Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
University of the West of Scotland
High Street
Paisley
PA1 2BE
UK
Telephone: +44 1418483943
E-mail: procurement@uws.ac.uk
NUTS: UKM83
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.uws.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00473
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Provision of a Payment Platform
Reference number: UWS/2020/044
II.1.2) Main CPV code
66172000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Provision of a payment platform for collection of UWS income from various sources including debit /credit cards, paypal, recurrent card payments, specialist payment pathways (tuition fees, accommodation, deposits, etc.) and online shop.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
240 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
66172000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM83
Main site or place of performance:
Across UWS Campuses (Ayr, Dumfries, Lanarkshire,London and Paisley).
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provision of a payment platform for collection of UWS income from various sources including debit/credit cards, paypal, recurrent card payments, specialist payment pathways (tuition fees, accommodation, deposits, etc.) and online shop.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical compliance
/ Weighting: 30
Quality criterion: Technical support
/ Weighting: 10
Price
/ Weighting:
60
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
The WPM payment platform is currently integrated across UWS and has been over the previous 5 years.The switching to another service provider would require significant changes to UWS policies and procedures and could pose a high security risk in terms of PCI compliance.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2020/S 158-386994
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: UWS/2020/044
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
03/08/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
WPM Education Ltd
26 Victoria Way
Burgess Hill
RH15 9NF
UK
Telephone: +44 8442641580
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 240 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:629879)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Paisley Sheriff Court
3 St James Street
Paisley
PA3 2HL
UK
Telephone: +44 1418876702
E-mail: paisley@scotscourt.gov.uk
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
University of the West of Scotland
High Street
Paisley
PA1 2BE
UK
Telephone: +44 1418483000
E-mail: procurement@uws.ac.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
06/04/2021