Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation
Bishop Hall Lane
Chelmsford
CM1 1SQ
UK
E-mail: procurement@aru.ac.uk
NUTS: UKH
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.aru.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/angliaruskinuniversity
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/angliaruskinuniversity
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
T22/47_Media Buying PG Marketing Campaign
Reference number: T22/47
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79340000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Please find attached documents relating to the tender for Media Buying PG Marketing Campaign (issued under the restricted procedure)Please note the closing date for your SQ return is 12 noon on 30 June 2023. Tenderers must check that all the documents listed in the contents have been received and are complete in all respects:T22.47_SQ_Media Buying PG Marketing CampaignEnd date for Contract Finder is for information only.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH
Main site or place of performance:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
ARU expect to see an insight and research-led, omnichannel approach with the agency advising on split and weighting of budget, as well as suggestions of beta products, digital innovations and new approaches and content that ARU can adopt to help reach but more importantly inspire PG students in difficult times. We would like to see an agency with detailed experience and expertise in the post-graduate higher education market. ARU would like to see a UK targeted holistic main cycle recruitment and open event (virtual and on campus) campaign to promote all PG courses on offer at our Cambridge, Chelmsford and Peterborough campuses. We would also like the chosen agency to account for the purchasing of any third-party activity recommended as part of an all-encompassing campaign. We would like to see strategies addressing and targeting segments such as career changers and progressors, business audiences, homegrown audiences (e.g. UG to PG progressors), competitor universities and any other growth opportunities the agency would recommend.The proposed contract would be from Late Sept 2023 start to 31 October 2025 with the option to extend for a 1 + 1 x 12-month period.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
2 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start:
25/09/2023
End:
31/10/2025
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
1 + 1 x 12-months
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
1 + 1 x 12-months
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
30/06/2023
Local time: 12:00
IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates
Date:
17/07/2023
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation
Bishop Hall Lane
Chelmsford
CM1 1SQ
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation will incorporate the statutory 10-day standstill period under Regulation 87 into the award process. UK Legislation provides a mechanism for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or who are at risk of harm by Anglia Ruskin University Higher Education Corporation's breach of the Regulations to take action in the High Court. Any such action should be brought promptly and in any event within 30 days of the date the tenderer knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting proceedings have arisen. The procedures and grounds for appeal are set out in Regulation 92.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
30/05/2023