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title: "An Online Programme Management Service"
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# An Online Programme Management Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/an-online-programme-management-service-ocds-h6vhtk-03077d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sheffield Hallam University: "An Online Programme Management Service". Published status: complete. Published Value: £85,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Nov 2022, 10:00 GMT. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Sheffield Hallam University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sheffield-hallam-university-urn-133871)
- **Published Value:** £85,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 November 2022 at 10:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Adult-education services at university level, E-learning services, Higher education services, Online
- **Delivery Location:** UKE32
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £85,000,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 4 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/an-online-programme-management-service-ocds-h6vhtk-03077d#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03077d`

## 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/an-online-programme-management-service-ocds-h6vhtk-03077d#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fsheffieldhallamuniversity%2Faspx%2FHome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/an-online-programme-management-service-ocds-h6vhtk-03077d#participate

## Description
The University has now selected a commercial partner to develop, scale and grow our online portfolio and extend our brand nationally and globally, in an operationally and financially sustainable way. They will work with us to develop a new wholly online portfolio of courses that reflect our ambition to be the world's leading applied university and ensure we are able to reach prospective students on a UK and global stage.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80420000, 80430000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Estimated Value:** £85,000,000
- **Description:** The University has now established a commercial partnership to develop, scale and grow our online portfolio and extend our brand nationally and globally, in an operationally and financially
sustainable way. We expect the partnership to be for up to 1...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** 022483-2023-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **HIGHER ED PARTNERS LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-47240`
  - Value: £85,000,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 027416-2022-1 (unsuccessful)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 022483-2023-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £85,000,000
  - Signed Date: 01/08/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022483-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-08-02T13:58:24.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T08:50:40.119Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03077d