Awarded contract

Prospectus Plus

Details

Buyer: University of Cumbria
Supplier(s): We are Smile Ltd
Value: £60,000
Duration: 3 years
Topic: Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software development services
Published: 11 May 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The University of Cumbria required a supplier to provide digital prospectus and publication solutions providing a single integrated platform removing the need for multiple tools and reducing manual processes. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published11 May 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date11 May 2026
Next: Contract expiry date29 January 2029in 2 years

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.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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