Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
University of Edinburgh
Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1HT
UK
E-mail: antonia.hynd@ed.ac.uk
NUTS: UKM75
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/procurement/supplying
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00107
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
Consultancy Services for Supporting International Higher Education Partnership
Reference number: EC0928
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79410000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The University of Edinburgh requires consultancy services for supporting an international higher education partnership in China.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
5 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79410000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM75
Main site or place of performance:
Edinburgh, once Covid Restrictions allow.
Occasional travel to China possibly required.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The University of Edinburgh seeks to further mature a partnership with a consortium of high-profile Chinese entities. The partnership intends to develop and deliver a ‘Health research, innovation and education programme’.
The university is now tendering to create a framework agreement to provide consultancy services from suitably qualified and experienced management consultancies to assist with phase 2 and possibly into phase 3 of the programme, to deliver the following objectives:
— support the management and implementation of the programme,
— monitor the progression of project plans and deliverables across the partnership to ensure achievement of mutually agreed objectives on-time and within budget,
— demonstrate that the partnership delivers value for money,
— advise on the balance of risk in the programme – strategic and delivery.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Methodology
/ Weighting: 11
Quality criterion: Service delivery team
/ Weighting: 13
Quality criterion: Cultural and geopolitical challenges
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Value maximisation
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: Quality assurance
/ Weighting: 8
Quality criterion: Security
/ Weighting: 8
Quality criterion: Innovation and value added services
/ Weighting: 6
Quality criterion: Community benefits
/ Weighting: 3
Price
/ Weighting:
40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The University would like to have the potential to use this framework agreement to purchase additional consultancy services if other projects within the University have projects of comparable scope and require a similar skill set to the current programme.
With regard to estimated spend, UoE estimates the maximum spend for phase 2 and 3 of the current programme on this framework agreement would be a maximum of GBP 3 600 000. An additional allowance of GBP 1 400 000 has been added to allow for potential spend on other similar or associated projects and is much more speculative.
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.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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:
2020/S 189-457566
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: EC0928
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
15/06/2021
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: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
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
2020 Delivery Ltd trading as The PSC
30 Stamford St
London
SE1 9LQ
UK
Telephone: +44 7872603518
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 5 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:657412)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Edinburgh Sheriff Court
Edinburgh
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
15/06/2021