Awarded contract

Polling Services

Details

Supplier(s)
Tophatmonocle Corp. ("Top Hat")
Value
£62,600
Topic
Public-opinion polling services
Published
6 December 2023

Tender description

Lot 1: This modification notice relates to NCA30988. TopHat provide a platform, which is an audience response system (polling) which allows teachers to ask students questions during teaching sessions and provides a summary of answers and helpful reporting features. It integrates with our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). A new contract has been awarded, contract reference number: EC0976, however the procurement took longer than anticipated. An implementation project for the new contract is currently underway. The current contract NCA30988 is to be extended to 31 December 2023. This will provide the University of Edinburgh with additional time to migrate data and content to the new platform. The value of this contract modification is 9,100.00 GBP, which is below the maximum value of 50%.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date5 August 2022
  2. Completed: Award published6 December 2023
    Current notice

About the buyer

University of Edinburgh buys as a higher education institution, through its own Procurement function. Larger tenders are advertised on Public Contract Scotland, via the PCS-T e-tendering platform. Suppliers must register separately on both systems before bidding. Much of this procurement flows through framework agreements with APUC, Scotland Excel and the Crown Commercial Service. Prior information notices invite market engagement from suppliers ahead of larger tenders. The Strategic Procurement team leads regulated sourcing, while Operational Procurement manages day-to-day purchase orders. A Procurement Support team handles reporting, data analysis and training across the function.

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

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Edinburgh's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, medical equipment and pharmaceuticals and software and information systems.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 79320000 · Public-opinion polling services

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