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title: "Learning Resources Platform (VitalSource)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06fb1f"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Coventry University"
published: "2026-09-16"
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# Learning Resources Platform (VitalSource)

Buyer: Coventry University  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06fb1f

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## Summary

Coventry University is procuring a learning resources platform for the Coventry University Group. The service covers the VitalSource platform, incorporating Sylla, for reading-list management, discovery and curation of open educational resources, digital learning-content delivery, curriculum mapping and student-engagement analytics. It also includes Aula integration, training, support and maintenance. This is a software supply and support service delivered for the University Group in the United Kingdom. The requirement is intended to support teaching and learning activities, help staff manage and discover digital content, connect with the Aula learning environment, and provide analytics on student engagement. The buyer is Coventry University, based in Coventry, and the selected supplier is VitalSource Technologies LLC, a large US-based technology company.

The procurement has been awarded through a direct award, with VitalSource Technologies LLC selected for the single lot. The award date is 16 September 2026. The contract period runs from 26 September 2026 to 13 September 2029, with signature scheduled for 26 September 2026. The awarded value is £240,000 excluding tax, or £288,000 including tax. Coventry University justified the direct award on the basis that VitalSource was identified as the only supplier able to meet the technical requirements for curriculum mapping, automated open educational resource curation, Aula integration and student-engagement analytics; no reasonable alternative was identified. The procurement is above the relevant threshold. The award is recorded as pending, while the tender itself is complete.

This procurement indicates demand for an integrated higher-education learning-content platform rather than standalone software. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need proven capability in digital reading-list management, open educational resource discovery and automated curation, digital content delivery, curriculum mapping and student-engagement analytics. Direct integration with Aula is central to the buyer’s stated technical need, so suppliers would need an established, reliable integration rather than a generic learning-platform interface. Relevant providers should also be able to deliver implementation or user training, ongoing technical support and maintenance for a university group. The award rationale shows that demonstrating a distinctive combination of these functions, technical interoperability and dependable service capacity would be important when competing with an incumbent platform provider.

## Notice

Provision of the VitalSource (incorporating Sylla) platform to support reading list management, Open Educational Resource (OER) discovery, digital learning content delivery, curriculum mapping, student engagement analytics, Aula integration, training, support and maintenance services for Coventry University Group for the period 2026-2029.

### Procurement Information

VitalSource is the only supplier identified as capable of providing the required curriculum mapping, automated OER curation, Aula integration and student engagement analytics. No reasonable alternative supplier has been identified that can meet the University's technical requirements.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087764-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 16 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 16 Sep 2026 |
| Contract period | 26 Sep 2026 - 13 Sep 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £240,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Pending |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Coventry University |
| Locality | COVENTRY |
| Postcode area | Coventry |
| Postcode | CV1 5FB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG33 Coventry |
| Local authority | Coventry |
| Electoral ward | St Michael's |
| Westminster constituency | Coventry South |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | VitalSource Technologies LLC |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72268000 - Software supply services

## Release History

- 16 Sep 2026 at 13:29 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087764-2026
- 16 Sep 2026 at 13:18 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087754-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087764-2026
  16th September 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/087754-2026
  16th September 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.coventry.ac.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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