Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Sheffield Hallam University
10005790
City Campus,Howard Street
SHEFFIELD
S11WB
UK
Contact person: Procurement Team
Telephone: +44 1142253431
E-mail: strategicprocurement@shu.ac.uk
NUTS: UKE32
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.shu.ac.uk
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sheffieldhallamuniversity/aspx/Home
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sheffieldhallamuniversity/aspx/Home
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
AN ONLINE PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT SERVICE
Reference number: 2223-14-FSP-RD
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80300000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Sheffield Hallam University is one of the UK's largest and most diverse universities: a community of more than 32,000 students, 4,000 staff and more than 250,000alumni around the globe. Our mission is simple: we transform lives. We provide people from all backgrounds with the opportunity to acquire the skills, knowledge and experience to succeed at whatever they choose to do. Our teaching, research and partnerships are characterised by a focus on real world impact - addressing the health, economic and social challenges facing society today.
The university has an ambitious plan for its taught portfolio, recognising the significant demand for skills development and the opportunity for a truly applied higher education experience. As a part of our strategy the university is seeking to extend its portfolio into the UK and Global online market to capitalise on its growing reputation as a leading applied and entrepreneurial university.
The university is seeking a commercial partnership to develop, scale and grow our online portfolio and extend our brand nationally and globally, in an operationally and financially sustainable way. We expect the partnership to be for up to 15 years with a value of up to £85m for the partner. We are looking for an online education partner with a considerable track record of partnering with Higher Education Institutions, who will work with us to develop a new wholly online portfolio of post-graduate courses that reflect our ambition to be the world's leading applied university and ensure we are able to reach prospective students on a UK and global stage.
We are not seeking a model whereby the University only validates or accredits the provision - our vision for an online portfolio is founded on the premise that our online students will feel a part of Sheffield Hallam University and will be able to benefit from our teaching, learning and distinctive Hallam Model. We are not however expecting there to be any mandatory attendance on campus as a part of the course delivery; the desired model is a fully online one.
The university's current online portfolio (c.22 courses of which 17 are post graduate level) has been developed organically for a Continuing Professional Development(CPD) market, predominantly in the health and education areas. We are not seeking in the first instance to replace any of this existing provision; rather we are looking to develop an additional offer with potential to attract high student numbers from both UK and international markets. As the partnership matures and we build capacity and capability within Sheffield Hallam we will want the flexibility to add to the portfolio and respond with agility to global trends and potential changes to UK market opportunities.
Creating a student experience that is authentic to the Sheffield Hallam mission, vision and values lies at the heart of this exciting new development; we believe that getting this right, in an applied learning context, will distinguish our offer from that of others. We want a partner who will be just as invested in student success as we are; who will work with us to create a coherent and consistent experience supported by both organisations. The academic pedagogy and delivery will come from the University but will be informed and shaped by the partner's considerable experience in online education; the prospective student journey and end-to-end student success will be delivered by the partner, working closely with the university. The partner and the university will work closely together to develop systems and processes to support the online offer. By harnessing strength and capability across both organisations, the Online portfolio will become a means to truly transform lives.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
85 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80420000
80430000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKE32
Main site or place of performance:
Online Services UK and Worldwide
The NUTS code does not adequately represent the delivery location as the services are online
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The university is seeking a commercial partnership to develop, scale and grow our online portfolio and extend our brand nationally and globally, in an operationally and financially sustainable way. We expect the partnership to be for up to 15 years with a value of up to £85m for the partner. We are looking for an online education partner with a considerable track record of partnering with Higher Education Institutions, who will work with us to develop a new wholly online portfolio of post-graduate courses that reflect our ambition to be the world's leading applied university and ensure we are able to reach prospective students on a UK and global stage.
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:
85 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 180
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 2
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:
The university is applying the Light Touch Regime for Education Services.
The process being adopted is based upon, but does vary from, the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation. The process is set out in the Invitation to Negotiate, available for free access on In-tend: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sheffieldhallamuniversity/aspx/Home. An initial shortlisting of 3 potential partners will apply using the selection criteria defined in the Supplier Selection Questionnaire (SQ). The University reserves the right to select fewer/more than 3 parties to take forward to the Negotiation Stage. Further shortlisting may occur during the negotiation phases as defined in the Invitation to Negotiate.
Variants: Variants to the preferred model will only be accepted within the parameters set out in the Invitation to Negotiate.
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
Yes
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The initial term is 10 years. There is an option to extend the agreement by up to 5 years beyond the initial term,
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 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:
as defined in the procurement documentation published on In-tend
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
III.2.3) Information about staff responsible for the performance of the contract
Obligation to indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff assigned to performing the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive procedure with negotiation
IV.1.4) Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
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 000-000232
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
30/11/2022
Local time: 10:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
15/12/2022
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
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
Please be advised there were two additional notices linked to this procurement that FTS would not attach, those being the Contract Notice 2022/S 000-021483 and subsequently the Contract Award Notice 2022/S 000-027416 to advise of the aborted process, to allow for this new negotiated process to be invoked.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Legal Services- Sheffield Hallam University
Howard Street
Sheffield
S1 1WB
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
04/11/2022