Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Queens University Belfast
University Road
Belfast
BT7 1NN
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKN - Northern Ireland
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/FinanceDirectorate/visitors/
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
QUB/2262/22 Tuition Fee Payment Acceptance Platform
Reference number
QUB/2262/22
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 66115000 - International payment transfer services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Queen’s seeks to procure a cloud-based Tuition Fee Payment Acceptance Platform to significantly improve the processes, security and customer experience associated with taking tuition fee related payments from payers. The new solution will replace the current Worldpay Corporate Gateway, and other manual payment methods within the Student Finance Office, with one third party software solution, which offers multiple payment methods and is a one-stop shop, fully integrated to Oracle’s PeopleSoft Campus Solutions in the Cloud (OCI), PUM25 known internally at Queen’s as Qsis.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £3,000,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 66115000 - International payment transfer services
- 48812000 - Financial information systems
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Queen’s seeks to procure a cloud-based Tuition Fee Payment Acceptance Platform to significantly improve the processes, security and customer experience associated with taking tuition fee related payments from payers. The new solution will replace the current Worldpay Corporate Gateway, and other manual payment methods within the Student Finance Office, with one third party software solution, which offers multiple payment methods and is a one-stop shop, fully integrated to Oracle’s PeopleSoft Campus Solutions in the Cloud (OCI), PUM25 known internally at Queen’s as Qsis.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Technical / Weighting: 62
Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 38
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
5 years, with options to extend by up to a further 60 months/to end of useful life
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: Yes
Identification of the project
QUB/2262/22
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2022/S 000-020812
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
QUB/2262/22
Title
Tuition Fee Payment Acceptance Platform
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
21 November 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other 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
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Flywire Payments Limited
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKI4 - Inner London – East
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £3,000,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £1,000,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Queens University Belfast
Belfast
Country
United Kingdom