Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13bfe-cc17-7229-859e-22cbd621fd55/recruitment-and-admission-crm-and-application-system

closed GB restricted procedure Suitable for SMEs

# Recruitment and Admission CRM and Application System

[University of Southampton](https://tendernation.io/buyers/university-of-southampton)

Estimated value

£500,000 to £750,000

Published

3 Aug 2015

Deadline

Closed

3 Sept 2015

## Who can bid

- Buyer says suitable for SMEs

    The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid.
- Buyer says suitable for VCSEs

    The buyer ticked “suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises” on the notice.

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## About this tender

The University of Southampton has decided to replace its current Recruitment and Admissions CRM system and its current Direct Admissions System and procure a new, integrated system that covers the CRM as well as the Admission needs of the business. The new systems will support the university to:

### Maximise our ability to communicate externally

Improve operational efficiency and effectiveness

### Grow the University economy and quality

### Provide personalised ICT-enabled services

Full details of the specification required can be found within the tender documentation.

Expressions of Interest must be by way of completion and return of the pre-qualification questionnaire via In-Tend by the date/time specified in IV.3.4.

This PQQ sets out the information which is required by the University in order to assess the suitability of Bidders in terms of its technical knowledge and experience, capability/capacity, organisational and financial standing to meet the requirement.

Following the analysis of pre-qualification questionnaire responses the University will seek to create a shortlist of no more than 5 bidders to be invited to Invitation to Tender stage. Bidders are advised that only organisations who score 50% or more at pre-qualification stage will be eligible to be shortlisted for progress to Invitation to Tender stage.

In evaluating Invitation to Tender responses, the University will seek the most economically advantageous tender in terms of the high-level criteria listed below. Details of the associated sub-criteria can be found within the Invitation to Tender documentation.

### Description Percentage

Mandatory requirements Pass/fail

Supplementary information 10 %

### Functional requirements 35 %

Non-functional requirements 25 %

Live demonstration 10 %

### Pricing 20 %

All pre-qualification questionnaire responses must be uploaded onto In-Tend by no later that 12.00 noon on Thursday 3rd September. Failure to upload your response by this time may result in your exclusion from the tender process.

Under no circumstances whatsoever will the University of Southampton be liable for or pay any expenses or costs which may be incurred (whether directly or indirectly) by the tenderer in the preparation or submission of either their pre-qualification questionnaire or invitation to tender proposal.

The University of Southampton is not bound to accept the lowest offer or any tender in full or in part.

Additional information: Bidders are advised that the estimated total contract value, including a provision for the entire extension period, is Â£500,000 - Â£750,000.

The estimated value for the implementation and initial two years of the contract is Â£125,000 - Â£175,000.

This tender will be conducted electronically and tender documents can be downloaded from the web portal (In-Tend) provided earlier in this notice. [in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofsouthampton](https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofsouthampton).

If you are not already registered as a supplier with the In-Tend Portal, you will need to register before accessing the tender documents.

Once you have logged in as a supplier, click on current tenders and locate the tender documents by clicking on 15/PROF/79.

Further instructions for the submission of tender are below. (Please note, to preserve the integrity of the tendering procedure, all queries must made be via In-Tend).

To submit your return, please follow the instructions below:

- Log In
- My Tenders
- View Tender Details
- View Documents
- Browse and Upload each part of your return (or Zip File)
- Once ALL your response documents are uploaded and displayed in the - My Documents for Return - use - Submit My Return -. You are only permitted to submit once.

Expressions of Interest must be by way of completion and return of the pre-qualification questionnaire documents via the In-Tend system by closing date/time for submissions.

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No [in-tendhost.co.uk](https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofsouthampton/aspx/)

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## CPV classification

Customer Relation Management software package

Source

Contracts Finder (UK)

[View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/a254049c-adc8-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b)

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