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University Student Information System

UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA

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10 Aug 2022 at 15:37

Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The University of East Anglia has recently awarded a contract for a "University Student Information System" under a limited procurement method without prior publication of a call for competition. The contracting authority, University of East Anglia, is located in Norwich, UKH15. The procurement aims to ensure the proper functioning of the SITS system, a core service for UEA. The contract, valued at £3,227,919 GBP, was signed on 1st August 2022.

This opportunity would be beneficial for businesses providing software programming and consultancy services, especially those with experience in student information systems. As the buyer has determined a specific provider, Tribal Education Limited, due to significant inter-operability requirements, businesses considering similar services may find future opportunities in similar contracts where specialised expertise is crucial for service continuity and operational resilience.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

University Student Information System

Notice Description

This is a contract for the provision of a student information ("SITS") system for the University of East Anglia ("UEA"). Tribal Education Limited has been providing the service to UEA for a number of years and the proper and uninterrupted functioning of UEA's SITS system is vital to the institution. The current SITS system, provided by Tribal Education Limited, is now running as an unsupported version due to contract expiration. It is therefore paramount that SITS support is obtained, to negate the risk currently borne due to use of an unsupported system. Following market research, UEA is of the opinion that its requirements can only be met by Tribal Education Limited. UEA has therefore contracted with Tribal Education Limited for the support and maintenance of its SITS service to ensure that it receives the latest update from Tribal, to a cloud based system, which will be fully supported to provide operational resilience to UEA for this core service.

Lot Information

Lot 1

This is a contract for the provision of a student information ("SITS") system for the University of East Anglia ("UEA"). Tribal Education Limited has been providing the service to UEA for a number of years and the proper and uninterrupted functioning of UEA's SITS system is vital to the institution. The current SITS system, provided by Tribal Education Limited, is now running as an unsupported version due to contract expiration. It is therefore paramount that SITS support is obtained, to negate the risk currently borne due to use of an unsupported system. Following market research, UEA is of the opinion that its requirements can only be met by Tribal Education Limited. UEA has therefore contracted with Tribal Education Limited for the support and maintenance of its SITS service to ensure that it receives the latest update from Tribal, to a cloud based system, which will be fully supported to provide operational resilience to UEA for this core service.

Procurement Information

UEA has determined that the award of this contract is permitted by Regulation 32(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in that there are significant inter-operability requirements to deliver the next system update from Tribal. It follows that UEA has concluded that there is no reasonable alternative or substitute and this absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-035abd
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022064-2022
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

CPV Codes

72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£3,227,919 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 Aug 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
31 Jul 20223 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
Contact Name
Karen Gallant
Contact Email
karen.gallant@uea.ac.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
NORWICH
Postcode
NR4 7TJ
Post Town
Norwich
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH5 Norfolk
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH51 Norwich and East Norfolk
Delivery Location
TLH15 Norwich and East Norfolk
Local Authority
Norwich
Electoral Ward
University
Westminster Constituency
Norwich South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

TRIBAL EDUCATION

Further Information

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