Published date: 20 June 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: 12 July 2024, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Higher education services - 80300000

  • Specialist training services - 80510000

Location of contract

WC2B 4BG

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

IT-10-1572-KCL-00001572

Published date

20 June 2024

Closing date

12 July 2024

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

1 September 2024

Contract end date

31 August 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

King's College London's department of Banking and Finance in King's Business School has a requirement for external providers to provide specialist teaching by financial industry practitioners to bring theoretical and practical knowledge to its undergraduate and postgraduate courses. The teaching will be delivered at KCL campuses in London.

The programmes are required to be delivered from September 2024. The initial term of the contract(s) will run from September 2024 to August 2027 to cover the academic years 2024/2025, 2025/2026 and 2026/2027.

The contract(s) may be extended for up to a further 2 years, subject to satisfactory performance (a maximum of 5 years).

The services are split into two discrete lots of specialised areas:

Lot 1: Specialised teaching to support a suite of financial educational programmes which include the following:
1. KCL's Financial Trading Programme (FTP)
2. Market Intelligence Programme (MIP)
3. Postgraduate Fintech and Data Science Programme (FDS)
4. Undergraduate Finance Trading Programme (UGFTP)
5. Personal Development Programme (PDP)
6. Dissertation support services
7. Speaker series.

Lot 2: Specialised teaching to support KCL's MSc in Asset Pricing, Empirical Finance and Financial Analytics Programmes.

It is anticipated that up to 2 contracts will be awarded. Subcontracting will not be permissible.

More information

Links

Additional text

Further information is available on KCL's e-tendering portal (In-Tend).

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : Yes

About the buyer

Contact name

Gemma Marchand

Address

Bush House
30 Aldwych
London
WC2B 4BG
United Kingdom

Telephone

020 7836 5454

Email

gemma.marchand@kcl.ac.uk