Student Accommodation

Concepts

• hotel accommodation
• pontypridd
• cardiff students
• student recruitment
• a pbsa provider (purpose built student accommodation provider
• student accommodation
• students
• accommodation
• student
• value rooms

Location

Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan:

Description

Student Accommodation through a Nominations Agreement.

Total Quantity or Scope

The University of South Wales requires rooms to be secured in support of student recruitment at our Cardiff campus. The requirement is for hall style rooms in Cardiff with a PBSA provider (purpose built student accommodation provider) to secure value rooms for Cardiff students.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 55110000 - Hotel accommodation services

Legal Justification

In September 2024, the Contracting Authority issued a speculative notice to the market regarding a short term (1 year) contract for Student Accommodation providers. The service provider was the only person to respond to the speculative notice, as the short term nature of the contract was not technically viable for other service providers. Having a longer-term contract is not an option for the contracting authority, meaning another provider delivering the contract was a near technical impossibility. It is therefore only possible to award this contract to the provider, as there was an absence of competition. Due to the conflicting interests of the contracting authority and provider market (i.e. short term requirement v longer term contractual preference) there is a mandatory contractual requirement which prevents any additional providers from being viable. There is no reasonable alternative or substitute. The contract is based upon service need, and the provider is the only one which can meet this technical requirement. This award is justified under Reg 32 and the contract will be awarded on this basis in compliance with the Procurement Act 2023 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2024. To ensure the viability of this service in the future, the Contracting Authority is reviewing its processes and specification to enable them to consider procuring for a longer term contract which may be better suited to the technical requirements of the market.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The University is observing a 10 day standstill period before entering into the contract. This ends at midnight on 22nd April 2025. (WA Ref:149777)