Contract award for Skills and Capability under GCloud13
Details
- Buyer
- The Open University
- Supplier(s)
- BCS Learning & Development Limited
- Value
- £360,000
- Duration
- 1 year
- Topic
- Software package and information systems
- Published
- 27 June 2024
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
Contract award under GCloud13 (https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM1557.13) for a software solution to help the OU design a capability model and a need to understand the digital capabilities of staff, whilst aligning to industry standard frameworks, including DDaT and SFIAplus. This includes consultancy, training and a software solution (including software system support and maintenance). The work is being delivered in phases and statements of work (SoW) relating to work within a phase may be agreed between the Parties as necessary to firm up requirements as they become known and to both cost and more accurately allocate resource to deliver those requirements.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date3 June 2024
- Completed: Award published27 June 2024Current notice
- Completed: Contract expiry date2 June 2025
About the buyer
The Open University is a higher education provider that runs procurement under the Procurement Act 2023 through its own procurement service. Tender opportunities are advertised on Find a Tender and managed through the university's Intend e-tendering portal. 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. Purchase orders and supplier invoices route through the SAP Ariba Business Network.
Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.
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.
Relevant CPV codes
- 48000000 · Software package and information systems
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@the-open-university.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@the-open-university.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@the-open-university.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@the-open-university.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@the-open-university.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@the-open-university.gov |
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