Expired contract

Student Placements Management System (Software as a Service (SaaS)) - AWARD

Details

Supplier(s)
QuantumIT Europe
Value
£512,500
Duration
7 years
Topic
Software package and information systems
Published
20 March 2018

Tender description

The University of Southampton is seeking to procure a fully hosted (Software as a Service (SAAS)) Student Placement Management System. Due to the specialist nature of this requirement, the University is looking for bidders who have experience of working with work experience and placements. The solution is required to support both allocated and applied placements , which covers all of the University's placement activity. The successful solution(s) will be: * Flexible - able to manage different sub-processes, able to make changes, apply filters and search on high and low levels. * Adaptable - able to accommodate complex processes. * Configurable - able to adapt to meet the needs of different faculties / programmes. * Controlled - able to restrict access, manage data security, and have user management and approval workflows. * Secure - abide by the University's information security requirements, information default to private unless the audience has been defined. * Intuitive - users should easily be able to navigate around and use the system. * User friendly - the look and feel should be exciting and engaging. * Customisable - to reflect user needs. * Fit for purpose - able to meet the University's requirements. * Accessible - able to be accessed on any device with internet access. * Live - data updates should be available in real time. * Stable - able to manage lots of data and activity and users.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date5 March 2017
  2. Completed: Award published20 March 2018
    Current notice
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date31 December 2023

About the buyer

University of Southampton is a higher education institution whose procurement team runs tenders and quotations under its own financial regulations. Tenders are advertised through In-Tend, the university's e-tendering system. Many contracts are awarded through framework agreements managed by the Southern Universities Procurement Consortium. Larger opportunities may also appear on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. Purchasing teams raise orders and requisitions for faculties and professional service groups. Procurement thresholds set the route to market, ranging from a single quotation to a formal tender. Contractors must hold appropriate insurance before work begins.

Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Southampton's contract awards have been in software and information systems, office and computing equipment and architectural and engineering services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 48000000 · Software package and information systems
  • 48100000 · Industry specific software package
  • 48170000 · Compliance software package
  • 48190000 · Educational software package
  • 48219300 · Administration software package
  • 48330000 · Scheduling and productivity software package
  • 48332000 · Scheduling software package
  • 48400000 · Business transaction and personal business software package
  • 48780000 · System, storage and content management software package
  • 48783000 · Content management software package

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