Notice Information
Notice Title
Integrated Project Management Information System (PMIS) Tender Notice
Notice Description
Ulster University has been using Microsoft's Project Online (POL) system since 2019. Following Microsoft's recent announcement to decommission Project Online in September 2026 with some system functionality ceasing from April 2026, the University is looking for alternative solutions from potential service providers in the marketplace to deliver the following aims: - Establish a "single source of truth" for all project data. - Standardise templates, reports, and processes. - Future Capability to integrate with our financial systems. The new system should be the source of truth for project-level financials. - Be scalable, secure, and future proof. - Support strategic, executive, and operational reporting levels. - Usability of the system is considered key. - Migrate the current POL data and system to the future system. We are seeking options available to the University currently available in the market to include: - Strategic alignment, prioritisation and what-if analysis; - Portfolio, programme and project management; - Project planning, management, and execution; - Task management; - Financial management; - Reporting and analytics; - Benefits management; - Risk and issue management; - Change request management; - Dependency management; - POL Migration process; and - Intuitive User Experience and Interface.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: The Services may need to change throughout the Term and the process for such review is the Variation procedure, which is set out in the Specified Terms and Schedule 12 of the Terms and Conditions of Contract.
Renewal: The Contract will be for two (2) years initially, with an option to extend for any periods up to an including twenty-four (24) months.
Planning Information
The Preliminary Market Engagement for this requirement has now been concluded. A Request for Information (RFI) was issued on eSourcingNI on 26-Sep-25 under Project Code: Project_28878 / RFI Ref: PQQ_4683 which closed on 10-Oct-25. 10 completed PME responses were received and the University opted to not follow up with any further engagement meetings / demonstrations due to sufficient information received from respondents following a short clarification period. F01: Prior information notice (prior information only) Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-060231 Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05a369 The University initially believed this procurement was going to be below threshold but following indicative costs received in PME responses, we now believe this will be above threshold hence why this PME notice is retrospective. It is anticipated that the resulting tender competition will be published via eTendersNI under CFT ID 6282386 in early 2026, however this is subject to change along with estimated tender publication date and contract start & end dates stated in this PME notice.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05ecd1
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000903-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
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
72263000 - Software implementation services
72268000 - Software supply services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £260,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £260,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Jan 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 4 Feb 20263 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- 12 Jan 2026Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 30 Mar 2026 - 30 Mar 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- 2030-01-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ULSTER UNIVERSITY
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurement_enquiries@ulster.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- COLERAINE
- Postcode
- BT52 1SA
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN0C Causeway Coast and Glens
- Delivery Location
- TLN Northern Ireland, TLN0 Northern Ireland, TLN06 Belfast, TLN0C Causeway Coast and Glens
-
- Local Authority
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Electoral Ward
- University
- Westminster Constituency
- East Londonderry
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000903-2026
7th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078867-2025
2nd December 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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