Stale Pre-tender

The University of Edinburgh Sports and Exercise Platform

Details

Topic
Software package and information systems
Published
1 March 2024

Tender description

The University of Edinburgh is looking to engage with the market ahead of a potential competitive tender process for the procurement of a sports and exercise management platform. The objective of this Prior Information Notice is to obtain up-to-date information from the market in order to: (1) Understand current and, in development, market capabilities and solutions in relation to the functionality requirement. (2) Provide the University of Edinburgh with indicative costs associated with the implementation and ongoing support of a suitable solution. At this stage it is envisaged that we will require a Sports and Exercise Platform with a focus on a single integrated self-service solution for Sport & Exercise members, incorporating at a minimum: - Account management. - Membership purchase. - Booking classes, activities and courses. - Access control. - Point of sale. - Reporting and administration.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published1 March 2024
    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

  • 48000000 · Software package and information systems
  • 48100000 · Industry specific software package
  • 48211000 · Platform interconnectivity software package
  • 48600000 · Database and operating software package
  • 48800000 · Information systems and servers
  • 48900000 · Miscellaneous software package and computer systems

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