Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
OUTWOOD GRANGE ACADEMIES TRUST
Potovens Lane,Outwood
WAKEFIELD
WF12PF
Contact
Suzi Richards
Telephone
+44 7989177767
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKE45 - Wakefield
Companies House
06995649
Internet address(es)
Main address
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
The Provision of Digital Recruitment Advertising
Reference number
FTSRAS160424
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79600000 - Recruitment services
- JA07 - Online
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Outwood Grange Academies Trust ("The Authority") intends to award a contract for the Provision of Digital Recruitment Advertisement.
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: £1,068,056
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 48100000 - Industry specific software package
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC - North East (England)
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Trust require an education specialist digital job board advertiser to promote our employment opportunities to a targeted national and international audience with a particular
reach to cover Outwood Grange Academies Trust's geographical profile and shortage secondary education subjects.
The Trust requires an established and proven digital job board to advertise our vacancies, which is particularly focused on
generating applications for primary and secondary teaching
and leadership positions.
This solution will provide unlimited digital advertising for all vacancy types and should allow for flexible and bespoke advertising campaigns which reflect the specific vacancies.
This contract does not require any services from media buying agencies, or similar intermediaries, or any managed employment services in the form of CV introductions for temporary or permanent vacancies.
This service solution must generate significant volumes of applications, with a particular focus on secondary school vacancies, job listing views and high quality referral traffic:
Education audience reach
1 million unique monthly views
100,000+ subscribers/registered database candidates
Significant organic search/referral traffic
Services included by the provider must cover:
Unlimited job postings
Candidate job email alerts - based on employment type, skills and experience and location
Targeted marketing
Employer Profile Listings
Mobile optimised web based job listing
Print advertising - for specific campaigns
Digital display advertising
Account/portal for analytical and reporting functionality
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: 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 award is made in line with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 Regulation 32(2)(b)where the required services being sought can be supplied only by the particular economic operator for the following reason:-
(ii) Competition is absent for technical reasons
In the case of the above, this was reviewed and where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition, it is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement;
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section five. Award of contract/concession
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
16 April 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
TES Global Ltd
Sheffield
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
02017289
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £1,068,056
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £1,068,056
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court
London
Country
United Kingdom