---
title: "iRIS Connect"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078415"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "THE OPEN UNIVERSITY"
published: "2026-10-08"
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# iRIS Connect

Buyer: THE OPEN UNIVERSITY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078415

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## Summary

The Open University procured the iRIS Connect online education management and practice-learning platform for its PGCE Partnership Team. The system supports the management, monitoring and assessment of student teachers’ school-based practice learning. This is a software and information-systems requirement, centred on an education platform rather than general IT supply. The buyer is The Open University, based at Walton Hall in Milton Keynes. The procurement covers delivery in the United Kingdom; no more specific delivery location is stated. The requirement is focused on enabling the university’s teacher-training partnership to oversee trainees’ practical learning in schools, track progress and assess their performance.

The procurement is complete and the contract has been awarded to IRIS Connect Ltd. The university signed the contract on 28 July 2026. The contract runs from 1 October 2026 to 1 October 2027. Its value is £27,075 excluding VAT (£32,490 including VAT). The procurement was below the applicable threshold, and the published procedure detail describes the method as unknown. It was organised as one lot, with no separate lot awards. The stated requirement is the iRIS Connect platform for managing, monitoring and assessing school-based practice learning by student teachers on the PGCE partnership. No specific evaluation criteria or eligibility requirements are recorded in the process information.

This award demonstrates a defined demand at The Open University for a specialist platform supporting school-based teacher training: the system must help a partnership team manage placements or practice learning, monitor student teachers’ progress and assess their performance. A credible competitor for a future requirement would need an education-focused platform that brings these functions together and can support the university’s PGCE partnership model. Suppliers should be able to show relevant experience delivering learning-management or teacher-practice tools for higher education and school settings, together with the capacity to support users across those environments. The selected supplier is an SME, showing that a business of this scale was able to deliver the requirement; the award does not evidence a need for a large general-purpose IT provider.

## Notice

Online education management and practice learning platform used by the PGCE Partnership Team to support the management, monitoring and assessment of student teachers' school-based practice learning.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095353-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - unknown |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Oct 2026 - 1 Oct 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £27,075 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE OPEN UNIVERSITY |
| Locality | MILTON KEYNES |
| Postcode area | Milton Keynes |
| Postcode | MK7 6AA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLJ12 Milton Keynes |
| Local authority | Milton Keynes |
| Electoral ward | Monkston |
| Westminster constituency | Milton Keynes Central |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | IRIS Connect |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems

## Release History

- 8 Oct 2026 at 15:50 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095353-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095353-2026
  8th October 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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