--- title: "Preliminary Market Engagement Exercise: Curriculum Management, Timetabling and Scheduling Solution" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06bfc5" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06bfc5" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06bfc5.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06bfc5.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY" published: "2026-06-30" --- # Preliminary Market Engagement Exercise: Curriculum Management, Timetabling and Scheduling Solution Buyer: BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06bfc5 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-06bfc5) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-06bfc5.json) ## Summary Bournemouth University is entering the planning stage of a public procurement process for a comprehensive Curriculum Management, Timetabling, and Scheduling solution. The procurement aims to engage the market to develop requirements and finalize the procurement strategy. The procurement is classified under the industry category of software packages and educational systems, located in the UKK24 region, United Kingdom. The pre-market engagement deadline is set for 16 July 2026, following the initial notice published on 30 June 2026. The engagement will include written responses and one-on-one meetings, with the procurement communication future notice scheduled for 30 November 2026. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in educational software packages and scheduling solutions. SMEs are encouraged to participate, as the procurement seeks to build supplier capacity and integrate curriculum management functionalities. Businesses offering software support services, scheduling software, or educational software packages will find this tender particularly relevant. Participation at this stage will enable suppliers to influence the development of the tender criteria and align offerings with Bournemouth University's strategic needs, fostering growth through potential future contract awards. ## Notice The University is undertaking Preliminary Market Engagement to inform the development of a future procurement for an integrated Curriculum Management, Timetabling and Scheduling solution. This engagement follows an earlier Preliminary Market Engagement exercise relating to a timetabling and scheduling system. Following consideration of market feedback and further review of the University's strategic and operational requirements, the proposed scope has been expanded to include curriculum management functionality with the intention of procuring a single, integrated solution. The University is seeking feedback from the market to help shape the procurement strategy, refine the requirements and understand current market capability. Suppliers who participated in the previous engagement, together with any other interested suppliers, are invited to participate. Participation in this engagement will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any subsequent procurement process. Details of the previous Preliminary Market Engagement exercise can be found here: Planning Timetabling and Scheduling System Bournemouth University UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-005265 Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-060b01 Published 21 January 2026, 12:39pm ### Planning Information The University is looking to engage with the supply market for the purposes of: • Developing the University’s requirements and approach to the procurement; • Designing a procedure, conditions of participation or award criteria; • Preparing the tender notice and associated tender documents; • Identifying suppliers that may be able to supply the goods, services or works required; • Building capacity among suppliers in relation to the contract being awarded. The exercise will consist of: • Written responses to the areas of the response document identified as required; • One-to-one meetings with suppliers that have responded to this exercise via MS TEAMS. Meeting duration will be a maximum of 1.5 hours. Management of Engagement Activity: where there is significant interest in this pre-market engagement exercise, the University may limit the number of Participants invited to take part in certain activities such as one-to-one meetings or technical discussions. This is solely to ensure that engagement remains manageable and proportionate. If you wish to participate in this pre-market engagement exercise you must express your interest in the exercise and download the document from In-Tend: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/bournemouthuniversity/aspx/Home ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061077-2026 | | Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 30 Jun 2026 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 30 Nov 2026 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 31 Jul 2028 - 31 Jul 2031 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | 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 | BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY | | Locality | POOLE | | Post town | Bournemouth | | Postcode | BH12 5BB | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK6 North Somerset, Somerset and Dorset | | ITL 3 | TLK63 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | | Local authority | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | | Electoral ward | Talbot & Branksome Woods | | Westminster constituency | Bournemouth West | | Delivery location | TLK24 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages - 48 - Software package and information systems - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 30199790 - Timetables - 48000000 - Software package and information systems - 48190000 - Educational software package - 48330000 - Scheduling and productivity software package - 48332000 - Scheduling software package - 48900000 - Miscellaneous software package and computer systems - 72261000 - Software support services ## Release History - 30 Jun 2026 at 09:23 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061077-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/061077-2026 30th June 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ## Notice URLs - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/bournemouthuniversity/aspx/Home - https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk - 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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