--- title: "Supply and Installation of a Planning & Forecasting System Solution" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-a5378cc6-15b8-47f2-8375-2bcc43e290f0" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a5378cc6-15b8-47f2-8375-2bcc43e290f0" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a5378cc6-15b8-47f2-8375-2bcc43e290f0.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a5378cc6-15b8-47f2-8375-2bcc43e290f0.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS" published: "2017-11-18" --- # Supply and Installation of a Planning & Forecasting System Solution Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a5378cc6-15b8-47f2-8375-2bcc43e290f0 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a5378cc6-15b8-47f2-8375-2bcc43e290f0) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a5378cc6-15b8-47f2-8375-2bcc43e290f0.json) ## Summary The University of Leeds is currently seeking suppliers for the "Supply and Installation of a Planning & Forecasting System Solution." This procurement, categorised under software package and information systems, is structured to improve the accuracy of research and student number plans while enhancing overall decision-making capabilities. Located in Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, the tender is in the active stage, with the tender period concluding on 1st August 2018. The resulting contract is expected to commence on 2nd August 2018 and will last until 3rd August 2018. This tender presents a significant opportunity for software and IT service providers, particularly those experienced in system integration and custom software development. Businesses with a background in providing innovative planning and forecasting solutions that can seamlessly link with existing university systems will be particularly well-suited. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are encouraged to participate in this tender, as the University is keen to support diverse suppliers, which could foster partnerships and expansion in the educational technology sector. ## Notice Text to be corrected in the original notice: Place of text to be modified: II.2.4 Instead of: The University of Leeds (UoL) aims to support its strategic objective to deliver streamlined, agile and responsive processes, systems and services by procuring & implementing a Solution that will enable the institution to better understand, scrutinize and challenge the deliverability of research and student number plans, improve tracking and forecasting against strategic ambitions in the areas of research funding and student recruitment, and better inform timely strategic decision making in response to the data. Read: The University of Leeds (UoL) aims to support its strategic objective to deliver streamlined, agile and responsive processes, systems and services by procuring & implementing a Solution that will enable the institution to better understand, scrutinize and challenge the deliverability of research and student number plans, improve tracking and forecasting against strategic ambitions in the areas of research funding and student recruitment, and better inform timely strategic decision making in response to the data. The Planning & Forecasting Solution should be able to support: -Student number and fee income planning, forecasting and reporting -Research grant income and recoveries planning, forecasting and reporting -Income & Expenditure consolidation and financial reporting -Potential for future extension into resource planning, financial planning and resource allocation. The above activities are currently manual, inefficient, they lack transparency and are unable to flexibly respond to the challenges of the Higher Education environment. We expect the Planning & Forecasting Solution to integrate with the existing UoL systems via API's/web services in order to be able to extract various types of data sets as well as being able to import/export data with external sources (i.e. UCAS, HESA, demographics, etc) via spreadsheets and flat files. It should be able to plan at a lowest level of data providing bottom-up and top-down planning capability, rapid aggregation and drill-down functionality. It should support target setting, scenario planning, flexible modelling and forecasting at different levels. It should also allow in-cycle and real-time changes/impact visibility, workflow management and historical view for audit purposes. It is expected the Planning & Forecasting Solution will be used by a large number of users across multi-site locations and it should support simultaneous entries with a user-friendly interface. In view of the uncertainty within the HE environment we would expect to see changes in the planning and reporting on student loads and fees, therefore this Solution should provide enough flexibility to deal with new income models over time and offer opportunity for further enhancements. In that regard the University will be holding a 'Supplier Event', to undertake market engagement based on the development of the requ ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a111c149-90ba-46ab-9cef-d9187107112b | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 18 Nov 2017 | | Submission deadline | 1 Aug 2018 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Aug 2018 - 3 Aug 2018 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS | | Locality | LEEDS | | Post town | Leeds | | Postcode | LS2 9JZ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds | | Local authority | Leeds | | Electoral ward | Little London & Woodhouse | | Westminster constituency | Leeds Central and Headingley | | Delivery location | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 48 - Software package and information systems ### Codes - 48000000 - Software package and information systems ## Release History - 18 Nov 2017 at 14:51 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a111c149-90ba-46ab-9cef-d9187107112b - 18 Nov 2017 at 10:00 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a111c149-90ba-46ab-9cef-d9187107112b ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a111c149-90ba-46ab-9cef-d9187107112b 18th November 2017 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/respondToList.html?noticeId=288083207 Please follow this link to view the notice. ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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