Published date: 11 December 2017

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 11 October 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

  • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

Location of contract

BS34 8SR

Value of contract

£100,000

Procurement reference

UK SBS BLOJEU-CR17113HEFCE - Evaluation of HEFCE's Safeguarding Students Catalyst Fund Projects

Published date

11 December 2017

Closing date

11 October 2017

Contract start date

30 October 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The final date and time for the submission of bids is 11/ 10 / 2017 at 14:00

**NOTE** Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately is a system generated error that is outside of the Contract Authorities control

All tender information MUST be submitted through the CCS eSourcing Portal.


To appoint an external evaluator (individual or team) from September 2017 to March 2019 to support and enable learning, exchange and dissemination of innovative and good practice from and between cohorts of projects from two Catalyst Calls: Catalyst Fund - Safeguarding students on campus and Catalyst Fund - Tackling hate-crime and online-harassment on campus.

63 projects have already been allocated funded through the Catalyst Fund - Safeguarding students on campus with a further cohort of projects to be funded through the Catalyst Fund - Tackling hate-crime and online-harassment on campus; we anticipate a similar number of projects to be funded in this cohort.

Both Calls are funded through HEFCE's Catalyst Fund [http://www.hefce.ac.uk/funding/catalyst/].

Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement. All attachments can be found with the RFx attachments tab within the Emptoris System.

This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set out in the ITQ document.

How to Apply

As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS will be using the CCS eSourcing Suite for this procurement.

To register on the CCS eSourcing portal please follow the details contained within the Additional Information section of this notice.

If you are already registered on the CCS eSourcing portal and wish to register your interest in this opportunity please email; expressionofinterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Your email must clearly state:
• the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for;
• the name of the registered Bidder;
• the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

UK SBS BLOJEU-CR17113HEFCE - Evaluation of HEFCE's Safeguarding Students Catalyst Fund Projects

  • Opportunity
  • Published 25 September 2017

Attachments

Links

Additional text

DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER

All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts)

Responses must be received by the date in the bid documents.

Responses received outside or concurrently using the eSourcing process will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity.

How to Register on the CCS eSourcing Suite

Full details of this opportunity can be found on the e-sourcing portal please follow instructions below. If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following the link 'Register for CCS eSourcing'.

Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.

Once you have registered on the eSourcing Suite, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing expressionofinterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk.

Your email must clearly state:
• name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for;
• name of the registered Bidder;
• name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email.

Crown Commercial Service will process the email and then enable the Bidder to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. The Sourcing documents can then be accessed on the eSourcing Suite at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in the Specification documents within Contracts Finder.

As a user of the e-Sourcing Suite you will have access to Emptoris email messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific RFX event.

Please note it is your responsibility to access these emails on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information.

For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact Crown Commercial Service Helpdesk: Telephone: 0345 010 3503

Training documents to support Bidders to utilise Emptoris CCS eSourcing are available in the Contracts Finder Tender documents section.

About UK Shared Business Services

UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) brings a commercial attitude to the public sector; helping our customers improve efficiency, generate savings and modernise.

Our broad range of expert services is shared by our customers. This allows our customers the freedom to focus resources on core activities; innovating and transforming their own organisations.

For full details of our partner base please review the following link: http://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/

Award information

Awarded date

25 October 2017

Contract start date

30 October 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2019

Total value of contract

£99,905

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

THE LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

Address

Peer House
WC1X 8LZ
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 04929860

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Polaris House
Swindon
SN2 1ET
England

Telephone

01793 867005

Email

Research@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk