North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium

Albert House, 17 Bloom Street,

Manchester

M1 3HZ

UK

Contact person: Natasha Peacock

Telephone: +44 1612348003

E-mail: natasha.peacock@nwupc.ac.uk

Main address: https://nwupc.ac.uk/

Address of the buyer profile: https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=nwupc

Other type:  sub-central contracting authority

Education

Global Workforce Management Services Lot 4 Global Workforce Management Services

Reference number:  PFB3135 NW

This tender is for Lot 4 of the Global Workforce Mobility Services Framework only. Lots 1 – 3 have already been tendered and the process is concluded. Lot 4 was included in the previous tender but the process for Lot 4 has been stopped. Therefore this tender relates to the retender of Lot 4 only. The NWUPC is seeking to establish a multi-provider framework agreement on behalf of the members of NWUPC, APUC, NEUPC, LUPC, SUPC and HEPCW for the provision of global workforce mobility services. Members referred to in the Contract Notice may also participate in the framework agreement. This will commence on 1 May 2021 for an initial period of 24 months until 30 April 2023 with the option to extend the Agreement for 12 months until 30 April 2024 and a further 12 months until 30 April 2025 subject to satisfactory economic operator performance.

Lot 4 Global Workforce Management Services includes the following scope;
The end to end activities involved with managing an international workforce. This includes, but is not limited to, the advice, management, fulfilment and support of immigration services, legal services in relation to international workforce considerations, overseas tax and accountancy consideration and overseas payroll. As a minimum Suppliers must be able to provide all of these services.
Domiciliation and employee relocation services may be provided under this Lot however it is not a mandatory requirement that the Supplier can offer these services.

Quality criterion  -  Name:  Customer Requirements  /  Weighting:  60.00%

Price  -  Weighting:  40.00%

Identification of the project: The framework may be used for ERDF funded projects.

The contract/lot is not awarded

Number of tenders received:  6

Number of tenders received from SMEs:  0

Number of tenders received by electronic means:  6

Anderson Anderson Brown LLP and Fragomen LLP

Aberdeen

UK

Deloitte LLP

London

UK

Ernst & Young LLP

London

UK

KPMG LLP

London

UK

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

London

UK

Santa Fe Relocation Services (UK) Limited

London

UK

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:  20000000.00  GBP

Total value of the contract/lot:  20000000.00  GBP

The contract is likely to be subcontracted

Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:  

The following organisations intend to utilise the framework agreement as soon possible after award: NWUPC https://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members APUC http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members HEPCW http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/ LUPC https://www.lupc.ac.uk/member-list NEUPC http://www.neupc.ac.uk/who-are-our-members SUPC https://www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members Member Institutions and affiliated Public Sector Bodies including FE colleges and the Research Councils (http:// www.ukri.org/) as defined by the above consortia. At some point during the life of the framework agreement the members of the following consortium may wish to utilise the agreement and should have access at any point with the permission of NWUPC. CPC https://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members/ At some point during the life of the framework agreement the current members of the following may wish to utilise the agreement and should have access at any point with the permission of NWUPC. This agreement is not intended to replace any current agreements that either participating or non-participating Institutions may already have in place. A list of the current members is available as follows: Central Government Departments, Local Government and Public Corporations that can be accessed at the Public Sector Classification Guide https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/datasets/publicsectorclassificationguide https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations Local Authorities https://www.gov.uk/find-local-council https://www.local.gov.uk NDPBs https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations National Parks Authorities https://www.nationalparksengland.org.uk/ Police Forces in the United Kingdom https://www.police.uk/forces https://www.police-information.co.uk/index.html Fire and Rescue Services in the United Kingdom https://www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/Fire-and-Rescue-Services NHS Bodies England https://www.nhs.uk/servicedirectories/pages/nhstrustlisting.aspx Hospices in the UK https://www.hospiceuk.org/about-hospice-care/find-a-hospice Registered Social Landlords (Housing Associations) https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/current-registered-providers-of-social-housing Third Sector and Charities in the United Kingdom https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission http://www.oscr.org.uk Citizens Advice in the United Kingdom http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/index/getadvice.htm www.cas.org.uk Scottish Police http://www.scotland.police.uk NI Public Bodies Northern Ireland Government Departments https://www.northernireland.gov.uk/topics/your-executive/government-departments https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/government-departments-in-northern-ireland Northern Ireland Public Sector Bodies and Local Authorities https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/list-public-bodies-which-ni-public-procurement-policy-applies Schools and Universities in Northern Ireland https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/ Health and Social care in Northern Ireland http://online.hscni.net Northern Ireland Housing Associations https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/housing-associations Police Service of Northern Ireland https://www.psni.police.uk

NWUPC Ltd

Albert House, 17 Bloom Street,

Manchester

M1 3HZ

UK

Telephone: +44 1612348000

E-mail: natasha.peacock@nwupc.ac.uk