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Academic Operations Platform

Buyer: HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY →

BuyerHARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published10 Apr 2026

What is being bought

To supply and implement an Academic Operations Platform to unify curriculum management, workload planning, scheduling, and student allocation into a single solution.

Delivery location

UKG2

Categories

Software-related services 72260000Computer support and consultancy services 72600000Educational software package 48190000For training purposes 48190000-FA04For computer software 48190000-JA02

Lot details

Lot 1

Academic Operations platform (AOP) is required to streamline academic planning, reduce operational costs, improve staff and student experience, and to enable the University to better meet its strategic objectives of digital transformation, sustainability, and educational excellence. The AOP will be used for curriculum management, workload planning, scheduling (including resource and exam management), publishing and student allocation, and student evaluation and reporting. 4 year agreement to be procured via the NHS SBS Digital Workplace Solutions 2 framework.

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
price

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Software-related services, Computer support and consultancy servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 72. The category anchor is Software-related services (72260000); 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 724,8461 median · 11 average (1,666 of 4,846 with a bid count)1.8 average (1,959 of 4,846 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKG237 median · 6.7 average (3 of 3 with a bid count)1.3 average (3 of 3 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 rationaleUnique software product, in terms of end to end solution.
Rationale classificationsThe works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

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.

Awards

Academic Operations Platform

Statusactive
SupplierSoftcat plc

Contracts

Academic Operations Platform

Statusactive
Value£577,250

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-06803d
Latest release ID032928-2026
Latest release timestampFri Apr 10 2026 14:38:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodlimited
Procurement method detailsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release4

Notice history

DateEventReference
10 Apr 2026award, contract032928-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
10 Apr 2026 · 032928-2026 · award, contract
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