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Turnitin Originality

University Of The West Of England

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22 Sep 2026 at 11:22

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The University of the West of England procured Turnitin Originality – Enterprise, a software licensing service for originality checking and related academic integrity activity. The requirement is for enterprise use across the university rather than a discrete works project or physical supply. The procurement was bought by the University of the West of England, based at Frenchay Campus in Bristol, and the service is delivered for the university in the United Kingdom. The contracted product is classified as a licence management software package. This opportunity is relevant to software publishers, authorised licensing partners and specialist education technology providers able to supply and manage enterprise software licences for a higher education institution. It is particularly relevant to businesses with an established originality-checking or academic integrity platform and the infrastructure to support institutional deployment.

The procurement has been completed and the contract was awarded to TURNITIN, LLC. It used a direct award below the applicable threshold, without competition, covering a single lot. The award was made on 14 August 2026 and the contract runs from 27 August 2026 to 26 August 2027. The contract value is £75,393.70 excluding VAT, or £90,472.44 including VAT. The requirement was evaluated through the direct-award route rather than a competitive assessment, so no scored award criteria are recorded. The tender was for Turnitin Originality – Enterprise. The selected supplier is a US-based SME. The procurement therefore records a one-year enterprise software licensing arrangement between the university and the product supplier.

For a future requirement of this type, credible competitors would need an enterprise software product that supports originality checking or closely related academic integrity work in a university environment. They would need to provide robust licence management, institutional deployment and ongoing service support for a higher education customer, rather than a small-scale individual-user application. Experience supplying universities, managing organisation-wide user access and handling education-sector software procurement would strengthen a supplier’s position. The existing award also shows that the buyer uses a direct, below-threshold route for this requirement, so suppliers should understand how to present a compliant, clearly scoped licensing offer to the University of the West of England. Product reliability, administrative control and the ability to support an established enterprise service would be commercially important when competing with the incumbent.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Turnitin Originality

Notice Description

Turnitin Originality - Enterprise (until 26/08/2027)

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-077740
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089519-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

CPV Codes

48218000 - License management software package

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£75,393 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
22 Sep 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
27 Aug 2026 - 26 Aug 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
University Of The West Of England
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BRISTOL
Postcode
BS16 1QY
Postcode Area
Bristol
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK5 West of England
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
South Gloucestershire
Electoral Ward
Stoke Park & Cheswick
Westminster Constituency
Filton and Bradley Stoke

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Turnitin UK

Further Information

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