Official UK procurement notice
Communication Channel System/RFI/PRO/2026 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) (Education)
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£0pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Jan 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 10 yrsends 31 Jul 2038 · up to 31 Jul 2043 with extensions · starts 1 Aug 2028
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPreliminary Market Engagement: Request for Information to gather information on the market, potential suppliers and solutions.
CPV: Communication and multimedia software package · Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 May 2025, 16:23 BST
- Last source update
- 1 Apr 2026, 16:58 BST
- Authority reference
OUPA11459- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-030593- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051150Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
12 May 2025 → 1 Aug 2028 · 5 dates- Planning notice published12 May 2025, 16:23 BST
- Tender notice expected298 days ago1 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published209 days ago1 Apr 2026, 16:58 BST
- Market engagement209 days ago1 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Suppliers are invited to submit information to help the OU information on the market, potential suppliers and solutions.
The RFI document pack is available via the OU In-Tend Procurement Portal
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Contract starts1 Aug 2028, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 May 2025- Pipeline notice published12 May 2025, 16:23 BSTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published1 Apr 2026, 16:58 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender