(NU/1546) - Establishing Nominations Agreements with Private Providers of Purpose Built Student Accommodation

Description

We are looking to partner with a network of private providers who specialise in student accommodation as the annual intake of Students can exceed the number of available University rooms. This project is to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). Contractors may apply to join the DPS at any point during the period the DPS is open. Contractors must qualify to join the DPS by completing and passing ALL questions in the online template entitled Selection Questionnaire v2. The deadline for responses under the first 'qualification round' is 12pm 6th January 2020. Any Contractor that passes will automatically be appointed to the DPS. A Contractor that fails may reapply to join the DPS at any point during the period the DPS is open. The DPS will run until 31st January 2024. The scope of the DPS is to provide a network of private, purpose built student residential accommodation. Potentially the University is seeking to source up to 400 - 1000 bed spaces in total each academic year, however we reserve the right to expand or decrease the requirement to reflect changes in demand or to the University’s accommodation capacity. The University will undertake further competitions using ProContract to all Contractors who have qualified to join the DPS. The majority of further competitions will be for rooms from September 2020 intake onwards. For each further competition that the University issues throughout the duration of the DPS the number of rooms required will be detailed in the Invitation to Tender document for each further competition issued by the University. Keywords: student accommodation providers