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RBG, Kew has a successful membership scheme with over 100,000 members on around 80,000 memberships. This is made up of around 20,000 new sales and 60,000 renewals each year. We have ambitious plans to double our membership over the coming five years and we are seeking a partnership with a face-to-face membership sales agency to support this ambition. We have an existing contract in place for this service, and our current contract for this service delivers up to 10% of our annual sales. We are seeking a supplier who can support us to grow this in line with our ambitious plans. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Richmond:-Recruitment-services./VW4C5ERNS2 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/VW4C5ERNS2", "status": "cancelled", "items": [ { "id": "1", "additionalClassifications": [ { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "79600000", "description": "Recruitment services" } ], "deliveryAddresses": [ { "region": "UKI3", "country": "GB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" } ], "relatedLot": "1" } ], "value": { "amountGross": 336000, "amount": 280000, "currency": "GBP" }, "procurementMethod": "open", "procurementMethodDetails": "Competitive flexible procedure", "procedure": { "features": "Stage 1: Selection This stage will be a questionnaire that will be used to shortlist a maximum of 5 suppliers to be invited to submit a tender in Stage 2 of the process Stage 2: Tendering the 5 shortlisted suppliers will be required to submit a written response to the specification Stage 3: Clarifications Stage 4: Presentations All suppliers invited to submit a tender will be invited to presentation stage Stage 5: Preferred Supplier The highest scoring supplier using the methodology detailed in the ITT will be identified as the preferred supplier Stage 6: Standstill" }, "mainProcurementCategory": "services", "aboveThreshold": true, "coveredBy": [ "GPA", "CPTPP" ], "submissionMethodDetails": "https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-Richmond:-Recruitment-services./VW4C5ERNS2", "submissionTerms": { "electronicSubmissionPolicy": "allowed", "languages": [ "en" ] }, "expressionOfInterestDeadline": "2025-07-08T12:00:00Z", "enquiryPeriod": { "endDate": "2025-07-01T23:59:00Z" }, "awardPeriod": { "endDate": "2025-10-14T23:59:59Z" }, "lots": [ { "id": "1", "status": "cancelled", "value": { "amountGross": 336000, "amount": 280000, "currency": "GBP" }, "awardCriteria": { "criteria": [ { "type": "quality", "name": "Staffing: Account Management, Training and staff management", "numbers": [ { "number": 15, "weight": "percentageExact" } ] }, { "type": "quality", "name": "Innovative Sales Generation", "numbers": [ { "number": 20, "weight": "percentageExact" } ] }, { "type": "quality", "name": "Collaboration with a customer organisation", "numbers": [ { "number": 15, "weight": "percentageExact" } ] }, { "type": "quality", "name": "Additional work within the contract", "numbers": [ { "number": 10, "weight": "percentageExact" } ] }, { "type": "quality", "name": "Membership sales methods", "numbers": [ { "number": 10, "weight": "percentageExact" } ] }, { "type": "quality", "name": "Equality Diversity & Inclusion", "numbers": [ { "number": 10, "weight": "percentageExact" } ] }, { "type": "price", "name": "Table of rates", "numbers": [ { "number": 20, "weight": "percentageExact" } ] } ] }, "contractPeriod": { "startDate": "2025-11-01T00:00:00Z", "endDate": "2027-10-31T23:59:59Z", "maxExtentDate": "2029-10-31T23:59:59Z" }, "hasRenewal": true, "renewal": { "description": "One extension of up to a maximum of 2 years" } } ], "documents": [ { "id": "conflictOfInterest", "documentType": "conflictOfInterest", "description": "Not published" }, { "id": "A-2056", "documentType": "biddingDocuments", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-2056", "format": "application/pdf" }, { "id": "A-2055", "documentType": "biddingDocuments", "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-2055", "format": "application/pdf" }, { "id": "L-957993897", "documentType": "technicalSpecifications", "description": "All tender documents can be viewed and downloaded from our tendering portal. 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