Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Newcastle University
Newcastle University, King's Gate
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
UK
Contact person: Mrs Natalie Morton
E-mail: natalie.morton@ncl.ac.uk
NUTS: UKC
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.ncl.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.ncl.ac.uk
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
(NU/1589-40) Website Quality Assurance Platform
Reference number: DN573799
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
We are seeking to procure a quality assurance tool to accurately and frequently monitor and report on https://www.ncl.ac.uk/, in terms of:
• ability to see the whole domain and individual sub-domains
• identifying broken links and spelling mistakes
• readability scoring
• accessibility reporting
• content and technical SEO reporting
• easier reporting/exporting of reports across the domain and specific sub-domains
• policies – ability to search for specific things, save the search queries and allow automatic reporting
• reporting on image optimisation opportunities
• CMS integration
• being intuitive and engaging for non-expert web editors
• having tailored access for editors
• training/onboarding with continuous training available online
• mobile responsive reporting
• good crawl frequency and accuracy
• ability to rank sub-domains against each other
We do not currently scan the whole of the web estate. We requiring a pricing breakdown to detail the cost of scanning:
1. up to 35,000 pages
2. up to 50,000 pages
3. All 104,000 pages on ncl.ac.uk
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
20 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72210000
48480000
48481000
79413000
79342000
72212481
72212480
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
We are seeking to procure a quality assurance tool to accurately and frequently monitor and report on https://www.ncl.ac.uk/, in terms of:
• ability to see the whole domain and individual sub-domains
• identifying broken links and spelling mistakes
• readability scoring
• accessibility reporting
• content and technical SEO reporting
• easier reporting/exporting of reports across the domain and specific sub-domains
• policies – ability to search for specific things, save the search queries and allow automatic reporting
• reporting on image optimisation opportunities
• CMS integration
• being intuitive and engaging for non-expert web editors
• having tailored access for editors
• training/onboarding with continuous training available online
• mobile responsive reporting
• good crawl frequency and accuracy
• ability to rank sub-domains against each other
We do not currently scan the whole of the web estate. We requiring a pricing breakdown to detail the cost of scanning:
1. up to 35,000 pages
2. up to 50,000 pages
3. All 104,000 pages on ncl.ac.uk
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Ability to meet required timeline
/ Weighting: P/F
Quality criterion: Quality: Ability to meet the Requirements
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40
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
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
A dynamic purchasing system was set up
IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction will be used
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2020/S 129-318079
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: NU/1589-40
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
09/11/2021
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: 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
Silktide Ltd
17 Brunel Parkway
Derby
DE1 3NT
UK
NUTS: UKC
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 16 984.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Newcastle University
Tyne and Wear
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Newcastle University
Tyne and Wear
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The University will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the
contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the
award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days,
provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the
contract is entered into.
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) provide for aggrieved parties who
have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High
Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) within 30 days of knowledge or constructive
knowledge of breach.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Newcastle University
Tyne and Wear
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
19/11/2021