Contract

(NU/1589-31) Purchasing of an International Demand Tracker tool

  • Newcastle University

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-017610

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02cc38

Published 26 July 2021, 10:22am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Newcastle University

Newcastle University, King's Gate

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 7RU

Contact

Natalie Morton

Email

Natalie.Morton@ncl.ac.uk

Telephone

+44 1912086220

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.ncl.ac.uk

Buyer's address

https://www.ncl.ac.uk

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/1589-31) Purchasing of an International Demand Tracker tool

Reference number

DN553621

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

Newcastle University are seeking to appoint an international demand tracking supplier to provide data on international searches for UK universities and subjects. The tracker will drive data drive decisions for the international office and marketing specifically around portfolio management and marketing investment in specific regions and subject areas. The tracker will need to provide the following:

1. Ability to see sub-discipline growth/decline

2. Drill down by origin country, city, study-level, subject area, sub-discipline

3. Ability to See the impact of political, economic and policy changes impact student demand in real-time

4. Better understand our major market changes, and how these are impacting prospective student demand for the UK market, and other destinations

5. Understand prospective student demand as market-changes happen

6. Ability to prepare targeted recruitment and marketing tactics with regional demand data

7. See demand for students by country / city showing regional demand shifts and trends

8. The ability to understand student demand by destination

With the option to upgrade at a later date to have the ability to monitor our competitors and analyse our competitor search traffic.

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: £10,000

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 72210000 - Programming services of packaged software products
  • 48480000 - Sales, marketing and business intelligence software package
  • 48481000 - Sales or marketing software package
  • 79413000 - Marketing management consultancy services
  • 79342000 - Marketing services
  • 72212481 - Sales or marketing software development services
  • 72212480 - Sales, marketing and business intelligence software development services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Newcastle University are seeking to appoint an international demand tracking supplier to provide data on international searches for UK universities and subjects. The tracker will drive data drive decisions for the international office and marketing specifically around portfolio management and marketing investment in specific regions and subject areas. The tracker will need to provide the following:

1. Ability to see sub-discipline growth/decline

2. Drill down by origin country, city, study-level, subject area, sub-discipline

3. Ability to See the impact of political, economic and policy changes impact student demand in real-time

4. Better understand our major market changes, and how these are impacting prospective student demand for the UK market, and other destinations

5. Understand prospective student demand as market-changes happen

6. Ability to prepare targeted recruitment and marketing tactics with regional demand data

7. See demand for students by country / city showing regional demand shifts and trends

8. The ability to understand student demand by destination

With the option to upgrade at a later date to have the ability to monitor our competitors and analyse our competitor search traffic.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Ability to meet the Requirements / Weighting: P/F

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70

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.1.6) Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used

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 129-318079


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

NU/1589-31

Lot No

4

Title

(NU/1589-31) Purchasing of an International Demand Tracker tool

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

16 July 2021

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

IDP Connect Ltd

First Floor Bedford House, 69-79 Fulham High Street

Putney

SW6 3JW

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)

Total value of the contract/lot: £10,500


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Newcastle University

Tyne and Wear

NE1 7RU

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

Country

United Kingdom