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title: "PEMD Skills Hub Platform"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-038815"
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# PEMD Skills Hub Platform

Buyer: COVENTRY UNIVERSITY SERVICES LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-038815

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## Summary

The Coventry University Services Limited has awarded a contract for the design and delivery of a digital platform known as the PEMD Skills Hub Platform. This platform will include industry-specific software and marketplace functionality for job postings, education, and training courses. The procurement method used was a limited negotiation without the publication of a contract notice. The awarded supplier is Whitespace Global Limited. The contract was signed on 21st November 2022, with a total value of £240,000 in GBP. The contracting process has now reached the award stage, providing an opportunity for business growth in the industry-specific software category within the goods sector.

This tender process represents an opportunity for businesses involved in industry-specific software packages, job marketplace platforms, and educational technology providers to enter into partnerships with Coventry University Services Limited. The project aims to enhance skills development in the PEMD industry by creating a hub that facilitates interaction between industry stakeholders, universities, and the workforce. Businesses with expertise in digital platform design and development, industry knowledge curation, and job marketplace functionality are well-suited to compete in this tender process. The strict deadlines and specific requirements of the project necessitated a negotiated procurement approach without public notice, aiming to ensure timely delivery and avoid project risks.

## Notice

Coventry University Service Ltd, is working with Whitespace Global Ltd for the design and delivery of a digital platform, including a body of industry knowledge, and marketplace functionality for job postings and education, training and University courses. This will include the delivery of the remaining elements of Coventry University Services Limited Electric Skills Revolution Hub including the Exploration sprint and UX design sprints.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

To design and deliver a digital hub platform, including a body of industry knowledge, and marketplace functionality for job postings and education, training and University courses.

### Procurement Information

Coventry University Services Ltd, working on behalf of Driving the Electric Revolution (DER), will deliver the UK National Power Electronic Machines Drove (PEMD) Hub. The Hub will impartially curate, organise and host a range of innovative and traditional courses that meets industry needs and encourages the community to share PEMD skills. The Hub will simplify, encourage, and facilitate interaction between recruiters, universities, training providers and current and future workforce. Development of the hub platform has a number of very specific requirements that make a procurement process unsuitable. The Hub is at a critical stage of delivery and has strict requirements for the launch date of the digital platform. In order to manage the risk to the project and Coventry University group, development must commence immediately and proceed at pace. 1. The development needs to integrate with existing systems. Due to previous work with Whitespace Global Ltd, the supplier has an understanding of the technical requirements and platforms currently in use. The short timescale necessary for the development means that the time taken to achieve the same level of understanding with another supplier would jeopardise the project. 2. Scoping exercises previously managed by Whitespace Global Ltd have resulted in development of a unique Intellectual Property. This means that only Whitespace Global Ltd is capable of meeting the deadline for completion of development and avoid delays which would be detrimental to the skills hub and Coventry University group.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033382-2022 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Negotiated without publication of a contract notice |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 24 Nov 2022 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Nov 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £240,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | COVENTRY UNIVERSITY SERVICES LIMITED |
| Locality | COVENTRY |
| Post town | Coventry |
| Postcode | CV1 5FB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG33 Coventry |
| Local authority | Coventry |
| Electoral ward | St Michael's |
| Westminster constituency | Coventry South |
| Delivery location | TLG33 Coventry |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | WHITESPACE GLOBAL |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48100000 - Industry specific software package

## Release History

- 24 Nov 2022 at 14:28 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/033382-2022

## Notice URLs

- https://www.coventry.ac.uk

## Provenance

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