Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting 
        entity
      
I.1) Name and addresses
  Tenet Education Services Ltd
  Procurement House, 23 Leslie Hough Way
  Manchester
  M6 6AJ
  UK
  
            Telephone: +44 1376511411
  
            E-mail: jack.buckley@tenetservices.com
  
            NUTS: UKD33
  Internet address(es)
  
              Main address: http://www.tenetservices.com/
  
              Address of the buyer profile: http://www.tenetservices.com/
 
I.1) Name and addresses
  New College Durham
  Framwellgate Moor Campus
  Durham
  DH1 5ES
  UK
  
            Telephone: +44 1913754000
  
            E-mail: jack.buckley@tenetservices.com
  
            NUTS: UK
  Internet address(es)
  
              Main address: http://www.newdur.ac.uk/
  
              Address of the buyer profile: http://www.newdur.ac.uk/
 
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
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
New College Durham — Provision of Virtual Learning Environment
            Reference number: CA6928 -
  II.1.2) Main CPV code
  48190000
 
  II.1.3) Type of contract
  Supplies
  II.1.4) Short description
  New College Durham is looking to procure a virtual learning environment or learning management system which must encompass the required functionality throughout the length of the contract.
  II.1.6) Information about lots
  
            This contract is divided into lots:
            
        No
      
 
II.2) Description
  
    II.2.3) Place of performance
    NUTS code:
    UKC14
Main site or place of performance:
    County Durham.
    II.2.4) Description of the procurement
    New College Durham is looking to procure a virtual learning environment or learning management system which must encompass the required functionality throughout the length of the contract.
    II.2.5) Award criteria
    
                    Cost criterion: Notice is cancelled
                    / Weighting: 100.00 %
    II.2.11) Information about options
    
            Options:
            
              Yes
            
    Description of options:
    108 month(s) from the commencement date, with 36 initial month(s) and option to extend 2 x 36 month(s).
    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:
  2020/S 023-052358
 
Section V: Award of contract
          Contract No: CA6928
          Title: New College Durham — Provision of Virtual Learning Environment
        A contract/lot is awarded:
        
        No
      
V.1 Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
Section II.3) — dates refer to the initial contract period and do not include the options of any extensions.
Section IV.3.5) — any dates shown are an estimate.
In the first instance, candidates should register with www.multiquote.com and express an interest in the contract, full details of the contract will be available.
The contracting authority shall not be under any obligation to accept any tender. The contracting authority reserves the right to cancel the entire or parts of the tender, without such an action conferring any right to compensation on the tenderers.
The contracting authority has no liability to settle any cost incurred by the tenderer as a result of the tendering procedure.
VI.4) Procedures for review
  VI.4.1) Review body
  
    Tenet
    Procurement House, 23 Leslie Hough Way
    Salford
    M6 6AJ
    UK
   
  VI.4.3) Review procedure
  Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
  The authority will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point that information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. If an appeal regarding the award of contract has not been successfully resolved then the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by breach of the rules to take action in the High Court. Any such action must be brought promptly (generally within 3 months).
 
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
18/05/2020