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260158 Contract for the Provision of a Research Intelligence Tool

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BuyerQueen's University Belfast
StatusOpen
Deadline15 Sept 2026
Value£900,000
Published1 Sept 2026

What is being bought

Queen’s University Belfast requires a Research Intelligence Tool to support institutional research and innovation strategy, planning, and evaluation. The tool will enable benchmarking of research performance, identification of emerging research strengths, monitoring of collaboration and partnership activity, and support planning for research assessment exercises and strategic planning across Faculties and Schools. Queen’s will develop requirements based on institutional needs, including functional fit, data quality, usability, interoperability, alignment with research culture and responsible metrics principles, and value for money. Key users will include academic staff, Faculty Deans of Research, Research Strategy & Policy Team, Research Development, Global Research Partnerships, Business Alliance, Library (Open Research), Global Marketing and Reputation, and the Research Intelligence Team.

Delivery location

UKN, GB

Categories

Software package and information systems 48000000Database systems 48610000Information technology services 72222300Database services 72320000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusactive
ValueAED 900,000
Contract periodFrom 4 Jan 2027 to 3 Jan 2032

Award criteria
Technical — User Experience and Accessibility 15% Data Coverage, Quality and Transparency 10% Strategic Benchmarking and Research Intelligence 20% Research Insight and Impact Analytics 20% Reporting, Visualisation and Export 5% Integration, API and Technical Architecture 5% Implementation and Service Continuity 5% Support, Service Performance & Platform Resilience 5% Sustainability and Social Value 5% (90%)
Price — Price (10%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Database systems, Database services, Information technology services, Software package and information systemsNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Software package and information systems (48000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 484,7741 median · 9.1 average (1,675 of 4,774 with a bid count)1.7 average (1,926 of 4,774 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer1Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKN1312 median · 4.3 average (53 of 131 with a bid count)1.4 average (66 of 131 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)3393 median · 3 average (1 of 339 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 339 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA, CPTPP
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsSee tender documents.

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06e910
Latest release ID082507-2026
Latest release timestampTue Sep 01 2026 09:42:17 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082507-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-09-15T16:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-09-10T16:00:00+01:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-10-09T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailshttps://in-tendhost.co.uk/queensuniversitybelfast/aspx/Home
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£900,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source3
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
1 Sept 2026tenderUpdate082507-2026
24 Aug 2026tenderUpdate080446-2026
21 Aug 2026tender079928-2026
20 Aug 2026planning079660-2026

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