Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 3 Jun 2025, 14:17 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Digital Facilities Management - Research

Official notice

Authority: University of Exeter (Central government)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Planned pipeline value£250,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 2 Sept 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 1 Oct 2028 · starts 1 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Exeter currently has a number of diparate systems managing our extensive Research Facilities with combined functionality covering areas such as; space booking, asset tracking, maintenance, cost recovery, with many other facility management processes handled locally and manually across differing areas. With several of these existing solutions nearing end of Contract, the University has a time-sensitive opportunity to rethink its approach. Rather than replace like-for-like, we are seeking to implement a centralised, digital Facility Management System that streamlines operations, enables robust cost recovery, supports strategic planning, and improves the user experience for both internal and external stakeholders. This early market engagement exercise seeks to identify potential suppliers who can provide a flexible, scalable, and user-friendly solution aligned with the University's wider digital and sustainability goals. We are particularly interested in systems that are able to integrate well with other commonly used Higher Education/laboratory management platforms, and suppliers that have a proven track record within the sector.

CPV: Computer facilities management services · Facilities management software development services and software development services suite · Facilities management software package

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
3 Jun 2025, 14:17 BST
Last source update
3 Jun 2025, 14:17 BST
Authority reference
UOE/2025/038/SD
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-029531
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Computer facilities management servicesFacilities management software development services and software development services suiteFacilities management software package
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-052b94 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

3 Jun 2025 → 1 Oct 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    3 Jun 2025, 14:17 BST
  2. Market engagement
    14 Jun 2025, 00:59 BST
  3. Tender notice expected
    2 Sept 2025, 00:59 BST
  4. Contract starts391 days ago
    1 Oct 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    3 Jun 2025, 14:17 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Exeter

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PZYG-2396-XCRZ Northcote House, Exeter, South West, EX4 4QHContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure