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title: "SQA Academy Hosting & Support"
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# SQA Academy Hosting & Support

Buyer: SCOTTISH QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8dcbb6e9-de84-4d32-be1f-66c2ceba71cc

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## Summary

The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) is currently in the award stage of the procurement process for the contract titled "SQA Academy Hosting & Support." This contract, valued at £48,910, is for information technology services and specifically involves providing training material to both internal and external users. The service is hosted and maintained using cloud-based servers. The contract period begins on 1 April 2022 and extends until 30 April 2024. The contract's initial tendering phase concluded on 12 November 2021, and any potential suppliers were required to demonstrate their capability to provide Moodle Software.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses that specialise in information technology services, particularly those experienced in hosting and maintaining cloud-based environments. Companies offering Moodle Software and related IT services would be particularly well-suited to compete. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) should take note of this opportunity, as the SQA encourages participation from such businesses, which may help them expand their portfolio and client base through successful contract engagement.

## Notice

This is a replacement for a current contract. The contract is for the SQA Academy to provide training material to internal and external users. The current environment is hosted and maintained by E-Learn Design (ELD) using cloud-based servers and architecture. This is reliable and enabled ELD to keep SQA servers patched and up to date with the current latest versions of the Moodle software. The hosting solution comprises a single large web server for the live sites, a single smaller web server for the UAT Sites, a clustered database server for live & UAT and load balancers in front of the live web server to allow for increased capacity. Suppliers must be able to provide the Moodle Software. SQA want to keep the split solution that we currently have, a single large we-server and a clustered database service. No external load balancers are required.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/83d369b7-5bdf-4df3-847c-1e407fd55958 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 22 Feb 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 12 Nov 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 3 Dec 2021 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2022 - 30 Apr 2024 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £48,910 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £48,910 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SCOTTISH QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY |
| Locality | DALKEITH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH22 1FD |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM11 East Lothian and Midlothian |
| Local authority | Midlothian |
| Electoral ward | Dalkeith |
| Westminster constituency | Midlothian |
| Delivery location | TLM Scotland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | E-LEARN DESIGN |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72222300 - Information technology services

## Release History

- 22 Feb 2022 at 14:57 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/83d369b7-5bdf-4df3-847c-1e407fd55958

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/83d369b7-5bdf-4df3-847c-1e407fd55958
  22nd February 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Provenance

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