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title: "Posit R-Studio Cloud"
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# Posit R-Studio Cloud

Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX(THE)  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-040dee

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## Summary

The University of Sussex awarded a contract for the procurement of the Posit R-Studio Cloud service, aimed at facilitating feedback between staff and students in the field of Psychology. The procurement process was undertaken through a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The contract was awarded to Posit Software PBC, based in the United States, with a total contract value of $215,184.08 USD. The contract was signed on 29th September 2023.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses specializing in software programming and consultancy services to engage in the provision of similar solutions to academic institutions. Companies with expertise in developing user-friendly software tools for educational purposes, particularly in the field of Psychology, would be well-suited to compete for similar contracts in the future. The focus on enhancing student learning experiences and streamlining teaching processes makes this tender relevant for businesses looking to offer innovative solutions to academic organisations.

## Notice

System used for feedback between staff and students in Psychology.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

System used for feedback between staff and students in Psychology.

### Procurement Information

This contract is essential for students and staff in our Psychology School. The service has been used for the last year and has been highly beneficial to the school and been central to teaching. Posit's services are not available through any Frameworks and are below the price for a mandatory open procedure . Other suppliers in the market were explored, namely Noteable, but cannot provide the specific service that Posit does. Using Noteable the School of Psychology would have no direct control over how servers are set up. For example if they want to install a package for students at short notice it would be impossible. They would have to ask the Noteable team to do this for them. This was a dealbreaker as you sometimes need to update things at very short notice. Posit cloud gives complete control over the student's environment. Individual module leads have direct control over their module workspaces on the cloud. It was felt that the overall user interface would not serve our specific aim of reducing the technical load (and associated anxiety) on students. In contrast Posit could is simply organised, students just log in and see RStudio (no set up). Our Psychology staff are able to control their environments to keep everything as simple as possible (e.g. pre-install everything they need for particular modules). With posit cloud students can also be organised into groups, have projects/infomration easily shared with them and staff can set up template projects as assignments. It eliminates some term 1 technical material that puts many students off. Posit cloud is purpose-built for making RStudio accessible and easy to use with zero barriers to getting started with the software. For this reason we are siting the Public Contracts Regulation 32 (b) - "where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons: (ii)competition is absent for technical reasons".

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031107-2023 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 20 Oct 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 28 Sep 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £215,184 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX(THE) |
| Locality | BRIGHTON |
| Post town | Brighton |
| Postcode | BN1 9RH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex |
| ITL 3 | TLJ21 Brighton and Hove |
| Local authority | Brighton and Hove |
| Electoral ward | Coldean & Stanmer |
| Westminster constituency | Brighton Pavilion |
| Delivery location | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | POSIT SOFTWARE PBC, 250 NORTHERN AVENUE SUITE 410 BOSTON SUFFOLK 02210 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services

## Release History

- 20 Oct 2023 at 15:55 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031107-2023

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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