SOFTWARE AND SUPPORT
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Blackboard International BV (USD)
- Value
- £727,350
- Duration
- 4 years
- Topic
- Software package and information systems
- Published
- 25 November 2024
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
The University of Cumbria required a migration from Managed Hosting to Software as a Service to enable quicker access to new software, performance and security features along with resilience that would allow hardware failure to seamlessly and quickly be dealt with. There was a requirement for easy access to consolidated data for reporting purposes.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date4 August 2021
- Completed: Award published25 November 2024Current notice
- Completed: Contract expiry date3 August 2025
About the buyer
University of Cumbria is a higher education institution, and buys as an education organisation with its own Procurement Policy and Financial Regulations. Large-value contracts below the formal public procurement thresholds still go to competitive tender under that policy. The University works with the North Western Universities Purchasing Consortium and regional higher education purchasing consortia. Approved suppliers are those that have won a University or consortium tender exercise.
Over the past 5 years, most of University of Cumbria's contract awards have been in IT services, construction work and software and information systems.
Relevant CPV codes
- 48000000 · Software package and information systems
- 72261000 · Software support services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-cumbria.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-cumbria.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-cumbria.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-cumbria.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-cumbria.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-cumbria.gov |
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