Personal and Professional Learning and Development Activities

The University of Stirling is seeking to appoint a contractor for the provision of specific activities to support the delivery of the Flying Start Leadership Programme, the Master of Business Administration (MBA), the MSc Business & Management, the MSc Marketing and the MSc Retail Management.

CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

Notice Type: SERVICES

1 Authority Details

1.1 Authority Name and Address

Official Name: University of Stirling
Postal Address: Procurement, Procurement Services, Finance Office, Room 2B10, Cottrell Building,
Town: Stirling	Postal Code: FK9 4LA	Country: UK
For the attention of: Sharon Sinclair	Telephone: +44 1786467104
E-Mail:	Fax:
Internet Address (URL): http://www.stir.ac.uk

1.2 Address from which documentation may be obtained

Official Name: University of Stirling
Postal Address: Procurement, Procurement Services, Finance Office, Room 2B10, Cottrell Building,
Town: Stirling	Postal Code: FK9 4LA	Country: UK
For the attention of: Sharon Sinclair	Telephone: +44 1786467104
E-Mail: sharon.sinclair@stir.ac.uk	Fax:
Internet Address (URL): http://www.stir.ac.uk

1.3 Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1 Title

Personal & Professional Learning & Development Activities

2.2 Description of the goods or services required

The University of Stirling (“the University”) is seeking to appoint a contractor for the provision of specific activities to support the delivery of the Flying Start Leadership Programme, the Master of Business Administration (MBA), the MSc Business & Management, the MSc Marketing and the MSc Retail Management which are run by the Stirling Management School (“the School”) at the University. These initiatives play a significant role in the School’s overall approach to enhancing the personal and professional development of its postgraduate students.

Further details relating to each of these programmes is provided in Appendix 1. Tenders are invited for the provision of all these aspects, or a selection of these aspects. If tendering for selected aspects, then tenderers should make it clear how these will fit coherently alongside the other components of the programmes. The University of Stirling reserves the right to appoint more than one contractor to deliver these activities. The contract will run from September 2014 to August 2015. The successful contractor/s will be required to provide a minimum of three months notice with respect to the termination of the contract.

This tender will be divided into two Lots:

LOT 1 – Team Dynamics Activities

The Flying Start Leadership Programme

MSc Business & Management

LOT 2Insights Discovery Programmes

The Stirling MBA

MSc Marketing & MSc Retail Management

Tenderers for LOT 2 MUST be UK Licenced Practitioners of the Insights Discovery Model – Information at www.insights.com

Tenderers can quote for one or both Lots, and will be able to provide content which covers both programmes in each complete Lot.

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=303712.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3 Notice Coding and Classification

a) Commodity Codes

	Code		Description
	151000		Business Consultancy
	152000		Management Consultancy
	152012		Management Consultancy – Personnel
	159999		other Consultancy
	171000		Services – Education
	171010		Services – Adult and Further Education
	179999		other Education
	261100		Professional and Advisory Services
	261400		Training and Conferences

b) Delivery Location/Area

	Code		Location
	140		Tayside, Central & Fife

2.4 Total quantity or scope of tender

Tender is divided into 2 Lots:

Lot 1 – Team Dynamics Activities

The Flying Start Leadership Programme

MSc Business & Management

Lot 2 – Insights Discovery Programmes

The Stirling MBA

MSc Marketing & MSc Retail Management

Tenderers for LOT 2 MUST be UK Licenced Practitioners of the Insights Discovery Model.

Tenderers can quote for one or both Lots, and will be able to provide content which covers both programmes in each complete Lot.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1 Minimum standards and qualification required

****** Tenderers for LOT 2 must be UK Licenced Practitioners of the Insights Discovery Model Programme ********

4 Administrative Information

4.1 Type of Procedure

Single stage – Any candidate may submit a tender.

4.2 Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

8162

4.3 Time Limits

a) Time-limit for obtaining documentation

b) Time-limit for receipt of completed tenders
02-06-2014 Time 12:00

c) Estimated award date 23-06-2014

4.5 Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6 Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1 Additional Information

(SC Ref:303712)

5.2 Additional Documentation

The following additional documents relating to this notice are available from the site:

8162 – Tender document – Final 5 May 2014 SS

5.3 Publication date of this notice

05-05-2014