Published date: 12 August 2024

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 13 September 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Higher education services - 80300000

  • Vocational training services - 80530000

Location of contract

ST5 5BG

Value of contract

£500,000

Procurement reference

IT-182-277-KU/660/DP/NOD/2024

Published date

12 August 2024

Closing date

13 September 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

16 October 2024

Contract end date

15 October 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Tenders are invited for the provision of Specialist Academic Support for Railway Operations Apprenticeships.

Since 2019, Keele University has been delivering a Senior Leader Apprenticeship and seeks to extend its provision to provide a specialist award for rail sector leaders, hereafter the SLA (Railway Ops).

The University wishes to offer two specialist rail operators start points on the apprenticeship in February and September, for a maximum of 50 learners (25 per start point) per academic year.

The Service Provider will be required to provide a comprehensive set of support services to the SLA (Railway Ops) in accordance with the Tender Specification in Section 2 of the Invitation to Tender (ITT) document.

The contract will run for a period of three years with options to extend for two further periods of one year. The decision of whether to take up the extension options will be down to the absolute discretion of the University.

The estimated total value of the contract over its duration (including the extension options if these are taken up) is £500,000 excluding VAT.

Main reasons for the decision not to sub-divide the contract into lots: Given the need for one Service Provider to co-ordinate the delivery of all of the services required, the contract has not been divided into lots.

Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Relevant Knowledge, Experience and Expertise of key named individuals assigned to performing the contract / Weighting: 300 marks
Quality criterion - Name: Approach and Methodology for Service Delivery including risk management and quality control / Weighting: 300 marks
Quality criterion - Name: Adherence to Data Security requirements in the delivery of the contract / Weighting: 100 marks
Price - Weighting: 300 marks

More information

Links

Additional text

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofkeele/aspx/Home

Tenders must be submitted electronically via: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofkeele/aspx/Home

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Darren Pearce

Address

Keele
Staffordshire
West Midlands
ST5 5BG
United Kingdom

Telephone

01782 734124

Email

d.pearce@keele.ac.uk