Public procurement notice: Modification Of A Contract/Concession During Its Term
Published: 2020-08-17
Buyer: University of Ulster
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 72310000: Data processing services

Technical requirements: The University of Ulster operates in an increasingly complex, data-oriented, environment which requires the effective collection and analysis of robust research data in order to facilitate:
Implementation of this Tool will provide senior managers with robust metrics on all the essential research & innovation KPIs thereby enabling strategic decisions to be made in relation to the funding of research & innovation activities.
The Tool should be web-based and accessible from any internet enabled PC, MAC, iPad, or mobile device etc and should not require any installation or specific IT hardware other than Google Chrome or Mozila Firefox internet browsers to access the tool.
There should be a facility to allow different levels of access to the tool, eg: Admin, Research Institute User, etc.
The Research Intelligence Tool allows senior management to assess Ulster’s research performance from a variety of perspectives in order to:
• analyse and benchmark our research performance against our peer institutions and to improve our ability to establish, execute and evaluate our institutional research strategy.
• evaluate and track research performance at researcher, Research Institute and faculty level in order to make informed decisions in relation to promotion, recruitment and retention
• streamline the reporting process for Research Institute Directors and Research Institute support staff in relation to research performance monitoring for their respective areas
• facilitate the easier identification of research strengths and shortcomings in their respective areas
• the ability to analyse the performance of researchers, Research Institutes and REF Units of Assessment
• the setting of evidence-based targets at both individual, Research Institute and REF Unit of Assessment level and tracking of progress through advanced, customizable dashboards
• enable the University to access meaningful, data-driven evidence to support their understanding of the research landscape and their research & innovation performance relative to other HEIs to facilitate informed, evidence-based target-setting and strategic decisions in relation to funding.
Any proceedings alleging that the University is in breach of its duties under the Public Contract Regulations 2015 must be started in the High Court of Northern Ireland, in accordance with the time limits set out therein (including the requirement to start proceedings within 30 days beginning with the date when the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting proceedings had arisen). The University will not enter into the modifications proposed herein before the end of a period of at least 30 days beginning with the day after the date on which this notice is published in the Official Journal.
The University of Ulster operates in an increasingly complex, data-oriented, environment which requires the effective collection and analysis of robust research data in order to facilitate:
Implementation of this Tool will provide senior managers with robust metrics on all the essential research & innovation KPIs thereby enabling strategic decisions to be made in relation to the funding of research & innovation activities.


Winner: Elsevier B.V