Funnelback Search Engine
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Squiz UK Ltd
- Value
- £177,282
- Topic
- Web search engine providers
- Published
- 1 February 2024
Tender description
Funnelback is the current suppliers SaaS product which includes the following components: A website content crawler, configured to scan content across the University web estate; A database which hosts all crawled content in customised collections; An administration platform which allows selected University staff to configure and control aspects of the search mechanism, its crawling and hosting configuration, and provides detailed performance reports. The current supplier is providing their Software as a Service (SaaS) product, "Funnelback", which includes the following components: - A website content crawler, configured to scan content across the University web estate; - A database which hosts all crawled content in customised collections; - An administration platform which allows selected University staff to configure and control aspects of the search mechanism, it’s crawling and hosting configuration, and provides detailed performance reports; A mechanism which, returns the most relevant results for a specific or a set of search terms, consisting of an interface delivering these by Squiz, and a bespoke, in-house developed, front-end code presenting them to the audiences using the web search. These can either access it by University websites or directly at https://search.ed.ac.uk/
Timeline
- Completed: Award date15 September 2023
- Completed: Award published1 February 2024Current 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
- 72414000 · Web search engine providers
Decision makers
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| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-edinburgh.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-edinburgh.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-edinburgh.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-edinburgh.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-edinburgh.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@university-of-edinburgh.gov |
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