Planning

Apprenticeships System Improvement

NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY

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Planning

23 Jan 2023 at 09:24

Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Nottingham Trent University is planning a tender for the project titled "Apprenticeships System Improvement" in the Software package and information systems industry category. The engagement end date for this planning stage is on 3rd February 2023. The university aims to explore product options to manage the overall Apprenticeship System with a focus on ensuring alignment with existing student processes. The location for this procurement is in the East Midlands region, United Kingdom.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses involved in software solutions for educational institutions to engage with Nottingham Trent University. As the university is actively expanding its apprenticeships programme, companies with expertise in system development, data management, and software solutions for educational institutions would be well-suited to compete. Smaller and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are particularly encouraged to participate in this market engagement exercise as NTU specifies a preference for engaging with such entities.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Apprenticeships System Improvement

Notice Description

NTU wish to undertake a pre-procurement market engagement exercise before any possible procurement is started, to determine suitable Apprenticeships System Improvement, systems and capabilities. NTU currently provides apprenticeships to c. 1800 students, with the programme being actively expanded in the course offering and intake. The current solution and processes in place for Degree Apprenticeships, both in managing the service, administrative function and data has been in place for around 4 years. This was developed at the time as an inhouse bespoke solution to support ILR production with other aspects of the programme being facilitated and maintained by a collection of systems, shared spreadsheets and manual updates. This approach was taken to ensure that the Apprenticeship system processes were aligned, where possible to standard student processes within Schools, reducing the overhead of a different approach, and to use existing solutions already in place for standard students such as Banner, CRM, InPlace and PebblePad. The growth of the Apprenticeships offering at NTU, together with the disparate systems and the manual administration used to manage the programme, has facilitated the requirement to investigate product options to manage the overall Apprenticeship System. At this stage we will not be formally assessing proposals, so nothing provided at this stage will be evaluated as part of any future procurement process. We welcome responses from organisations who feel that they have ideas on how our vision can be delivered, and comment on the extent to which our requirements are reasonable, realistic, and properly specified. If you feel your organisation can contribute to this exercise, please register/login to express interest via the EU Supply portal for further details. Please complete and sign the NDA to access the SMT document, provide responses to the enclosed questions and submit via the EU Supply Portal no later than 17:00 on Friday 3rd February 2023. Following receipt of the responses, and depending on the information we obtain from this exercise, we may invite a selection of respondents to attend separate workshop sessions to present and discuss their responses between 6th February and 17th February. Organisations not attending a session will not be disadvantaged in any future procurement, as this pre-procurement market engagement is only an exploratory fact-finding exercise: it is not an invitation to tender or a request for formal expressions of interest. Any supplier invited to present or provide information to NTU is doing so to support pre-procurement market research only, to help make any future procurement more focused and efficient, and to clarify NTU's requirements. The expected formal procurement process will start only after completion of this pre-procurement market engagement or soft market testing exercise. Please apply via the EU Supply portal link provided in contact details.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/71e331c2-e5ac-4f31-a713-8cd2ecaa8e27
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Not specified
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

CPV Codes

48000000 - Software package and information systems

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
23 Jan 20233 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
3 Feb 2023Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NOTTINGHAM
Postcode
NG1 4FQ
Post Town
Nottingham
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLF East Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLF14 Nottingham
Delivery Location
TLF East Midlands (England)
Local Authority
Nottingham
Electoral Ward
St. Ann's
Westminster Constituency
Nottingham East

Further Information

Notice Documents

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