--- title: "Ethics System 2025" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0502c5" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0502c5" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0502c5.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0502c5.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "BATH SPA UNIVERSITY" published: "2025-04-14" --- # Ethics System 2025 Buyer: BATH SPA UNIVERSITY Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0502c5 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-0502c5) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-0502c5.json) ## Summary Bath Spa University is seeking a comprehensive Ethics System to enhance the user experience in managing ethical approval processes for academic research. This tender falls under the IT services industry category and is currently in the planning stage. The university, located in Bath, UK, aims to implement a system that provides instant visibility and status updates for applications, ensuring a streamlined and accessible user interface. Key dates include the preliminary market engagement notice published on 14th April 2025, with the engagement phase ending on 28th April 2025. The contract period is planned to start on 1st June 2025 and end on 31st May 2030, with an estimated value of £150,000 GBP. This tender presents significant opportunities for IT service providers specializing in consulting, software development, and support. Businesses capable of delivering a flexible, automated system that integrates application submissions, reviews, feedback, and record-keeping will find this opportunity particularly beneficial. Companies that offer solutions with robust notification functionalities, ensuring users are updated throughout the approval process, are well-suited for this contract. Furthermore, this project promises to foster long-term business growth by establishing a partnership with a reputable academic institution, opening doors for future collaborations in the higher education sector. ## Notice Ethical Approval is a statutory operation for any Higher Education provider that conducts academic research, and applies to all core student and staff groups (undergraduate, postgraduate, postdoctoral, and other professional service groups). Where ethical adherence is established, it assures quality in the research methods and governance, participant protection, consent and data integrity. Ethical approval adherence is typically a pre-requisite for funding and publishing activity. Enhancing User Experience We are looking for a system that will provide instant visibility of the status of an application for ethical approval at any moment, exactly who it is with, and will notify the user of any updates in status. We want a streamlined, simple UI that is fully accessible and allows users to see not only current status in the end-to-end process, but all feedback notes, modifications and audit history for their application at a glance - with complete record-keeping on dates/times reviews took place, feedback given, amendments made, and approval dates. We want a one-stop shop for ethical approval - with all submission creation, submission for review, evaluation, feedback, and outcomes all recorded in one place for the user to find at any time. We want the solution to be flexible, allowing the user to upload supporting documents as required alongside the formal online forms. We are looking for a solution that would provide automation functionality which pushes notifications to users of actions against them as an application moves through the process. This applies end to end from application submission to final approval or rejection. Users should be alerted in the system and also via email registered to their User ID. The current advertised value is an estimate and ultimately depends on the solutions offered. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/WRKE7S35ZX To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/WRKE7S35ZX ### Planning Information For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/??notice-title??/WRKE7S35ZX To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/WRKE7S35ZX If you experience any technical difficulties from accessing the above url, then please contact the Delta eSourcing Helpdesk on call 0800 923 9236 or email helpdesk@delta-esourcing.com. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015065-2025 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 14 Apr 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 28 Apr 2025 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Jun 2025 - 31 May 2030 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £150,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Planning | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | BATH SPA UNIVERSITY | | Locality | BATH | | Post town | Bath | | Postcode | BA2 9BN | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England | | ITL 3 | TLK52 Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire | | Local authority | Bath and North East Somerset | | Electoral ward | Saltford | | Westminster constituency | North East Somerset and Hanham | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ## Release History - 14 Apr 2025 at 15:05 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015065-2025 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015065-2025 14th April 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/WRKE7S35ZX - https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/??notice-title??/WRKE7S35ZX - https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/WRKE7S35ZX - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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