Notice Information
Notice Title
250285 Contract for the Provision of External Investigator Service
Notice Description
With a large and diverse membership of staff and students, it is important for the University to have in place a fair, transparent, accessible and robust process for dealing with complaints and allegations of misconduct. The University also recognises the potential risk to its reputation and considers that, in order to improve the management of this risk and thereby protect the Queen's brand and also being mindful of the University's core values, it would be desirable to engage the services of a firm of investigators to conduct complex or high-risk investigations. Therefore, the University is seeking to engage a Supplier to undertake investigations into complaints and allegations of misconduct brought by/against students and by/against members of staff. Such complaints or allegations may be complex, sensitive or pose a high risk to the University and may include allegations of sexual misconduct or inappropriate behaviour; allegations of racism, sexism, homophobia; allegations of bullying, harassment, discrimination.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The Contract shall be for an initial period of 1 year, with the option to extend the contract by up to a further 48 Months subject to satisfactory annual review
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05e9b0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007488-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79720000 - Investigation services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £266,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £266,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £320,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 28 Jan 20263 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 22 Dec 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 27 Jan 20263 weeks ago
- Contract Period
- 16 Feb 2026 - 15 Feb 2027 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- 2030-08-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST
- Contact Name
- Fei Li Toh
- Contact Email
- procurement@qub.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT7 1NN
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- TLN Northern Ireland
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007488-2026
28th January 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077445-2025
26th November 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/queensuniversitybelfast/aspx/Home
Tender documents are accessible from web address provided
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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