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title: "PE2022-23/1470 Digital Education Service Framework for Online learning design, development, technical and project management services"
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# PE2022-23/1470 Digital Education Service Framework for Online learning design, development, technical and project management services

Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03a15e

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## Summary

The University of Leeds has completed a tender process for the PE2022-23/1470 Digital Education Service Framework. The framework aims to establish relationships with suppliers for online learning design, development, and project management services. Businesses providing end-to-end online course development and specific services were invited to apply. The procurement method used was an open procedure. The contracting authority is the University of Leeds, located in Leeds, United Kingdom. The procurement stage is at the award stage as of January 31, 2023.

This tender for the Digital Education Service Framework presents growth opportunities for companies in the online learning design and development sector. Businesses offering services related to online course development, project management, and educational software development are well-suited to compete. The tender deadline was December 4, 2022, and awarded contracts have already been signed with multiple suppliers, indicating a successful procurement process for interested businesses.

## Notice

The University of Leeds Digital Education Service seeks to establish strong relationships with suppliers of online learning design, development, technical and project management services for project-based working. This framework agreement will enable the Digital Education Service to be responsive to demand and provides additional capacity to complement the expertise within our established in-house design and development team. Services will be required for full or part(s) of the end-to-end design and development of fully online degree modules, short courses or professional learning (CPD) courses, or where specific professional skills are required to supplement our in-house online learning teams on a temporary basis. Applications to join the framework are invited from: *Companies providing end-to-end online course development (Lot 1) *Agencies and companies providing specific services (Lots 2a-2f)

### Lot Information

End-to-end online course development

The University of Leeds Digital Education Service seeks to establish strong relationships with suppliers of online learning design, development, technical and project management services for project-based working. This framework agreement will enable the Digital Education Service to be responsive to demand and provides additional capacity to complement the expertise within our established in-house design and development team. Services will be required for full or part(s) of the end-to-end design and development of fully online degree modules, short courses or professional learning (CPD) courses, or where specific professional skills are required to supplement our in-house online learning teams on a temporary basis. *Companies providing end-to-end online course development (Lot 1)

Lots 2a-2f: Specific services

LOT 2. Course development services Under Lot 2, tenders are invited from companies and agencies to provide services under one or more of the six skill groups (a-f) . The purpose of Lot 2 is to enable contracting of specialists on a temporary basis to work on discrete projects as part of a project team comprising internal and/or external team members. The six skill groups are defined below: a)Online education project management - overseeing design and development of substantial projects comprising multiple short courses/modules. b)Senior learning designer / learning designer - providing learning design workshop at the start of projects to produce a course outline; providing quality review of authored work; providing quality review of built assets. c)Educational copy editor / proof-reader - contracted by project/group of courses to proof-read according to defined style guide either pre-build or on learning platforms and provide tracked-changes document. d)Digital learning developer - building content into learning packages, e.g. Articulate Rise, Evolve. e)Learning technologist - testing accessibility compliance of assets; scoping solutions by working with academic and learning design teams; problem-solving platform issues. f)Digital designer (education) - creation of visual assets with an understanding of instructional requirements for education. If a supplier can offer services in more than one area, they should submit a tender response for each area they wish to provide services for.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002885-2023 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 31 Jan 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 4 Dec 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 | £150,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS |
| Locality | LEEDS |
| Post town | Leeds |
| Postcode | LS2 9JZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds |
| Local authority | Leeds |
| Electoral ward | Little London & Woodhouse |
| Westminster constituency | Leeds Central and Headingley |
| Delivery location | TLE42 Leeds |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 9 |
| Supplier names | CURIO GROUP; GERMAN PROJECT SOLUTIONS; HUBBLE STUDIOS; INSTINCT RESOURCING; LEARNING DESIGN SOLUTIONS; LEARNINGMATE SOLUTIONS; ONLINE EDUCATION SERVICES; PROVERSITY; WILEY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 72212100 - Industry specific software development services
- 72212190 - Educational software development services
- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- 79600000 - Recruitment services
- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 31 Jan 2023 at 10:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002885-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/delta/
- https://neupc.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=755674275

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