--- title: "QU143 - Virtual Learning Environment - E-Portfolio for Birmingham Adult Education Services (BAES)" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-f8f58608-d750-4882-a975-287feedd5bda" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-f8f58608-d750-4882-a975-287feedd5bda" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f8f58608-d750-4882-a975-287feedd5bda.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f8f58608-d750-4882-a975-287feedd5bda.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL" published: "2018-07-13" --- # QU143 - Virtual Learning Environment - E-Portfolio for Birmingham Adult Education Services (BAES) Buyer: BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f8f58608-d750-4882-a975-287feedd5bda [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-f8f58608-d750-4882-a975-287feedd5bda) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-f8f58608-d750-4882-a975-287feedd5bda.json) ## Summary The Birmingham City Council has initiated a tender process for the procurement of a Virtual Learning Environment - E-Portfolio for Birmingham Adult Education Services (BAES). This project aims to build a stable release of Moodle and Mahara to enhance online and digital learning platforms and is categorised under e-learning services. The tender period is set to close on 27 July 2018, with an anticipated contract start date of 1 August 2018 and a duration extending until 31 July 2019. The delivery will take place in Birmingham, West Midlands, with a focus on services aligned with educational technology. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in e-learning software development, IT services, and digital infrastructure solutions. Companies with expertise in software integration, consultancy, and educational services would greatly benefit from competing for this contract, as the successful bidder will be responsible for providing scalable solutions that can accommodate thousands of concurrent users across multiple sites. The tender encourages engagement from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), who can leverage their innovative approaches to meet the requirements outlined by Birmingham City Council. ## Notice Birmingham Adults Education Service (BAES) need a build of the latest stable release of Moodle and Mahara to support our online and digital learning platforms. This can be one or many software packages however an ideal situation would be a two packages which provides all of the facilities BAES require. This may affect the scoring. The company providing the build must be able to provide installation with requirements set by BAES. The software would need to be able to run across 10 sites accommodate 4,000 concurrent users which are to be connected on the same network and over the internet. Any software provided must be given a grace period between purchase and installation whilst the IT infrastructure gets completed. Anticipated timescales for go live is September although purchasing will be complete immediately after award. Registration and use of in-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function. If you are unable to register with in-tend please either email us at cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call 0121 464 8000. If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access the Council's tender Portal:-. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register as a bidder. We will send you a log on and password so you can download the quotation documentation. Your completed quotation documentation should be returned by noon on 27 July 2018 via the 'in-tend' system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc Additional information: If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender Portal. Delivery Notes Birmingham Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/eab58272-9171-4dba-8894-65e556592f34 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Other - | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 13 Jul 2018 | | Submission deadline | 27 Jul 2018 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Jul 2018 - 31 Jul 2019 | | 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 | BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | WEST MIDLANDS | | Post town | Birmingham | | Postcode | B4 7DJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands | | ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham | | Local authority | Birmingham | | Electoral ward | Newtown | | Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood | | Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 48 - Software package and information systems - 51 - Installation services (except software) - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 48000000 - Software package and information systems - 48514000 - Remote access software package - 48517000 - IT software package - 51611100 - Hardware installation services - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72212517 - IT software development services - 72212981 - Compiling software development services - 72212982 - Configuration management software development services - 72212983 - Development software development services - 72227000 - Software integration consultancy services - 72230000 - Custom software development services - 72260000 - Software-related services - 72261000 - Software support services - 72262000 - Software development services - 72263000 - Software implementation services - 72265000 - Software configuration services - 72266000 - Software consultancy services - 72268000 - Software supply services - 80420000 - E-learning services ## Release History - 13 Jul 2018 at 09:21 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/eab58272-9171-4dba-8894-65e556592f34 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/eab58272-9171-4dba-8894-65e556592f34 13th July 2018 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/aspx/ Additional information on how to apply for this contract ## Notice URLs - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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