Technology Partner(s)/PME/PRO/2025 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) (Education)

2 lotsServices

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: South East (UKJ12)

Planned pipeline value£11,000,000total for 2 lots · pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 6 Dec 2024from the planned procurement notice

Lots 2see the lot list below

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

The Open University (The OU) is publishing a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to inform the market of the OU’s engagement in market research and offer potential suppliers the opportunity to participate. The objective of the Expression Of Interest (EOI) is for the OU to obtain key information about the potential suppliers we may consider to be included in the pre-market engagement process and to determine broadly the level of interest for any future procurement.Suppliers are invited to complete and submit the OUPA11164 Technology Partner EOI Response Document on In-Tend which will be made available w/c 09-Dec at in-tendhost.co.uk/openuniversity/ ↗

CPV: Information systems or technology planning services · Information technology services · Maintenance of information technology software · Repair of information technology software · Software configuration services · Software development services · Software supply services · Software support services · Systems and technical consultancy services

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · no lot values published

Lot #1Run and MaintainPlanned

Lot 1 – Run and Maintain: A Technology Partner providing technical resource to ensure the stability, security, and continuous improvement of the IT infrastructure and applications. Estimated c. £10 million per annum.

Delivery: South East

72222200 Information systems or technology planning services 72222300 Information technology services 72261000 Software support services 72262000 Software development services 72265000 Software configuration services 72267100 Maintenance of information technology software

Lot #2Moodle SpecialistPlanned

Lot 2 – Moodle Specialist: A Technology Partner providing Moodle specialist technical resource to support the OU’s Virtual Learning Environment and Open Learn environment. Estimated c. £1 million per annum.

Delivery: South East

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
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: 6 Dec 2024, 12:05 GMT
Last source update: 6 Dec 2024, 12:05 GMT
Authority reference: OUPA11164
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-039411
Classification (CPV): Information systems or technology planning servicesInformation technology servicesMaintenance of information technology softwareRepair of information technology softwareSoftware configuration servicesSoftware development servicesSoftware supply servicesSoftware support servicesSystems and technical consultancy services
Delivery area: South East (UKJ12)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04c2f5 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

6 Dec 2024 → 6 Dec 2024 · 2 dates

Tender notice expected
6 Dec 2024
Notice published
6 Dec 2024, 12:05 GMT

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

The Open University

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation RC000391 Procurement Services, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, South East, MK7 6BPContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.