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Moodle Hosting

LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY

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Award

03 Mar 2023 at 10:05

Tender

06 May 2022 at 11:05

Summary of the contracting process

Leeds Trinity University has recently completed a procurement process for Moodle Hosting services. This opportunity, classified under the 'Miscellaneous software development services and computer systems' category, involved migrating the current Moodle provision to Software as a Service (SaaS) with a focus on maintenance and technical support. The contract, which has already been awarded to Titus Learning Ltd, had a total value of £283,900 and was signed on 2nd March 2023.

This tender for Moodle Hosting at Leeds Trinity University provides a lucrative opportunity for hosting companies experienced in Moodle services. The university intends to extend the contract for up to two years, providing additional opportunities for long-term business partnerships. Due to the nature of the services required, businesses with expertise in software development, system maintenance, and cybersecurity are well-suited to compete in this procurement stage, which has already been completed.

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Notice Title

Moodle Hosting

Notice Description

The university wishes to migrate its current Moodle provision to SaaS and seeks the services of a hosting company that has the expertise and resources required to meet our maintenance and technical support needs, ideally a Moodle Certified Partner.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The key objectives and deliverables of this project are: 1.Migrate our Moodle environment to SaaS hosting. The chosen supplier will: *Provide development, test, and live instances of Moodle *Monitor and maintain our database, servers, and back-ups. *Upgrade our systems and additional plug-ins *Configure, maintain, and develop Moodle integration end points *Troubleshoot problems and faults. *Apply security patches to ensure that our VLE is not vulnerable to cyber-attacks. *Act as a 'trusted partner' to proactively alert us to new technical developments, features and functionality, provide guidance on best practice, develop customisations, and share information on relevant trends in the sector to guide future VLE and Digital Learning strategy 2.Documentation/guidance for the Digital Learning Team on escalating problems and faults that they are unable to resolve to the third party. 3.Processes for notification, testing, scheduling and approval of upgrades and configuration changes 4.Academic staff and student user comms and guidance on any changes to the look and feel of the Moodle user interface e.g., changes to menu/block locations, terminology, and content creation processes

Options: The university reserves the right to extend the contract for any period up to a maximum of two years, subject to satisfactory contract performance

Renewal: At the contract expiry, the contract is likely to be renewed by tender.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0334c9
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006256-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

72212900 - Miscellaneous software development services and computer systems

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£150,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£150,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£283,900 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
3 Mar 20233 years ago
Submission Deadline
23 Jun 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
2 Mar 20233 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
at the expiry of the current contract, dependent on extensions having been invoked

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
MARK HAYTER
Postcode
LS18 5HD
Post Town
Leeds
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE42 Leeds
Delivery Location
TLE42 Leeds

Local Authority
Leeds
Electoral Ward
Horsforth
Westminster Constituency
Leeds North West

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

TITUS LEARNING

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