Official UK procurement notice
Provsion of Research Award Management System
Authority: University of Strathclyde (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe University of Strathclyde is seeking to procure a comprehensive, modern, cloud-based end-to-end Research Awards Management System and associated implementation services.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The University of Strathclyde is seeking to procure a comprehensive, modern,…CancelledRenewal
The University of Strathclyde is seeking to procure a comprehensive, modern, cloud-based end-to-end Research Awards Management System. The primary goal is to unify and streamline the management of research and knowledge exchange (KE) projects across their full lifecycle, from proposal development through costing and pricing to post-award management. The solution should integrate seamlessly with the University’s existing systems and improve operational efficiency through enhanced data management, integration, and automation.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 70
- Price: 30
- Economic & financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
4B1.2 Turnover
Bidders will be required to have an general yearly turnover of 2,700,000 GBP for the last 3 (three) financial reporting years, to ensure the University is protected from any unforeseen financial risks that may impact the supplier or supply chain.
Minimum: Minimum level(s) of standards required: 4B.5.1- 4B5.3 Insurances Insurance requirements are in line with levels identified in the UOS standard Terms and Conditions. It is a requirement of this contract that bidders can hold or commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any sub… - Technical & professional ability
4C.1.2 Previous Experience
Bidders will be required to provide an example of one implementation within the last 5 years of a similar solution of comparable size (i.e. project numbers, users etc) particularly addressing the points below:
- Implementation timescale, proposed and actual
- Any issues that arose and how they were resolved
- Integrations with other customer systems (e.g. Finance, Research Information or in-house systems etc.), highlighting any issues encountered and how you overcame them
- Project outturn risk and issues register (can be anonymised)
Minimum: 4D Quality Assurance Schemes ISO/IEC 22301:2019: Business Continuity Management Systems(or equivalent). ISO 27001: Information Security Management System (ISMS)(or equivalent). SOC 2 Type II: Trust Services Criteria(TSC)(or equivalent) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) …
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 12 Mar 2025, 09:19 GMT
- Last source update
- 19 Jun 2025, 10:49 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 11 Apr 2025 – …
- Authority reference
UOS-34733-2024- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-033591- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ebe8Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Please Invitation To Tender Document in PCS-T
- Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI2015/446) (as amended) may bring proceedings to the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
Publisher note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT. The Project code is *****. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 Please note within PCS-T there are mandatory questions relating to Information Security and Quality Assurance Systems. Please note, within PCS-T there are Mandatory Pass/Fail questions relating to the Specification of Requirements. A list of these questions are attached to this Notice. (SC Ref:802177)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 11 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 120 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 11 Apr 2025, 13:00 BST
Timeline
11 Apr 2025 → 19 Jun 2025 · 3 dates- Submission deadline11 Apr 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened11 Apr 2025, 13:00 BST
- Notice published19 Jun 2025, 10:49 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to cancelled19 Jun 2025, 10:49 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Glasgow Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.