Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-01-23
Buyer: The University of Manchester
Country: UK
Region: Greater Manchester
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72220000: Systems and technical consultancy services
Estimated value: 350000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-02-22
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Implementation partner for Student Information and Management Systems for Blended and Distance Learning.
The University wishes to appoint a supplier for the implementation of Campus Solutions 9.2, as well as associated satellite applications and integration points, at the University of Manchester, initially for Blended and Distance Learning
Initial users of the new system will be Manchester Business School Worldwide (MBSW) and four other pilot distance learning initiatives — Dentistry, Law (x2) and Electrical Engineering. This implementation will be the early blueprint for further expansion to other distance learning courses as well as the foundation for future expansion under the University's Student Lifecycle Programme. It will provide early deliverables in the student lifecycle roadmap that will establish approach, functionality, vendor capability, support and external hosting.
The figures given are an estimate only of the total value of the project and should not be taken as a guarantee of income.
There are 2 stages to the project with stage 1 about completion of detailed planning, resourcing and costing work, that will feed directly into the business case for the scope of the work to be delivered. Stage 2 will be about the full delivery of the end-to-end solution after the business case for the project has been approved.
If it is considered appropriate by the University, an indemnity, guarantee, bond or other form of appropriate security may be required for contracts awarded under this arrangement.
The University's particular requirements will be set out in the tender documentation but it should be noted that the University reserves the right to require groupings of economic operators to take a particular legal form or to require a single operator to take primary liability for a contract to be performed by a group of economic operators or to require each party to undertake joint and several liability in respect of the entire contract irrespective of the form the grouping takes.
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In accordance with Regulation 57 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended and as set out in the Invitation to Tender (ITT). Information as detailed in the ITT.
In accordance with Regulation 57 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 as amended and as set out in the Invitation to Tender (ITT).
Information as detailed in the ITT.
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