source update
11 Jul 2025, 15:07 BST
Authority reference
UoS/DH/24/25/QTR4/Virtual Internships 2025
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-031778
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV)
Education and training services
Delivery area
North West (UKD)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05474f Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
26 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
26 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Electronic submission
Not allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Please contact Kerry Moores with any correspondence and quotations k.a.moores@salford.ac.uk.

Timeline

12 Jun 2025 → 11 Jul 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    12 Jun 2025, 10:20 BST
  2. Clarification questions by
    26 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline
    26 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
  5. Latest notice published
    11 Jul 2025, 15:07 BST

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Jun 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    12 Jun 2025, 10:20 BST
    UK4
  2. Contract award notice published
    11 Jul 2025, 15:07 BST
    UK6
  3. Status changed to complete
    11 Jul 2025, 15:07 BST
  4. Contract signature expected
    11 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £50,0002 awards inc. VAT; no net value published
Bids received 44 from SMEs
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Anglo Educational ServicesSME11 Jul 2025 – 11 Jul 2026£25,000 inc. VAT8 Jul 2025Awarded
Virtual Internship PartnersSME11 Jul 2025 – 11 Jul 2026£25,000 inc. VAT8 Jul 2025Awarded

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
4final-stage tenders40—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Salford

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-CHC: RC000666 · GB-PPON: PDHR-3751-QPQR 43 The Crescent, Salford, North West, M5 4WTContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender