The Provision of an Invoicing-Receipting Service

Concepts

• business services
• receipt of supplier invoices
• newcastle upon tyne
• provision of an invoicing-receipting service
• data services
• hub service
• university
• miscellaneous
• daily electronic feed

Location

Newcastle upon Tyne

Description

The University wishes to appoint a contractor to provide an invoice-receipting hub service to handle the receipt of supplier invoices and provide the University with a daily electronic feed.

Ammendments to Previous Notice

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services
• 72300000 - Data services

Indicators

• Contract modified due to unforeseen circumstances.

Legal Justification

Reason in accordance with Regulation 72(1) • due diligence will not be able to be exercised during a new tender process. A site visit would be essential to all bidders premises to assess their hub set up process in terms of security, staffing, PO Box arrangements, technology and storage. Due to the lengthy timescales involved in such a contract the tender process would be expected to commence in June 2020 for a start date in April 2010. As a result of the travel and safety restrictions caused by Covid-19 these visits will not be possible. The university could not have foreseen the circumstances brought upon by Covid-19. Reasons in accordance with Regulation 72(1) (b). • the reality of furlough arrangements within companies could result in economic cash flow problems with small and medium suppliers. Staff may not be available to make the necessary changes which a change in supplier to us would require to be able to process the invoices correctly. Therefore there is a high risk tha