Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Newcastle University
Newcastle University, King's Gate
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
Contact
Mrs Natalie Morton
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKC - North East (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
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/1589-40) Website Quality Assurance Platform
Reference number
DN573799
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
We are seeking to procure a quality assurance tool to accurately and frequently monitor and report on https://www.ncl.ac.uk/, in terms of:
• ability to see the whole domain and individual sub-domains
• identifying broken links and spelling mistakes
• readability scoring
• accessibility reporting
• content and technical SEO reporting
• easier reporting/exporting of reports across the domain and specific sub-domains
• policies – ability to search for specific things, save the search queries and allow automatic reporting
• reporting on image optimisation opportunities
• CMS integration
• being intuitive and engaging for non-expert web editors
• having tailored access for editors
• training/onboarding with continuous training available online
• mobile responsive reporting
• good crawl frequency and accuracy
• ability to rank sub-domains against each other
We do not currently scan the whole of the web estate. We requiring a pricing breakdown to detail the cost of scanning:
1. up to 35,000 pages
2. up to 50,000 pages
3. All 104,000 pages on ncl.ac.uk
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: £20,000
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
- UKC - North East (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
We are seeking to procure a quality assurance tool to accurately and frequently monitor and report on https://www.ncl.ac.uk/, in terms of:
• ability to see the whole domain and individual sub-domains
• identifying broken links and spelling mistakes
• readability scoring
• accessibility reporting
• content and technical SEO reporting
• easier reporting/exporting of reports across the domain and specific sub-domains
• policies – ability to search for specific things, save the search queries and allow automatic reporting
• reporting on image optimisation opportunities
• CMS integration
• being intuitive and engaging for non-expert web editors
• having tailored access for editors
• training/onboarding with continuous training available online
• mobile responsive reporting
• good crawl frequency and accuracy
• ability to rank sub-domains against each other
We do not currently scan the whole of the web estate. We requiring a pricing breakdown to detail the cost of scanning:
1. up to 35,000 pages
2. up to 50,000 pages
3. All 104,000 pages on ncl.ac.uk
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Ability to meet required timeline / Weighting: P/F
Quality criterion - Name: Quality: Ability to meet the Requirements / Weighting: 60
Price - Weighting: 40
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/1589-40
Lot No
1
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
9 November 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 4
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 4
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 4
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Silktide Ltd
17 Brunel Parkway
Derby
DE1 3NT
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKC - North East (England)
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £16,984
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Newcastle University
Tyne and Wear
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Newcastle University
Tyne and Wear
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