Notice Information
Notice Title
Student Accommodation
Notice Description
Student Accommodation through a Nominations Agreement.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The University of South Wales requires rooms to be secured in support of student recruitment at our Cardiff campus. The requirement is for hall style rooms in Cardiff with a PBSA provider (purpose built student accommodation provider) to secure value rooms for Cardiff students.
Procurement Information
In September 2024, the Contracting Authority issued a speculative notice to the market regarding a short term (1 year) contract for Student Accommodation providers. The service provider was the only person to respond to the speculative notice, as the short term nature of the contract was not technically viable for other service providers. Having a longer-term contract is not an option for the contracting authority, meaning another provider delivering the contract was a near technical impossibility. It is therefore only possible to award this contract to the provider, as there was an absence of competition. Due to the conflicting interests of the contracting authority and provider market (i.e. short term requirement v longer term contractual preference) there is a mandatory contractual requirement which prevents any additional providers from being viable. There is no reasonable alternative or substitute. The contract is based upon service need, and the provider is the only one which can meet this technical requirement. This award is justified under Reg 32 and the contract will be awarded on this basis in compliance with the Procurement Act 2023 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2024. To ensure the viability of this service in the future, the Contracting Authority is reviewing its processes and specification to enable them to consider procuring for a longer term contract which may be better suited to the technical requirements of the market.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-kuma6s-149777
- Publication Source
- Sell2Wales
- Latest Notice
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=149777
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
55 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
-
- CPV Codes
55110000 - Hotel accommodation services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £1,042,096 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 21 May 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 9 Apr 202510 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH WALES
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement@southwales.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1443482386
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PONTYPRIDD
- Postcode
- CF37 1DL
- Post Town
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLL Wales
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLL5 South East Wales
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLL51 Central Valleys and Bridgend
- Delivery Location
- TLL22 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
-
- Local Authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Electoral Ward
- Treforest
- Westminster Constituency
- Pontypridd
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR507182
Student Accommodation - Student Accommodation through a Nominations Agreement. -
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY513922
Student Accommodation - Student Accommodation through a Nominations Agreement.
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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