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title: "Class Support"
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# Class Support

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/class-support-ocds-h6vhtk-05e7e5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Student Loans Company: "Class Support". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £1,500,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Student Loans Company](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/student-loans-company-gov-pb27)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £1,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Platform interconnectivity software development services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/class-support-ocds-h6vhtk-05e7e5#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05e7e5`

## 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/class-support-ocds-h6vhtk-05e7e5#tl-md)

## Description
CLASS is an ageing bespoke application and supported by ageing on premise hardware and virtualisation. It is the key function for Pay and Repay services. SLC strategy is to reduce reliance on physical data centres, and technology which needs to be renewed, maintained, and supported. Hosting CLASS on the Cloud will reduce reliance on data centres and the associated effort to support them.
The proposal aligns with overall government Cloud First approach and modernises the technology which supports CLASS.
The requirement shall be for the design and procurement of a cloud based platform in order to meet SLC requirements in an ongoing basis.
This is a retrospective notice as premarket engagement was undertaken by issuing a premarket engagement questionnaire to all companies listed on CCS Framework reference RM6292 (Cloud Compute 2) Lot 1 -Core Services. The questionnaire was issued via the Delta Esouring portal on 21/07/2025 and closed on 11/08/2025

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 72212211
- **Delivery regions:** UKC
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 01/03/2026 to 28/02/2029

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F076682-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-11-25T08:12:21.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T23:28:51.577Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05e7e5