--- title: "Soft Market Testing Exercise in Relation to the Procurement of a Placement Management System" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-a6973ecb-1fa1-4850-9c13-3c18b7b00eb9" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a6973ecb-1fa1-4850-9c13-3c18b7b00eb9" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a6973ecb-1fa1-4850-9c13-3c18b7b00eb9.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a6973ecb-1fa1-4850-9c13-3c18b7b00eb9.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON" published: "2017-04-07" --- # Soft Market Testing Exercise in Relation to the Procurement of a Placement Management System Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a6973ecb-1fa1-4850-9c13-3c18b7b00eb9 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-a6973ecb-1fa1-4850-9c13-3c18b7b00eb9) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-a6973ecb-1fa1-4850-9c13-3c18b7b00eb9.json) ## Summary The University of Southampton is currently conducting a Soft Market Testing Exercise regarding the procurement of a Placement Management System. This initiative, within the higher education sector, is located in Southampton, England. The engagement phase is set to conclude on 23rd February 2018, with responses to the soft market questionnaire due by 15th February 2018 at 11 am. This exercise is part of the planning stage, aimed at gathering insights to define system requirements and inform future procurement processes. This procurement opportunity allows businesses with experience in educational software, IT solutions for placement management, and consultancy services to engage with the University in shaping the final specification for the project's requirements. Companies involved in software development, educational technology, and higher education services are particularly well-suited to participate. This soft market exercise aims to foster collaboration and innovation, which can ultimately lead to substantial growth opportunities for vendors in this sector. ## Notice The University of Southampton is currently exploring a range of options to help form the overall strategy to support and manage student placements with an IT system (which could include sandwich years in industry,study abroad opportunities, and programmes which include a significant number of placements such as nursing,medicine and PGCE's). Interested parties are invited to complete and return the Questionnaire, deadline for the receipt of completed Questionnaires is 15th February (11am). Responses received as part of this exercise shall be used to help shape the University's final specification of system requirements and scope any resultingprocurement process. Please Note this soft market exercise is intended to allow interested organisationswith appropriate experience to outline their views and provide impartial information to the University with nocommitment to themselves or the University. This is not a call for competition at this stage. Additional information: This Soft Market Testing Exercise (SMTE) is being conducted electronically and the SMTE Questionnaire can be downloaded from the web portal (In-Tend) at https://intendhost.co.uk/universityofsouthampton If you are not already registered as a supplier with the In-Tend Portal, you will need to register before accessing the questionnaire. Once you have logged in as a supplier, click on current tenders and locate the project by clicking on the reference number 17/PROF/01. Further instructions for the submission of a response are below. Please note that to preserve the integrity of the SMTE procedure, all queries must made be via the correspondence function within In-Tend. To submit your response, please follow the instructions below: 1. Log In; 2. My Tenders; 3. View Tender Details; 4. View Documents; 5. Browse and upload each part of your response (or Zip File); 6. Once All your response documents are uploaded and displayed in the - My Documents for Return - use -Submit My Return. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1d0e9ec0-7b91-4932-b611-6dc4af823ce1 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 7 Apr 2017 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 23 Feb 2018 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | 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 | Cancelled | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON | | Locality | SOUTHAMPTON | | Post town | Southampton | | Postcode | SO17 1BJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight | | ITL 3 | TLJ32 Southampton | | Local authority | Southampton | | Electoral ward | Portswood | | Westminster constituency | Southampton Test | | Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 48 - Software package and information systems - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 48190000 - Educational software package - 48900000 - Miscellaneous software package and computer systems - 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services - 80300000 - Higher education services ## Release History - 7 Apr 2017 at 10:33 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1d0e9ec0-7b91-4932-b611-6dc4af823ce1 - 16 Jan 2017 at 13:45 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0f0f10c4-cb01-4e81-a28b-7a9325be4119 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1d0e9ec0-7b91-4932-b611-6dc4af823ce1 7th April 2017 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0f0f10c4-cb01-4e81-a28b-7a9325be4119 16th January 2017 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofsouthampton Link to Intend Portal - Soft Market Testing Questionnaire ## Notice URLs - http://www.southampton.ac.uk - https://intendhost.co.uk/universityofsouthampton ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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