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title: "ARC Placement System"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06f6ce"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "University of Portsmouth"
published: "2026-09-10"
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# ARC Placement System

Buyer: University of Portsmouth  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06f6ce

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## Summary

The University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation procured a placement management system for mandatory healthcare placements. The software is intended to plan, allocate, monitor and report on clinical placements for healthcare students across healthcare providers, improving efficiency, visibility and data management throughout the placement lifecycle. This is an industry-specific software package (CPV 48100000), classified as a goods requirement. The work is connected to the University’s healthcare education activity in Portsmouth and its placement network. The requirement is therefore relevant to software providers with products for student placement administration, healthcare workforce or clinical education scheduling, allocation, monitoring and reporting, particularly where the system can manage information across multiple placement providers.

The procurement has been awarded through a direct award under the ITS4052SU framework, using a limited procedure without a prior call for competition. The awarded supplier is Academia Limited. The contract is active and was signed on 4 September 2026 for £26,501.08 including the stated contract value currency, GBP. The requirement was described as an initial one-year contract, with price as the award criterion. The procurement record shows one lot, covering the placement management system, and that lot is marked cancelled, while the associated award and contract remain active. One bid was recorded. The outcome is consequently a completed award to Academia Limited rather than an opportunity for further bids on this contract.

This award indicates demand from the University of Portsmouth for specialist software supporting the full healthcare placement lifecycle, rather than a general student administration platform. Suppliers preparing for comparable requirements should be able to demonstrate reliable planning and allocation tools, monitoring of placement progress, reporting and clear data management across multiple healthcare providers. A credible competitor would need a mature product that can support mandatory student placements, handle allocation workflows efficiently and provide useful visibility to university and placement-provider users. Experience delivering software to higher education, healthcare education or organisations coordinating distributed clinical placements would strengthen a future proposition. The route also shows that framework capability and a product suitable for direct award may matter when this buyer next addresses the requirement.

## Notice

This requirement is for a placement management system to support allocations for students undertaking mandatory healthcare placements.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Authority requires a software solution to support the management and allocation of clinical placements for healthcare students. The system will be used to plan, allocate, monitor and report on student placements across healthcare providers, improving efficiency, visibility and data management throughout the placement lifecycle. The contract will be awarded through the ITS4052SU SLRA Framework for an initial period of one year.

### Procurement Information

Direct Award under a framework, ITS4052SU

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085878-2026 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £26,501 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | University of Portsmouth |
| Locality | PORTSMOUTH |
| Postcode area | Portsmouth |
| Postcode | PO1 2UP |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| ITL 3 | TLJ31 Portsmouth |
| Local authority | Portsmouth |
| Electoral ward | St Thomas |
| Westminster constituency | Portsmouth South |
| Delivery location | TLJ31 Portsmouth |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Academia Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48100000 - Industry specific software package

## Release History

- 10 Sep 2026 at 13:19 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085878-2026

## Notice URLs

- http://www.port.ac.uk

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