Contract

Provision of a Payment Platform

  • University of the West of Scotland

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-007028

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02a2e5

Published 6 April 2021, 4:40pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

University of the West of Scotland

High Street

Paisley

PA1 2BE

Email

procurement@uws.ac.uk

Telephone

+44 1418483943

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKM83 - Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.uws.ac.uk

Buyer's address

https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00473

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

Provision of a Payment Platform

Reference number

UWS/2020/044

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 66172000 - Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Provision of a payment platform for collection of UWS income from various sources including Debit /Credit Cards, Paypal, Recurrent Card Payments, Specialist payment pathways (Tuition Fees, Accommodation, Deposits, etc.) and Online Shop.

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: £240,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 66172000 - Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKM83 - Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire
Main site or place of performance

Across UWS Campuses (Ayr,Dumfries,Lanarkshire,London & Paisley)

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Provision of a payment platform for collection of UWS income from various sources including Debit /Credit Cards, Paypal, Recurrent Card Payments, Specialist payment pathways (Tuition Fees, Accommodation, Deposits, etc.) and Online Shop.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Technical Compliance / Weighting: 30

Quality criterion - Name: Technical Support / Weighting: 10

Price - Weighting: 60

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

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

The WPM payment platform is currently integrated across UWS and has been over the previous 5 years.The switching to another service provider would require significant changes to UWS policies and procedures and could pose a high security risk in terms of PCI compliance.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2020/S 158-386994


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

UWS/2020/044

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

3 August 2020

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

WPM Education Ltd

26 Victoria Way

Burgess Hill

RH15 9NF

Telephone

+44 8442641580

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
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: £240,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £240,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

(SC Ref:629879)

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Paisley Sheriff Court

3 St James Street

Paisley

PA3 2HL

Email

paisley@scotscourt.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1418876702

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

University of the West of Scotland

High Street

Paisley

PA1 2BE

Email

procurement@uws.ac.uk

Telephone

+44 1418483000

Country

United Kingdom