Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Queens University Belfast
University Road
Belfast
BT7 1NN
UK
E-mail: procurement@qub.ac.uk
NUTS: UKN
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.qub.ac.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/FinanceDirectorate/visitors/
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/2262/22 Tuition Fee Payment Acceptance Platform
Reference number: QUB/2262/22
II.1.2) Main CPV code
66115000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Queen’s seeks to procure a cloud-based Tuition Fee Payment Acceptance Platform to significantly improve the processes, security and customer experience associated with taking tuition fee related payments from payers. The new solution will replace the current Worldpay Corporate Gateway, and other manual payment methods within the Student Finance Office, with one third party software solution, which offers multiple payment methods and is a one-stop shop, fully integrated to Oracle’s PeopleSoft Campus Solutions in the Cloud (OCI), PUM25 known internally at Queen’s as Qsis.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
3 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
66115000
48812000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Queen’s seeks to procure a cloud-based Tuition Fee Payment Acceptance Platform to significantly improve the processes, security and customer experience associated with taking tuition fee related payments from payers. The new solution will replace the current Worldpay Corporate Gateway, and other manual payment methods within the Student Finance Office, with one third party software solution, which offers multiple payment methods and is a one-stop shop, fully integrated to Oracle’s PeopleSoft Campus Solutions in the Cloud (OCI), PUM25 known internally at Queen’s as Qsis.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Technical
/ Weighting: 62
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 38
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
5 years, with options to extend by up to a further 60 months/to end of useful life
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:
2022/S 000-020812
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: QUB/2262/22
Title: Tuition Fee Payment Acceptance Platform
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
21/11/2022
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Flywire Payments Limited
London
UK
NUTS: UKI4
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:
: 1 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Queens University Belfast
Belfast
UK
E-mail: procurement@qub.ac.uk
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
22/02/2023