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Contract award notice

Information

Published

External Reference: 2023-533309

FTS Reference: 2023-019123

Contract award notice

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Nottingham Trent University (NTU)
GB 277399933
50 Shakespeare Street
Nottingham
NG1 4FQ
UK
Contact person: Dean Scaife
Telephone: +44 1158482921
E-mail: dean.scaife@ntu.ac.uk
NUTS code:  UKF14 -  Nottingham
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=NTU
Address of the buyer profile: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/128806

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

Provision of Public Affairs Advice Consultancy
Reference number:  NTU/23/2299/DS
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

79416200  -  Public relations consultancy services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

Nottingham Trent University has a strong reputation within government for student support, HE & FE collaboration and investing in the student experience. With the recent appointment of Professor Edward Peck as the Department for Education’s Student Support Champion, clear and current understanding of government policy and direction is critical.
The University is looking for a Public Affairs consultancy provider to further assist in positioning us with key political and policy stakeholders nationally. We want our reputation to be as such that we top of mind to be invited to influence on a range of issues of strategic policy and practice that are of importance to us, the student and the sector.
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

79416000  -  Public relations services
79416100  -  Public relations management services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  UKF14 -  Nottingham
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

Nottingham Trent University has a strong reputation within government for student support, HE & FE collaboration and investing in the student experience. With the recent appointment of Professor Edward Peck as the Department for Education’s Student Support Champion, clear and current understanding of government policy and direction is critical.
The University is looking for a Public Affairs consultancy provider to further assist in positioning us with key political and policy stakeholders nationally. We want our reputation to be as such that we top of mind to be invited to influence on a range of issues of strategic policy and practice that are of importance to us, the student and the sector.
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Price
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Open procedure
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement : yes
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the FTS: 2022/S 000-034074

Section V: Award of contract

Contract No: 1

Title: Provision of Public Affairs Advice Consultancy

A contract/lot is awarded: no
V.1)

Information on non-award

The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure)

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information

The University’s requirements since publishing in November 2022 have substantially changed focus, moving the support required in relation to public affairs away from supporting the University’s agenda to a developing strategic theme of research, knowledge exchange and civic partnership. As a result, the University has deemed a new technical specification will be required to better reflect the University’s requirements. We two recent key appointments in the research arena at NTU and a further appointment in relation to our MTIF (Medical Technologies Innovation Facility), the University shall be looking to re-tender for this new requirement in October 2023.
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK

VI.4.2)

Body responsible for mediation procedures

The Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK

VI.4.4)

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK