--- title: "Oracle Applications Partner" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-f8ee5616-6be5-4743-a2fc-f6b6e953052f" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-f8ee5616-6be5-4743-a2fc-f6b6e953052f" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f8ee5616-6be5-4743-a2fc-f6b6e953052f.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f8ee5616-6be5-4743-a2fc-f6b6e953052f.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY" published: "2024-05-15" --- # Oracle Applications Partner Buyer: LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f8ee5616-6be5-4743-a2fc-f6b6e953052f [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-f8ee5616-6be5-4743-a2fc-f6b6e953052f) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f8ee5616-6be5-4743-a2fc-f6b6e953052f.json) ## Summary The Liverpool John Moores University is seeking a partner for an Oracle Applications project. The project involves support and development services for their Student Information System (SIS) and Staff Infobase using Oracle's products. The tender, titled "Oracle Applications Partner," is in the open procurement stage with a tender closing date of 17th June 2024. The contract period is set to start on 1st October 2024 and end on 1st October 2027. The project falls under the CPV code 72000000 for IT services and is located in Liverpool, North West, United Kingdom. This tender from Liverpool John Moores University presents an opportunity for businesses experienced in providing support and development services for Oracle applications. The University is specifically looking for partners with extensive experience in PeopleSoft Campus Solutions and Oracle E-Business Suite, especially within the UK higher education sector. SMEs are considered suitable for this procurement. The project aims to explore the feasibility of migrating the current on-premises Oracle infrastructure to cloud-based platforms and necessitates expertise in cloud services, with a focus on comparing Oracle Cloud and Microsoft Azure offerings. ## Notice Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) is seeking a partner to provide a range of support and development services for our Oracle-based applications, which consist of our Student Information System (SIS) (which uses Oracle's PeopleSoft Campus Solutions product) and Staff Infobase (aka EBS) (which uses Oracle E-Business suite R12.2). o The Student Information System underpins the full student lifecycle from recruitment and admissions, to enrolment, examinations, results, progression, and graduation. It is the single source of truth for core student information and provides data to many other systems and services for operational and reporting purposes. It is arguably the most important system within LJMU. o Staff Infobase underpins our employee HR system and our Finance and Procurement processes. It is embedded within the working practises of all roles and is integrated with multiple systems and platforms, making it another key system for the university. Consequently, the University is seeking a partner with extensive functional and technical experience of both the PeopleSoft Campus Solutions product and Oracle EBusiness Suite to work collaboratively with LJMU technical and business teams to support and develop the platforms. This will be for a multi-year support and development arrangement. It is essential that partners can demonstrate proven, credible experience with the Campus Solutions product within a UK HE establishment (and provide references for this) as part of their submission, as well as credible public sector-level experience of supporting the Oracle E-Business Suite of applications. In addition, the university requires a consultancy exercise to inform us on the feasibility, technical challenges, and costs (one off and on-going) of a migration exercise of the on-premises Oracle infrastructure which supports both products to a cloud-based platform, which IT Services will then run and maintain within an IaaS model. We are keen to explore the potential that a cloud service would provide but wish to take a balanced view of this and are seeking a partner who has expertise in this area to provide advice. We require an impartial comparison between the Oracle Cloud and Microsoft Azure offerings, detailing the pros and cons and total cost of ownership of both hyperscalers, taking into account their suitability of providing a Linux platform to host both Oracle applications suites and support all points of integration with our on-premise Windows infrastructure (the long-term direction of travel for this being a migration to Microsoft Azure). We would seek to execute (start and complete) this arrangement during the first 12 months of the support and development services engagement for the SIS and Infobase platforms. Post the consultancy exercise, if LJMU's decision is to migrate its Oracle infrastructure to IaaS, any external further effort to perform a migration to a cloud-based infrastructure would be subject to a separate... Additional information: n/a - Contracts Finder placed directly on that portal Delivery Notes 0151 231 2121 Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cbed961a-c803-447f-a575-a87f21e76fb3 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 15 May 2024 | | Submission deadline | 17 Jun 2024 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Oct 2024 - 1 Oct 2027 | | 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 | LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY | | Locality | MERSEYSIDE | | Post town | Liverpool | | Postcode | L3 2AJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside | | ITL 3 | TLD72 Liverpool | | Local authority | Liverpool | | Electoral ward | City Centre North | | Westminster constituency | Liverpool Riverside | | Delivery location | TLD North West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ## Release History - 15 May 2024 at 14:03 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cbed961a-c803-447f-a575-a87f21e76fb3 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cbed961a-c803-447f-a575-a87f21e76fb3 15th May 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ljmu/aspx/ Additional information on how to apply for this contract ## Notice URLs - http://www.ljmu.ac.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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