Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON ENTERPRISE LIMITED
Wulfruna Street
WOLVERHAMPTON
WV11LY
Telephone
+44 1902321000
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKG - West Midlands (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's 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
21-13 Student Support Services
Reference number
21-13
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 98110000 - Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
University is looking to establish agreements with suitable Contractor(s) who can provide
Student Support Services to our students eligible for support via Disabled Students
Allowance, ESFA funding, other funding bodies, or for support funded by the University of
Wolverhampton. Students awarded DSA will possess a needs assessment that details what
support, adjustments and equipment a student requires based on the assessor's
determination of how their disability affects their individual ability to study and could place
them at a disadvantage. Similarly the University may undertake an assessment of the
support needs of a student not eligible for DSA and provide support funded by the University
or other funding bodies the University is eligible to claim for. This is a Managed Service for
use when the University does not have capacity within its Non-Medical Helper (NMH) team.
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: £636,369.75
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
University is looking to establish agreements with suitable Contractor(s) who can provide
Student Support Services to our students eligible for support via Disabled Students
Allowance, ESFA funding, other funding bodies, or for support funded by the University of
Wolverhampton. Students awarded DSA will possess a needs assessment that details what support, adjustments and equipment a student requires based on the assessor's
determination of how their disability affects their individual ability to study and could place
them at a disadvantage. Similarly the University may undertake an assessment of the
support needs of a student not eligible for DSA and provide support funded by the University
or other funding bodies the University is eligible to claim for. This is a Managed Service for
use when the University does not have capacity within its Non-Medical Helper (NMH) team.
The aim of this tender is to create a Framework Agreement of five (5) suitable Providers of
Student Supports Services or those scoring over 75% that can be used by the University.
This tender is to establish agreements with Contractor(s) to supply Assessments for
students with disabilities, medical conditions or SpLD where required and NMH Support
Workers that ensures we continue to deliver the quota of DSA support that the University of
Wolverhampton have been awarded or to provide support to students not eligible for DSA
funded support. For the purposes of the DSA funded activity awarded to the University, the
University is responsible for the invoicing and quality of the support provided whether
provided by a member of the University of Wolverhampton NMH team or by a support worker
provided by an agency. The support workers provided by the agency will be included in the
annual DSA audit as a member of the University NMH support worker team. The University is
responsible for ensuring that only suitably qualified support workers who meet the
requirements of the DSA framework provide DSA funded support to our students.
This is a Managed Service, the successful Contractor(s) must be able to provide support
across the following areas:
• British Sign Language Interpreters (BSLI)
• Manual Note Takers
• Practical or Study Support Assistants
• Exam support workers
• Specialist Note Taker (for Deaf / Hard of Hearing students) including electronic note
taking and Speech To Text Reporter
• Specialist Note taker for Visually Impaired (VI) students including Braille
• Specialist Mentor Mental health conditions (MH)
• Specialist Mentor (Autism Spectrum Conditions - AS)
• Specialist one-to-one study skills support (Specific Learning Difficulties - SpLD)
• Specialist one-to-one study skills support (AS)(MH)
• Specialist support professional for students with sensory impairment - deaf or visually
impaired students
The University is also looking to establish agreements with Diagnostic Assessors to support
students and/or other students where the University deems necessary for an assessment to
take place.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 30
Price - Weighting: 70
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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 000-007725
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
21-13
Title
21-13 Student Support Services
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
4 August 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Barry Bennet Ltd, Ranstad HR Solutions Ltd, Warwick University Enterprises Limited, First Class Enterprise Group
United Kingdom
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £636,369.75
Total value of the contract/lot: £636,369.75
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Framework awarded to the following suppliers in rank order:
Warwick University Enterprises Limited,
Coventry
Randstad HR Solutions Ltd,
Bedfordshire
First Class Enterprise Group Ltd,
Devon
Barry Bennett,
Bury
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
University of Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Country
United Kingdom