Published date: 18 May 2016

This notice was replaced on 5 December 2016

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 5 December 2016)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£50,000,000

Procurement reference

PRO 3092 NW

Published date

18 May 2016

Closing date

20 June 2016

Contract start date

1 September 2016

Contract end date

30 August 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

The NWUPC has a requirement to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of Global Mobility Support Services. NWUPC is managing this procurement process in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (the "Regulations") on behalf of members of North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC), North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC), Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC), London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC), Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC), Higher Education Purchasing Consortium Wales (HEPCW), Crescent Purchasing Consortium (CPC), and U K Shared Business Services Ltd (UKSBS).

This Framework Agreement will commence on 1st September 2016 for an initial period of 36 months until 31st August 2019 with the option to extend the Agreement for 12 months until 31st August 2020 subject to satisfactory Economic Operator performance.

1.3.5 The Framework Agreement will be split into 5 lots as follows:
Lot 1 - Legal Services
Lot 2 - Taxation & Accountancy Services
Lot 3 - International Payroll Services
Lot 4 - Domiciliation Services
Lot 5 - Relocation Services
You can apply for a single lot or for multiple lots. You only need to complete and return one ITT document no matter how many lots you are applying for. However you must indicate in section 4 Lot Application which of the lots You wish to apply for. You will also have to complete any Lot specific documents. A full list of the documents required for a complete tender submission is provided in section 18 Document Checklist. Each bid will be assessed on its own merits and each lot will be evaluated and awarded separately. Successful award on a particular lot does not enable You to supply under any other Lot(s).

Each firm tendering for Lot 2 will be expected to provide a web based knowledge portal providing summary taxation guidance and advice with a Higher Education focus for country by country on a worldwide basis. Firms tendering for Lot 2 can confirm that they are willing to provide a web based knowledge portal as per question 7 of Appendix 7. Firm should be able to tailor their advice to take into the account the regional requirements depending on the location of the University.


About the buyer

Contact name

Ian Ross

Address

Albert House
17 Bloom Street
Manchester
M1 3HZ
England

Email

ian.ross@manchester.ac.uk