Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Leeds Trinity University
Brownberrie Lane
Mark Hayter
LS18 5HD
UK
Telephone: +44 1132837100
E-mail: m.hayter@leedstrinity.ac.uk
NUTS: UKE4
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/6E379988TB
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
Moodle Hosting
Reference number: ITS075LTU
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72212900
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The university wishes to migrate its current Moodle provision to SaaS and seeks the services of a hosting company that has the expertise and resources required to meet our maintenance and technical support needs, ideally a Moodle Certified Partner.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
283 900.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKE42
Main site or place of performance:
Leeds
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The key objectives and deliverables of this project are: 1.Migrate our Moodle environment to SaaS hosting. The chosen supplier will: •Provide development, test, and live instances of Moodle •Monitor and maintain our database, servers, and back-ups. •Upgrade our systems and additional plug-ins •Configure, maintain, and develop Moodle integration end points •Troubleshoot problems and faults. •Apply security patches to ensure that our VLE is not vulnerable to cyber-attacks. •Act as a ‘trusted partner’ to proactively alert us to new technical developments, features and functionality, provide guidance on best practice, develop customisations, and share information on relevant trends in the sector to guide future VLE and Digital Learning strategy 2.Documentation/guidance for the Digital Learning Team on escalating problems and faults that they are unable to resolve to the third party. 3.Processes for notification, testing, scheduling and approval of upgrades and configuration changes 4.Academic staff and student user comms and guidance on any changes to the look and feel of the Moodle user interface e.g., changes to menu/block locations, terminology, and content creation processes
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The university reserves the right to extend the contract for any period up to a maximum of two years, subject to satisfactory contract performance
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:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2022/S 000-011820
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
02/03/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
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
Titus Learning Ltd
08799881
Salts Mill, Victoria Road
Saltaire
BD18 3LA
UK
NUTS: UKE41
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:
: 283 900.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
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VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Leeds Trinity University
Brownberrie Lane
Leeds
LS18 5HD
UK
Telephone: +44 1132837100
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Leeds Trinity University
Brownberrie Lane
Leeds
LS18 5HD
UK
Telephone: +44 1132837100
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Leeds Trinity University
Brownberrie Lane
Leeds
LS18 5HD
UK
Telephone: +44 1132837100
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
03/03/2023