Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Newcastle University
Newcastle University, Procurement Services, Kingsgate
Newcastle
NE1 7RU
Telephone
+44 1912086396
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
(NU/1589-78) National Innovation Centre for Ageing Platform
Reference number
DN647199
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
To deliver on this vision, the platform must be able to provide full analytics on:
• Markets: The market landscape, market size and key players competing in this space.
o NICA track behaviours across-category, so we might want to highlight key market sectors to begin with.
• Trends: Existing and emerging innovations that fit with our areas of interest – keeping the data monitored over time as a permanent source of observation.
o NICA have developed a domain framework, which would need to be integrated.
• Behaviours: End-user insights to gauge appetite for and acceptability of existing solutions and identify opportunity gaps.
o NICA have developed coded behaviours as part of our ontology requiring semantic search – keeping the data monitored over time as a permanent source of observation.
The platform must also be configurable to include a suggested list of data sources (1,000 – 2,000 including but not limited to; stocks, companies, organisations and thought leaders) and have the capability to embed data visualisations from an external API / source, which will be fuelled by internal activity with our VOICE community.
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: £31,345.76
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 80300000 - Higher education services
- 72210000 - Programming services of packaged software products
- 48480000 - Sales, marketing and business intelligence software package
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
o deliver on this vision, the platform must be able to provide full analytics on:
• Markets: The market landscape, market size and key players competing in this space.
o NICA track behaviours across-category, so we might want to highlight key market sectors to begin with.
• Trends: Existing and emerging innovations that fit with our areas of interest – keeping the data monitored over time as a permanent source of observation.
o NICA have developed a domain framework, which would need to be integrated.
• Behaviours: End-user insights to gauge appetite for and acceptability of existing solutions and identify opportunity gaps.
o NICA have developed coded behaviours as part of our ontology requiring semantic search – keeping the data monitored over time as a permanent source of observation.
The platform must also be configurable to include a suggested list of data sources (1,000 – 2,000 including but not limited to; stocks, companies, organisations and thought leaders) and have the capability to embed data visualisations from an external API / source, which will be fuelled by internal activity with our VOICE community.
This went to Lot 6 suppliers on framework NU/1589 Marketing DPS.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Ability to meet programme timeline / Weighting: Pass/Fail
Quality criterion - Name: Quality: Ability to meet the requirement / Weighting: 40%
Quality criterion - Name: Portfolio examples of similar content / Weighting: 30%
Price - Weighting: 30%
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the setting up of a dynamic purchasing system
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: 2020/S 129-318079
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
(NU/1589-78)
Lot No
6
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
11 January 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Trensition
2 Gent
Vlierstraat
9000
Country
Belgium
NUTS code
- BE - Belgium
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £95,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £31,345.76
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Newcastle University
Tyne and Wear
NE17RU
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Newcastle University
Tyne and Wear
NE1 7RU
Country
United Kingdom
six.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.
six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Newcastle University
Tyne and Wear
NE1 7RU
Country
United Kingdom