Awarded contract

Provision of a Research Management and Collaboration Solution

Details

Buyer: University of Southampton
Supplier(s): SmartSimple Software Inc.
Value: £4,500,000
Duration: 8 years
Topic: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Published: 10 January 2020
Source: ContractsFinder

Tender description

The University of Southampton has been awarded a contract to continue the administration of research funding on behalf of The Department of Health and Social Care. The new contract commenced on 1.4.2018 and will run initially up to 31st March 2023 with an option to extend for a further 4 years. In order to meet the requirements of the new contract the University will be replacing its current Grants Management platform. This procurement sought an innovative technology provider to deliver a Research Management and Collaboration Solution to support core business processes, facilitate interoperability with partner organisations and third party systems, and aid us in meeting contractual commitments to simplify and expedite the commissioning of research. We sought to engage a technology provider who can deliver technical solutions, support the ongoing development and innovations for the solution and provide advice to meet our business need.

Timeline

Completed: Award date19 December 2019
Completed: Award published10 January 2020
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2028in 17 months

About the buyer

University of Southampton is a higher education institution whose procurement team runs tenders and quotations under its own financial regulations. Many contracts are awarded through framework agreements managed by the Southern Universities Procurement Consortium. 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.

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.

Decision makers

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Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@university-of-southampton.gov
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Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@university-of-southampton.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@university-of-southampton.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@university-of-southampton.gov