Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-04-13
Buyer: University of Southampton
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
CPV classification: 48900000 | 72000000 | 72212517 | 72212900: Miscellaneous software programming services
Estimated value: 5000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
The University of Southampton has recently been awarded a contract to continue the administration of research funding on behalf of The Department of Health and Social Care. The new contract commences on 1.4.2018 and will run initially for 5 years with an option to extend for a further 4 years. In order to meet the requirements of the new contract the University will be replacing its current Grants Management platform.
The University of Southampton has recently been awarded a contract to continue the administration of research funding on behalf of The Department of Health and Social Care through the NIHR.
The NIHR seeks to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research by providing a health research system in which the NHS supports outstanding individuals working in world-class facilities, conducting leading-edge research focused on the needs of patients and the public.
The new contract commences on 1.4.2018 and will run initially for 5 years with an option to extend for a further 4 years. In order to meet the requirements of the new contract the University will be replacing its current Grants Management platform.
We are seeking an innovative technology partner to deliver a Research Grants Management and Collaboration platform that will support core business processes, facilitate interoperability with partner organisations and 3rd party systems, and aid us in meeting contractual commitments to simplify and expedite the commissioning of research.
The platform must support continuous improvement across the business, enhancing our ability to feedback to contributors while providing internal and external stakeholders with an exceptional user experience.
The solution must contain a robust auditable business process that can be shaped to meet the needs of a range of funding programmes, while remaining flexible so users can determine new pathways based on proportionate risk based decision-making.
The solution must be highly configurable to enable evolving workflows and business processes across a number of functional areas including:
This PIN has been issued in order to gauge capability and interest in the market to assist in our decision making. This is not a call for competition. There will be no prejudice to any future procurement procedure by participation in this PIN.
Potential bidders with the genuine capability, demonstrable experience in provision of business management / workflow systems and the capacity to meet the requirements set out in this PIN should confirm their interest by expressing their interest via the universities tendering portal.
If you are not already registered as a supplier with the In-Tend Portal, you will need to register your company before accessing the Soft Market test stage. Once registered you will need to express an interest in the project, further details will then become available.
Please note, to preserve the integrity of the procedure, all queries must be made via In-Tend. We look forward to receiving your response. The Closing Time and Date for receipt of expressions of interest is 12:00 noon 11.5.2018.
The responses to this PIN will be used to assist in the development of the specification of our requirement. There will be no prejudice to any future procurement procedure by participation in this PIN.
The steps we will be taking to during our assessment process and approximate timescales are as follows:


Award value: 5000000