Notice Information
Notice Title
Engagement (Business to Business) CRM Systems and Associated Services
Notice Description
The Authority is seeking Contractor(s) for the supply of Engagement (Business to Business) CRM Systems and Associated Services to form a framework agreement, accessible to the UK Higher and Further Education institutions. APUC will tender utilising a vanguard institution. The requirements will reflect at University of Aberdeen, who may award on the basis of this Framework Agreement.
Lot Information
Lot 1
APUC is seeking to appoint contractors to a Framework Agreement to provide Engagement (Business to Business) CRM Systems on behalf of the UK Universities and colleges. Potential Services include but are not limited to: system implementation; migration support; support and maintenance; hosting, renewal of contracts and configuration and development if required by Institutions. This framework agreement is available to participation from Full and Associate Members and future members within the UK higher education regional purchasing consortia as follows: Advanced Procurement for Universities and Colleges (APUC Ltd) and associated members. http://http://apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC); https://www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/ourmembers London Universities Purchasing Consortium(LUPC); https://www.lupc.ac.uk/memberlist North Eastern Universities Purchasing Consortium (NEUPC); https://www.neupc.ac.uk/our-members North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium (NWUPC); https://www.nwupc.ac.uk/ourmembers Higher Education Purchasing Consortium Wales (HEPCW) https://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/ The requirements of University of Aberdeen will be used to set of and evaluate this Framework Agreement. As a Vanguard Institution, University of Aberdeen will be entitled to award in whole or in part, or not to award at all, as a result of this framework agreement. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Renewal: The Authority reserves the right to extend the Framework Agreement for a further two periods of 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance and continued requirements.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-03bc58
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009774-2023
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £20,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £20,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Apr 20233 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 11 May 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- APUC LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- STIRLING
- Postcode
- FK8 2DZ
- Post Town
- Falkirk and Stirling
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM0 Eastern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM02 Perth and Kinross, and Stirling
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Stirling
- Electoral Ward
- Stirling East
- Westminster Constituency
- Stirling and Strathallan
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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