Notice Information
Notice Title
2425-44-DTS-AT Student Records System (SITS)
Notice Description
Sheffield Hallam University needs to purchase a student Records Management System (SITS). This is a critical system for the University supporting its core operations.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The University requires a long-term contract for a modern, standardised student records management solution to replace its current highly customised and outdated implementation of SITS. To meet this need, a 5-year contract will be awarded to Tribal for the provision of SITS under the Higher Education Full Service (HEFS) licensing model. This contract will be procured via the APUC/UCISA Framework Agreement, which provides a standardised costing model based on HESA student numbers. The agreement aligns with the University's Operational Improvement Programme and supports the adoption of standard SITS functionality in line with sector-wide developments.
Options: The contract is for 5 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years
Procurement Information
This contract has been awarded via a direct call off through the AUPC Framework for Student Information Management Systems and Associated Services (ITS1050 AP)
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0554cf
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035657-2025
- 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
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
72300000 - Data services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £2,505,780 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 27 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 25 Jun 20258 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- strategicprocurement@shu.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SHEFFIELD
- Postcode
- S1 1WB
- Post Town
- Sheffield
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLE3 South Yorkshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLE32 Sheffield
- Delivery Location
- TLE32 Sheffield
-
- Local Authority
- Sheffield
- Electoral Ward
- City
- Westminster Constituency
- Sheffield Central
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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