---
title: "Turnitin Originality"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077740"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "University Of The West Of England"
published: "2026-09-22"
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# Turnitin Originality

Buyer: University Of The West Of England  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077740

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## Summary

The University of the West of England procured Turnitin Originality – Enterprise, a software licensing service for originality checking and related academic integrity activity. The requirement is for enterprise use across the university rather than a discrete works project or physical supply. The procurement was bought by the University of the West of England, based at Frenchay Campus in Bristol, and the service is delivered for the university in the United Kingdom. The contracted product is classified as a licence management software package. This opportunity is relevant to software publishers, authorised licensing partners and specialist education technology providers able to supply and manage enterprise software licences for a higher education institution. It is particularly relevant to businesses with an established originality-checking or academic integrity platform and the infrastructure to support institutional deployment.

The procurement has been completed and the contract was awarded to TURNITIN, LLC. It used a direct award below the applicable threshold, without competition, covering a single lot. The award was made on 14 August 2026 and the contract runs from 27 August 2026 to 26 August 2027. The contract value is £75,393.70 excluding VAT, or £90,472.44 including VAT. The requirement was evaluated through the direct-award route rather than a competitive assessment, so no scored award criteria are recorded. The tender was for Turnitin Originality – Enterprise. The selected supplier is a US-based SME. The procurement therefore records a one-year enterprise software licensing arrangement between the university and the product supplier.

For a future requirement of this type, credible competitors would need an enterprise software product that supports originality checking or closely related academic integrity work in a university environment. They would need to provide robust licence management, institutional deployment and ongoing service support for a higher education customer, rather than a small-scale individual-user application. Experience supplying universities, managing organisation-wide user access and handling education-sector software procurement would strengthen a supplier’s position. The existing award also shows that the buyer uses a direct, below-threshold route for this requirement, so suppliers should understand how to present a compliant, clearly scoped licensing offer to the University of the West of England. Product reliability, administrative control and the ability to support an established enterprise service would be commercially important when competing with the incumbent.

## Notice

Turnitin Originality - Enterprise (until 26/08/2027)

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089519-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 22 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 27 Aug 2026 - 26 Aug 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £75,393 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | University Of The West Of England |
| Locality | BRISTOL |
| Postcode area | Bristol |
| Postcode | BS16 1QY |
| 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 | South Gloucestershire |
| Electoral ward | Stoke Park & Cheswick |
| Westminster constituency | Filton and Bradley Stoke |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Turnitin UK |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48218000 - License management software package

## Release History

- 22 Sep 2026 at 11:22 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089519-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/089519-2026
  22nd September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.turnitin.com
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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