Awarded contract

Digital Partner

Details

Buyer: The Open University
Supplier(s): Kainos Software Limited
Value: £60,000,000
Duration: 4 years
Topic: Information technology services
Published: 9 May 2024
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

Call off agreement awarded under the CCS framework - Digital Specialists and Programmes - lot 1 following a mini competition process. The scope of the call of is: a digital delivery partner to help build and iterate a range of digital services that will improve our students experience of studying with the university. We want our students to be successful and reduce the time they spend on routine administrative tasks whilst improving the support we give them. This work could include delivering elements of student facing services, replacing, or improving other external/internal services used by our workforce and overall is aimed at reducing our implementation and operating costs through good service design and rapid development. The contract period is for 4 years with an option to extend for a further 12 months. There is no committed spend under the call off, work to be delivered under statements of work. Indicative spend range over the life of the agreement is £0 - £60m ex VAT

Timeline

Completed: Award date22 March 2024
Completed: Award published9 May 2024
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date21 March 2028in 17 months

About the buyer

The Open University is a higher education provider that runs procurement under the Procurement Act 2023 through its own procurement service. Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium membership gives access to a shared framework used across UK universities. Lower-value purchases can go through a Direct Request for Quote instead of a full tender. A business team advises organisations on the most suitable procurement route before a contract begins.

Over the past 5 years, most of The Open University's contract awards have been in business services, software and information systems and education and training.

Decision makers

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