CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Executive recruitment search agent for Senior Leadership Team posts

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

The University of South Wales is one of Britain’s most exciting universities and a major player in the UK higher education sector. With over 25,000 students, we are an innovative, thriving and sustainable institution that is making a significant contribution to the economic, social and cultural prosperity of the region and beyond.

Our core purpose is to add value to students, through applied research and innovation, and through engagement with the economy and society of our region and the wider world. This purpose informs our vision, our strategic goals and how we focus and deliver our academic activities through our Strategic Plan.

Based across three campus locations in Cardiff, Newport and Pontypridd, our reach is both deep and wide. Within our Group structure are the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, which is the National Conservatoire for Wales, and a college of further education (The College Merthyr Tydfil). In addition, the University has active partnerships with all further education colleges across the region to facilitate access and progression to our programmes

Across the university, we place our values at the heart of everything we do: professional; responsive; creative; inspiring; and collaborative.

We are looking for outstanding leaders who embody these values and who can work with the talented staff in the faculties and beyond to build on successes and lead to the delivery of USW Strategy 2030.

Following changes to the structures of our Faculty leadership teams within the University of South Wales, we are seeking to appoint to 10 vacancies at Deputy Dean and Associate Dean level. This is an exciting time of change and an opportunity to bring in new and diverse talent to drive forward our Strategy 2030, utilising a specialist search agent to enable this goal.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=125966.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

Positions by Faculty:

Faculty of Business and Creative Industries (FBCI)

• Deputy Dean

• Associate Dean, SWBS

• Associate Dean, Partnerships and Business Development

• Associate Dean, Research and Innovation

Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science (FCES)

• Deputy Dean

• Associate Dean, Student Outcomes

• Associate Dean, Research and Innovation (FLSE)

Faculty of Life Sciences and Education

• Deputy Dean

• Associate Dean, Partnerships and Business Development – Crime, Security and Justice

• Associate Dean, Research and Innovation

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Interested parties must:

Be able to meet the specification and requirements as identified in the ITT document.

Meet the deadlines for the recruitment in relation to timescales.

Demonstrate delivery on recruitment projects of a similar nature.

Hold the relevant levels of insurance:

• Employers Liability £10 million

• Public Liability £5million

• Professional Indemnity £5million

Confirm adherence to the USW Terms and Conditions as enclosed with this tender.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

1778

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

Your tender submission will be evaluated in line with the following criteria and weightings:

• Perceived quality (including experience, expertise, presentation, review and analysis - 60%

• Costs – 30%

• Timescales – 10%

All queries are to take place within the portal via the Q & A function associated to this notice.

The deadline for queries is Midday, Thursday 3rd November 2022.

Your tender submission must be uploaded to the Sell2Wales portal Postbox.

Your submission must be received by the closing time and date of midday, Wednesday 9th November 2022.

You should allow adequate time for the loading of your documents so as to ensure receipt as the Postbox will electronically close at the deadline time and no further submissions will be accepted.

Please see the link below to the guidance document for details of how to use the Postbox function:

https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/userguides/SupplierPostboxGuide.pd

(WA Ref:125966)

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice