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title: "Academic Profile and Research Information System"
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# Academic Profile and Research Information System

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/academic-profile-and-research-information-system-ocds-h6vhtk-02d377). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE): "Academic Profile and Research Information System". Published status: complete. Published Value: £300,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 10 Sept 2021, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-salford-the-urn-133845)
- **Published Value:** £300,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 10 September 2021 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** UKD3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £205,945 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/academic-profile-and-research-information-system-ocds-h6vhtk-02d377#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02d377`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/academic-profile-and-research-information-system-ocds-h6vhtk-02d377#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fsalford%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/academic-profile-and-research-information-system-ocds-h6vhtk-02d377#participate

## Description
The University currently has a number of disparate systems and processes which are used to manage research and its associated information and outputs, including the research bids and awards database, the University of Salford Institutional Repository (USIR), the ethics applications and approval process and Banner for storing PGR student records.

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Bid & Awards Contract Management, REF preparation & submission and Research outputs repository
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 48000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Bids & Awards Contract Management, REF preparation & submission and Research outputs repository.

### Lot 2: PGR Progression
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 48000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Given the internal and external environments, there is a need to make much more intelligent use of our research information to inform investment and strategic decision making with the aim of supporting academics, increasing our research performance, ...

### Lot 3: Ethics Applications and Approvals
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 48000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Given the internal and external environments, there is a need to make much more intelligent use of our research information to inform investment and strategic decision making with the aim of supporting academics, increasing our research performance, ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 002560-2022-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Worktribe Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-45848`
  - Value: £205,945 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 002560-2022-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £205,945
  - Signed Date: 21/01/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F002560-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-01-28T14:49:46.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T05:54:26.773Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02d377