Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
University of Leeds
Purchasing Office, 1 - 3 Lifton Villas, Lifton Place
Leeds
LS2 9JZ
Contact
Saima Bibi
Telephone
+44 1133433798
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKE42 - Leeds
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/delta/
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
PE2022-23/1470 Digital Education Service Framework for Online learning design, development, technical and project management services
Reference number
PE2022-23/1470
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
The University of Leeds Digital Education Service seeks to establish strong relationships with suppliers of online learning design, development, technical and project management services for project-based working. This framework agreement will enable the Digital Education Service to be responsive to demand and provides additional capacity to complement the expertise within our established in-house design and development team. Services will be required for full or part(s) of the end-to-end design and development of fully online degree modules, short courses or professional learning (CPD) courses, or where specific professional skills are required to supplement our in-house online learning teams on a temporary basis.
Applications to join the framework are invited from:
•Companies providing end-to-end online course development (Lot 1)
•Agencies and companies providing specific services (Lots 2a-2f)
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £800,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots:
Lots 2a - 2f
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
End-to-end online course development
Lot No
1
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 72212100 - Industry specific software development services
- 72212190 - Educational software development services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKE42 - Leeds
Main site or place of performance
Leeds
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The University of Leeds Digital Education Service seeks to establish strong relationships with suppliers of online learning design, development, technical and project management services for project-based working. This framework agreement will enable the Digital Education Service to be responsive to demand and provides additional capacity to complement the expertise within our established in-house design and development team. Services will be required for full or part(s) of the end-to-end design and development of fully online degree modules, short courses or professional learning (CPD) courses, or where specific professional skills are required to supplement our in-house online learning teams on a temporary basis.
•Companies providing end-to-end online course development (Lot 1)
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £400,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
36
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
2 years
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
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
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Lots 2a-2f: Specific services
Lot No
2a-2f
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 72212100 - Industry specific software development services
- 72212190 - Educational software development services
- 80000000 - Education and training services
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 79600000 - Recruitment services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKE42 - Leeds
Main site or place of performance
Leeds
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
LOT 2. Course development services
Under Lot 2, tenders are invited from companies and agencies to provide services under one or more of the six skill groups (a-f) . The purpose of Lot 2 is to enable contracting of specialists on a temporary basis to work on discrete projects as part of a project team comprising internal and/or external team members. The six skill groups are defined below:
a)Online education project management – overseeing design and development of substantial projects comprising multiple short courses/modules.
b)Senior learning designer / learning designer – providing learning design workshop at the start of projects to produce a course outline; providing quality review of authored work; providing quality review of built assets.
c)Educational copy editor / proof-reader – contracted by project/group of courses to proof-read according to defined style guide either pre-build or on learning platforms and provide tracked-changes document.
d)Digital learning developer – building content into learning packages, e.g. Articulate Rise, Evolve.
e)Learning technologist – testing accessibility compliance of assets; scoping solutions by working with academic and learning design teams; problem-solving platform issues.
f)Digital designer (education) - creation of visual assets with an understanding of instructional requirements for education.
If a supplier can offer services in more than one area, they should submit a tender response for each area they wish to provide services for.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £400,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
36
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
2 years
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
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 three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
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
Framework agreement with several operators
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: 2022/S 000-000000
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
28 September 2022
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 4 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
28 September 2022
Local time
12:00pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.3) Additional information
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/respond/3H2NUUEQ66
GO Reference: GO-2022824-PRO-20843290
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
University of Leeds
Purchasing Office, 1 - 3 Lifton Villas, Lifton Place
Leeds
LS2 9JZ
Telephone
+44 1133433798
Country
United Kingdom