1. VEAT Notice Intention to award a public services contract for the provision of an outsourced diagnostic imaging teaching and technology related services to support our Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (BVetMS) Year 4 & 5 students for the 2024/25 academic year, with the option to cover the 2025/26 & 2026/27 academic years, at Harper and Keele Veterinary School HKVS ("HKVS").

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1. VEAT Notice Intention to award a public services contract for the provision of an outsourced diagnostic imaging teaching and technology related services to support our Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (BVetMS) Year 4 & 5 students for the 2024/25 academic year, with the option to cover the 2025/26 & 2026/27 academic years, at Harper and Keele Veterinary School HKVS ("HKVS") 2. The Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication is being followed and is justified under Regulation 32 (2) (b) (iii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("PCR 2015"). Lot 1: 1. The University is proposing to appoint VET CT Specialist Ltd for the provision of an outsourced diagnostic imaging teaching and technology related services to support our Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (BVetMS) Year 4 & 5 students for the 2024/25 academic year at Harper and Keele Veterinary School HKVS ("HKVS"). 2. The contract particulars and scope of teaching services (virtual & in-person), including all the front loaded workstreams to support the Platform As A Service (PaaS) virtual provision, has been the subject of an extensive collaboration between the HKVS and VET CT Specialist Ltd since Jan 2024. 3. The cumulative contract value for the academic years 2024/25, 2025/26 & 2026/27 is £530,028.59 (excluding VAT), and it should be noted that the contract proposal covering the 36 months period was extensively negotiated to achieve an optimum outcome to support the teaching provision within the scope of the outsourced teaching services and PaaS provision as a proprietary service to support the University's Year 4 & Year 5 students in meeting the RCVS Day One Competences and developing a wider range of professional attributes for the undergraduate degree in Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (BVetMS). 4. VET CT Specialist Ltd is the only outsourced teaching services provider capable of supporting an integrated online diagnostic imaging course as part of a virtual & in-person teaching services within the scope for the RCVS Day One Competences, which is inclusive of all the front loaded proprietary workstreams as part of the Platform As A Service (PaaS) virtual provision to support our Year 4 & Year 5 students in developing a wider range of professional attributes for the undergraduate degree in Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (BVetMS)curriculum.