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Supply, Installation and Support of Canvas Virtual Learning Environment

THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

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Summary of the contracting process

The University of Birmingham has initiated a procurement process for the supply, installation, and support of the Canvas Virtual Learning Environment. This tender falls under the services category within the IT industry. The University of Birmingham, located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom, has reached the award stage of this procurement, with an active contract signed on 17 June 2024. The procurement method used is a limited negotiation without the publication of a contract notice.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses in the IT services sector, especially those experienced in consulting, software development, and Internet support. Companies providing virtual learning environment solutions and support services tailored for educational institutions would be well-suited to compete in this procurement process. Given the significant investment and integration involved, entities with a strong track record in delivering complex technological solutions to the educational sector would find this tender aligned with their expertise and capabilities.

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Notice Title

Supply, Installation and Support of Canvas Virtual Learning Environment

Notice Description

This is a license renewal of an existing key product used to facilitate Student Learning. Instructure has been supplying the Canvas VLE System to the University of Birmingham for over ten years following a thorough options appraisal.

Lot Information

Lot 1

This is a license renewal of an existing key product used to facilitate Student Learning. Instructure has been supplying the Canvas VLE System to the University of Birmingham for over ten years following a thorough options appraisal. Canvas is fundamental to Students' daily interactions with their learning materials, and we have worked with Instructure and our in-house teams to ensure the system has been developed to meet Birmingham's requirements. There are multiple connections and integrations between Canvas and other university systems and platforms including data import feeds from the student record system (Banner) via an in-house VLE administration platform 'Canvas Admin' in order to manage student course enrolment; data import and export to the 'Canvas Admin' platform in order to support VLE administrative functions, manage student enrolment, course creation, lecture capture automated processes, and reporting functions; student engagement analytics data export to in-house data warehouse and analytics dashboard; calendar export to our MyUoB student app; and integration with several additional tools and platforms used for teaching and learning including, Panopto Lecture Capture, Zoom Conferencing, Roll Call attendance, and a suite of assessment tools. The system is in use across the whole institution, on distance programmes and on our trans-national programmes and campuses. In addition, Canvas holds current and past course learning materials, assessment content, and manages access to current and past lecture recording content. The size of this archive is significant. The plans to extend the current contract for a maximum period of up to five years. This time will be used to fully assess and review the requirements on our full VLE ecosystem allowing a full review of our existing digital estate and a consideration of the benefits of other tools which we have enterprise licensing for such as the Microsoft 365 suite of tools. This work will be overseen by our Digital Learning Advisory Group (DLAG), Digital Steering Group (DSG) and senior academic and professional services sponsors. A significant amount of internal investment in terms of developing training materials and supporting users has taken place since adoption. Removing or replacing Canvas at this stage would adversely impact our immediate strategic goals, would directly have a detrimental impact on the staff and student experience and would require significant time and staff resourcing. Since Canvas is integrated with Banner (our student record system) we also need to plan any change around our ongoing Institutional student administration upgrade programme (StARS). Business ownership of Canvas across University of Birmingham is managed by our Higher Education Futures Institute (HEFi) with Service Ownership managed by IT Services. The Business Owner will need to undertake an options re-appraisal and associated procurement process 18 months before the end of this five-year period in order to obtain the best future fit in terms of requirements and also value for money

Procurement Information

This is a license renewal of an existing key product used to facilitate Student Learning. Instructure has been supplying the Canvas VLE System to the University of Birmingham for over ten years following a thorough options appraisal. Canvas is fundamental to Students' daily interactions with their learning materials, and we have worked with Instructure and our in-house teams to ensure the system has been developed to meet Birmingham's requirements. There are multiple connections and integrations between Canvas and other university systems and platforms including data import feeds from the student record system (Banner) via an in-house VLE administration platform 'Canvas Admin' in order to manage student course enrolment; data import and export to the 'Canvas Admin' platform in order to support VLE administrative functions, manage student enrolment, course creation, lecture capture automated processes, and reporting functions; student engagement analytics data export to in-house data warehouse and analytics dashboard; calendar export to our MyUoB student app; and integration with several additional tools and platforms used for teaching and learning including, Panopto Lecture Capture, Zoom Conferencing, Roll Call attendance, and a suite of assessment tools. The system is in use across the whole institution, on distance programmes and on our trans-national programmes and campuses. In addition, Canvas holds current and past course learning materials, assessment content, and manages access to current and past lecture recording content. The size of this archive is significant. The plans to extend the current contract for a maximum period of up to five years. This time will be used to fully assess and review the requirements on our full VLE ecosystem allowing a full review of our existing digital estate and a consideration of the benefits of other tools which we have enterprise licensing for such as the Microsoft 365 suite of tools. This work will be overseen by our Digital Learning Advisory Group (DLAG), Digital Steering Group (DSG) and senior academic and professional services sponsors. A significant amount of internal investment in terms of developing training materials and supporting users has taken place since adoption. Removing or replacing Canvas at this stage would adversely impact our immediate strategic goals, would directly have a detrimental impact on the staff and student experience and would require significant time and staff resourcing. Since Canvas is integrated with Banner (our student record system) we also need to plan any change around our ongoing Institutional student administration upgrade programme (StARS). Business ownership of Canvas across University of Birmingham is managed by our Higher Education Futures Institute (HEFi) with Service Ownership managed by IT Services. The Business Owner will need to undertake an options re-appraisal and associated procurement process 18 months before the end of this five-year period in order to obtain the best future fit in terms of requirements and also value for money

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04708f
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018672-2024
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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


CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£25,000,000 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Jun 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
16 Jun 20241 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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
Contact Name
Nicola Handley
Contact Email
n.j.handley@bham.ac.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
BIRMINGHAM
Postcode
B15 2TT
Post Town
Birmingham
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG31 Birmingham
Delivery Location
TLG31 Birmingham

Local Authority
Birmingham
Electoral Ward
Edgbaston
Westminster Constituency
Birmingham Edgbaston

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

INSTRUCTURE GLOBAL

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