Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Queen' University Belfast
University Road
Belfast
BT7 1NN
UK
Contact person: Pamela Rodgers
Telephone: +44 2890973026
E-mail: pamela.rodgers@qub.ac.uk
Fax: +44 2890971390
NUTS: UKN06
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.qub.ac.uk/po
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/queensuniversitybelfast/aspx/Home
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
QUB/1835/19 Contract for the Provision of International Study Tour Agent
Reference number: QUB/1835/19
II.1.2) Main CPV code
63500000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Queen’s wish to appoint an international study tour agent to fully manage a 5-day international study tour to San Francisco, United States of America as part of their Masters of Business Administration (MBA) student’s programme.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
375 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
63500000
63510000
79997000
63516000
63515000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN06
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Queen’s wish to appoint an International Study Tour Agent to fully manage a 5-day international study tour to San Francisco, United States of America as part of their Masters of Business Administration (MBA) student’s programme. The purpose of this programme is allow these students to gain experience of a different working culture and business environment, and gain an insight into global business trends through networking opportunities with high-level executives. The International Study Tour will incorporate both the social innovation and business planning, and business analytics electives from the integrated knowledge module, with visits and activities selected as appropriate. Students will be assessed on their study tour learning as part of the assessments within their chosen elective. Role of the Tour Agent: the appointed tour agent will be fully responsible for planning the itinerary (with Queen’s input and approval), managing travel arrangements and engaging high-level leaders of multinationals corporations to participate in the course programme.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
12 months with options to extend by up to a further 48 months
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
Yes
II.2.14) Additional information
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 189-460024
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
06/01/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Austral Education Group
Santiago Chile
CL
NUTS: 00
The contractor is an SME:
No
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:
: 375 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Queen's University Belfast
University Road
BT7 1NN
UK
Telephone: +44 2890973026
E-mail: procurement@qub.ac.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Queen' University Belfast
University Road
Belfast
BT7 1NN
UK
Telephone: +44 2890973026
E-mail: pamela.rodgers@qub.ac.uk
Fax: +44 2890971390
Internet address(es)
URL: www.qub.ac.uk/po
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
06/08/2020