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title: "Business Intelligence Partner"
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# Business Intelligence Partner

Buyer: ROYAL HOLLOWAY AND BEDFORD NEW COLLEGE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02f61b

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## Summary

The procurement process involves Royal Holloway and Bedford New College seeking a Business Intelligence Partner to enhance its data capabilities through a competitive dialogue approach. This initiative falls under the services category, specifically aimed at business intelligence software development, and is based in West Surrey, United Kingdom. The original tender was completed on 12th November 2021, and its value is approximately £2,500,000. The process was structured to include an initial selection phase followed by a dialogue phase where shortlisted bidders were invited to refine their proposals.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in data solutions, cloud technology, and software development to expand their operations. Companies with expertise in Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) tools, data governance, and reporting solutions would be well-positioned to compete. The involvement of a reputed academic institution like Royal Holloway adds credibility and potential for long-term partnerships in the education sector, making it an attractive bid for established and innovative firms in the technology services industry.

## Notice

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College is looking for a partner that will unlock its business intelligence (BI) capabilities with a phased approach that will involve providing a hosted data solution that aggregates data from multiple live sources; implementing an Extract Transform Load tool (ETL); consolidating existing reporting tools; and providing support.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College ("the College") is undertaking a procurement competition based on the Competitive Dialogue (CD) Procedure to select one partner. The selected partner will be required to: (a) Analyze the College's existing data estate to provide an enterprise approach to delivering better college reporting and learner analytics. (b) Provide a cloud based solution which aggregates data from multiple sources as well as holding historic data. (c) Provide and Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) tool. (d) Consolidate existing data visualization tools to provide the most effecting reporting tool that provides best value while complements the College's IT roadmap. (e) Implement best practice data governance. (f) Provide support for solutions implemented. The procurement will comprise an initial selection stage, following which a shortlist of a minimum of three bidders will then be invited to participate in a dialogue phase, culminating in the submission of final tenders. The dialogue phase will involve a series of dialogue sessions followed by an invitation to submit a draft bid based on the information from the session. Another session with each bidder will follow the draft submission, before an invitation to submit final tenders, which will then be evaluated. Further information can be found in the Descriptive Document, Requirements and SQ that interested parties can download from https://www.delta-esourcing.com/

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028334-2021 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Competitive dialogue |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 12 Nov 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 27 Oct 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £2,500,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active, Unsuccessful |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ROYAL HOLLOWAY AND BEDFORD NEW COLLEGE |
| Locality | EGHAM |
| Post town | Twickenham |
| Postcode | TW20 0EX |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex |
| ITL 3 | TLJ25 West Surrey |
| Local authority | Runnymede |
| Electoral ward | Englefield Green East |
| Westminster constituency | Windsor |
| Delivery location | TLJ25 West Surrey |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ACUMA SOLUTIONS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72212482 - Business intelligence software development services

## Release History

- 12 Nov 2021 at 12:15 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028334-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.rhul.ac.uk
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:547358-2019:TEXT:EN:HTML
- https://www.acuma.co.uk/
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=617031890
- https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/

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