Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Liverpool John Moores University
4th Floor Kingsway House, Hatton Garden
Liverpool
L3 2AJ
UK
Contact person: Kathryn Houghton
E-mail: k.l.houghton@ljmu.ac.uk
NUTS: UKD52
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.ljmu.ac.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: higher education
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Agreement for a Virtual Learning Environment — Cloud Based.
Reference number: LJMU 1609
II.1.2) Main CPV code
48100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The University was seeking to renew its Institutional online learning provision, with a view to identifying a solution which will be fully operational from August 2017. The University sought a solution which will enable the Institution to provide exceptional opportunities for online learning. The system will:
— provide and support a full suite of content management and online learning tools;
— afford a high degree of flexibility to adapt to the changing and future needs of the University;
— be optimised for a range of mobile devices;
— offer an intuitive interface and workflows;
— deliver a high level of availability;
— be secure and resilient;
— support seamless integrations with other university business systems and learning applications;
— produce meaningful usage data and reports to support student learning and academic practice.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 687 628.66
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKD52
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
LJMU sought to implement a new VLE which must support the University's strategic plan. Be in the form of a cloud hosted service. Provides an API framework. Has full recovery and restoration capabilities. Offers an accessible, easy to use desktop and mobile interface for staff and students to retrieve course content and complete learning activities. Provides the widest possible opportunities to create rich, engaging learning activities. Be financially sustainable, offering vfm. Integrate seamlessly with current LJMU systems. Provides the ability to produce detailed, meaningful statistical reports on all system activity. Intuitive and easy to use assessment environment, Offers an intuitive user notification system. Provide a system which is fully optimised to allow all major mobile operating systems to undertake core VLE functions. Provide the University with a licensing structure. Be accessible allowing to meet its inclusion principles, ability to support day to day u.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 80 %
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 20 %
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
Open procedure
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:
2016/S 171-307380
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Agreement for a Virtual Learning Environment
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
08/11/2016
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Instructure Global Ltd
2nd Floor, 25 Kingly Street
London
W18 5QB
UK
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
URL: www.instructure.com
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 2 687 628.66
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Value of contract based on 7 years costs, however contract let as 5 years with the option to extend for 2 further years.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/11/2016