Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation
Bishop Hall Lane
Chelmsford
CM1 1SQ
UK
E-mail: procurement@aru.ac.uk
NUTS: UKH
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.aru.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/angliaruskinuniversity/
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/angliaruskinuniversity/
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
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
T24/22_Dynamic Purchasing System for Provision of Private Student Residential Accommodation
Reference number: T24/22
II.1.2) Main CPV code
98341000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
ARU is establishing the Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to provide ARU with a compliant procurement route for the provision of private student residential accommodation to new ARU students. The DPS will provide one or multiple suitable buildings to ARU in order to fulfil our accommodation needs. When the DPS is established, ARU will be able to search for Potential Providers that match their requirements using: service category, room type and price and any other criteria deemed necessary and available within the standard search criteria. ARU will invite all Potential Providers admitted to the DPS to bid for the specific contract, via a call for further competition (mini-competition) but may impose further conditions which exclude some Potential Providers from a specific competition. The DPS will be open for a period of 3 years and applications to the DPS may be made at any time during this period.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
8 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
ARU is establishing the Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) to provide ARU with a compliant procurement route for the provision of private student residential accommodation to new ARU students. The DPS will provide one or multiple suitable buildings to ARU in order to fulfil our accommodation needs. When the DPS is established, ARU will be able to search for Potential Providers that match their requirements using: service category, room type and price and any other criteria deemed necessary and available within the standard search criteria. ARU will invite all Potential Providers admitted to the DPS to bid for the specific contract, via a call for further competition (mini-competition) but may impose further conditions which exclude some Potential Providers from a specific competition. The DPS will be open for a period of 3 years and applications to the DPS may be made at any time during this period.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
8 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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
II.2.14) Additional information
All details regarding the DPS can be found within the tender documents.
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
Please see Tender documentation.
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the setting up of a dynamic purchasing system
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
18/02/2028
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 36 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
Yes
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
This Tender is being conducted electronically using the Anglia Ruskin University eTendering system which can be found at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/angliaruskinuniversity/To receive documents, the users must first register and obtain login details. Existing users should log in to the website and express interest.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation
Bishop Hall Lane
Chelmsford
CM1 1SQ
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation will incorporate the statutory 10-day standstill period under Regulation 87 into the award process. UK Legislation provides a mechanism for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or who are at risk of harm by Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation's breach of the Regulations to take action in the High Court. Any such action should be brought promptly and in any event within 30 days of the date the tenderer knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting proceedings have arisen. The procedures and grounds for appeal are set out in Regulation 92.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
19/02/2025