Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
The Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture
1 St James Court
Norwich
NR3 1RU
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Publicly funded professional membership body for the agriculture and horticulture sectors
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Integrated Digital Platform for CPD, Careers and Professional Membership
Reference number
TIAH001CPD
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
TIAH as the contracting authority require an economic operator to support all aspects of their development, launch and running of a membership and learning management system / online platform.
The platform that is developed must have the capability of providing all aspects of the authority's online experience for external users (visitors and members), internal users and partners. The platform must include a wide range of facilities including but not limited to a user profiling capability to deliver personalized experiences for platform visitors, managing and delivering digital learning, e-learning, blended learning, learning pathways, gamification, virtual instructor led training and instructor led training to users, with e-learning delivered directly by the authority and / or its training partners.
The platform must have the capability of being marketed on and offline using techniques including but not limited online advertising, social media marketing, and search engine optimization. It must be capable of supporting different commercial offers such as a range of pricing and subscription offers, memberships and potentially other commercial offers that may include bulk discounts and / or limited time offers.
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: £1,250,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 48211000 - Platform interconnectivity software package
- 48224000 - Web page editing software package
- 48312000 - Electronic publishing software package
- 48333000 - Contact management software package
- 48445000 - Customer Relation Management software package
- 80420000 - E-learning services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
TIAH as the contracting authority require an economic operator to support all aspects of their development, launch and running of a membership and learning management system / online platform.
The platform that is developed must have the capability of providing all aspects of the authority's online experience for external users (visitors and members), internal users and partners. The platform must include a wide range of facilities including but not limited to a user profiling capability to deliver personalized experiences for platform visitors, managing and delivering digital learning, e-learning, blended learning, learning pathways, gamification, virtual instructor led training and instructor led training to users, with e-learning delivered directly by the authority and / or its training partners.
The platform must have the capability of being marketed on and offline using techniques including but not limited online advertising, social media marketing, and search engine optimization. It must be capable of supporting different commercial offers such as a range of pricing and subscription offers, memberships and potentially other commercial offers that may include bulk discounts and / or limited time offers.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Technical / Weighting: 60
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10
Price - Weighting: 30
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
3 x 12 Month optional extensions
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted 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: 2021/S 000-022512
four.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
1
Title
TIAH001CPD
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
21 January 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Placecube Limited
1 London Street
Reading
RG1 4PN
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: £1,800,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £1,800,000
five.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture
1 St James Court
Norwich
NR3 1RU
Country
United Kingdom