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title: "NU/1897 Professional Skills and Career Development Platform"
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# NU/1897 Professional Skills and Career Development Platform

Buyer: NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03b2fc

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## Summary

Newcastle University issued a tender for the procurement of a Professional Skills and Career Development Platform under the services category in the education and training services industry. The tender, with an ID of DN659745, aimed to find a provider to integrate a platform seamlessly with their Canvas VLE, meeting all university requirements regarding accessibility. The contract duration was set for 3 years starting from 1st June 2023, with a potential one-year extension.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses experienced in providing career and skills training platforms to higher education institutions. Suitable businesses should possess expertise in working with professional social networking sites recognised by graduate recruiters and employers. The platform needs to offer extensive resources and career development options for business graduates, with a focus on quality and meeting the university's accessibility standards. Additionally, businesses should be prepared to ensure seamless integration with the university's virtual learning environment to enhance the learning experience for students.

## Notice

Newcastle Business School is looking for a provider of a recognised career and skills training platform who has extensive experience of working with higher education organisations or similar. Your platform will seamlessly interface with a (or many) professional social networking site(s) that are well recognised by graduate recruiters and potential employers. Your coverage should be vast, and broad, covering tens of thousands of possible career and professional development videos and resources which a business graduate at any level of their educational journey may wish to access. This will be constantly developed and kept up to date. You will have an excellent and high quality website and phone app. Your platform will integrate seamlessly with our Canvas VLE and meet all our university requirements regarding accessibility.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The scope of this contract is to provide a recognised career and skills training platform which has the following features: * extensive experience of working with higher education organisations. * seamlessly interface with a (or many) world leading professional social networking site(s) that are well recognised by graduate recruiters and potential employers. * coverage should be vast, and broad, covering tens of thousands of poss3ble career and professional development videos and resources which a business graduate at any level of their educational journey may wish to access. This will be constantly developed and kept up to date. * high quality website and phone app. * integrate seamlessly with Canvas VLE * meet all our university requirements regarding accessibility

Options: The duration of the contract shall be for 3 years commencing 1st June 2023 and ending on 31st May 2026. The contract may be extended by the mutual agreement of the University and LinkedIn for one further year from 1st June 2026.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013846-2023 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 May 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 18 Apr 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 4 May 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | £200,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £167,200 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY |
| Locality | NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE |
| Post town | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Postcode | NE1 7RU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLC North East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear |
| ITL 3 | TLC43 Tyneside |
| Local authority | Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Electoral ward | Monument |
| Westminster constituency | Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West |
| Delivery location | TLC22 Tyneside |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | LINKEDIN |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 16 May 2023 at 07:25 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013846-2023
- 15 Mar 2023 at 11:36 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/007509-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://procontract.due-north.com/Home/
- https://www.ncl.ac.uk

## Provenance

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