Official UK procurement notice
Digital Transformation and Research & Innovation Consultancy Open Framework
Authority: Jisc (Public body)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionJisc is establishing a Framework to enable it access to specialist consultants, with expertise in digital transformation, libraries and research & innovation in the UK non-profit organisation sector (tertiary education, charities, funding).
Jisc consultancy supports a range of organisations through the development and implementation of digital leadership, digital transformation, and research and innovation initiatives. To enhance the delivery of these services to its members, Jisc requires external consultants to collaborate in providing strategic and operational expertise across all areas of business.
- How the procedure runs: In accordance with the competitive flexible procedure, the evaluation process will include defined stage gates. This exercise will comprise of two stages: - Stage 1. Competency and experience - Stage 2. Interview
CPV: Business analysis consultancy services · Data services · Research and development services and related consultancy services · Systems consultancy services · Technical analysis or consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework · open framework scheme (admission reopens)
- Call-offs
- call-offs may be awarded directly or by further competition
- Framework period
- 3 yrs · up to 7 yrs 11 mo from 1 Mar 2027
- Scheme runs until
- 28 Feb 2035
Published description of the framework
Jisc subject matter experts will internally develop individual project requirements through scoping meetings and iterative proposal development with specific project commissioners. Where a project requires an associate engagement, this will be sourced via either direct award to a suitably qualified specialist supplier or via running a mini-competition amongst relevant suppliers on the applicable Lot(s).
Each project will have its own defined budget and commercial requirements. Bidders will be required to submit a fixed project price equal to or below the set budget that reflects their proposed delivery model, efficiencies, commercial discounts or other pricing strategies.
Under the framework, each call-off activity will typically be conducted on a single Lot. However, where appropriate, call-off contracts may be awarded either through direct award or mini-competition. Should the need arise, mini-competitions may be run across two Lots simultaneously, although any resulting award will be made under one Lot only.
Mini-competition (Lots 1 and 2)
A mini-competition enables Jisc to undertake a competitive process to secure the solution that offers the most advantageous tender. Under this process, suppliers appointed to the relevant Framework Lot will be invited to respond to an ITQ, which will set out the specific project requirements.
Mini-competitions may be used for project opportunities where specific Specialisms are not required, or where multiple suppliers have demonstrated expertise in the same Specialism. Only suppliers successfully appointed to the relevant Lot will be invited to participate.
Suppliers will be provided with all relevant information and invited to submit a proposal by a specified deadline, typically allowing at least 10 working days for responses. Participation is optional; however, suppliers that choose not to respond may be asked to provide a reason.
Responses will be evaluated against criteria set out in the ITQ, including the supplier's ability to meet the project requirements, deliver the required outcomes, work within budget and achieve the required timescales. Awards will typically be based on a combination of Technical Quality (80%) and Price (20%), although Jisc reserves the right to vary these weightings to reflect the needs of individual projects, and include relevant sub-criteria. Full details of the evaluation methodology, submission requirements and timescales will be included within the mini-competition documentation.
For each mini-competition, the Contracting Authority may vary the weighting of the framework award criteria to reflect the specific requirements of the project. The mini-competition award criteria can include new sub-criteria. For the avoidance of doubt, the evaluation of any price criterion at mini-competition will be scored using the methodology described in Tender Suite Part 1, Section 1.5.2. Calling off from the framework.
Direct award (Lots 1 and 2)
Jisc may award a Call-Off Contract without conducting a mini-competition where an objective selection outcome can be determined from Supplier information assessed and accepted at Framework admission. Direct award may be used where:
a) Only one Supplier on the relevant Lot has successfully demonstrated and been admitted to the Framework for the Specialism required by the project, or;
b) The requirement relates to a combination of Specialisms and only one Supplier on the relevant Lot has successfully demonstrated and been admitted to the Framework for all of those Specialisms.
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published valueEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £1,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1Digital TransformationRenewalceiling above
Digital and organisational change across learning, teaching and assessment, student experience and support, training, research, knowledge management and digital and physical infrastructure.
Consultancy work can help organisations with strategy development and review, organisational planning and review of systems, services, information and data management to inform investment priorities and future development. Jisc consultancy around digital transformation helps to explore and address factors such as organisational culture, digital leadership, digital capability and wellbeing, helping to create the conditions for sustainable change and enhanced business outcomes.
This work will align with our Framework for digital transformation in higher education. Our digital transformation toolkit (www.jisc.ac.uk/taking-digital-trans… ↗) provides further details.
Lot #2Research and Innovationceiling above
Digital and data research infrastructure strategy and operational development in higher education and publicly funded research and related partnerships across sectors.
Research management strategy and operational development in higher education and publicly funded research and related partnerships across sectors.
Scholarly communications in higher education and publicly funded research and related partnerships across sectors.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Digital Transformation and Research & Innovation Consultancy Open…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract: call-offs may be direct or by further competition.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Jisc buys Systems and technical consultancy services (CPV 7222), and who usually turns up
Jisc’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Systems and technical consultancy services (CPV 7222) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside South West England.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 72 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid3%
2–327%
4–624%
7+45%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1Digital TransformationCPV 72221000Published estimate£1.0m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid4%
2–347%
4–616%
7+33%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
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No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £824m53 awards in 36m · last this month | 11 live · £33m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 7% below n=4 | |
KPMGLarge | £574m147 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 39 live · £100m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=23 |
| £121m52 awards in 36m · last this month | 13 live · £180m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 6% below n=16 | |
| £74m40 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 12 live · £503m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 13% below n=4 | |
Fujitsu Services LtdLarge | £898m21 awards in 36m · last 10 months ago | 1 live · £29m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 21% below n=4 |
Lot #2Research and InnovationCPV 72221000Published estimate£1.0m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid3%
2–347%
4–616%
7+34%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
| £824m53 awards in 36m · last this month | 11 live · £33m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 7% below n=4 | |
KPMGLarge | £574m147 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 39 live · £100m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=23 |
| £121m52 awards in 36m · last this month | 13 live · £180m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 6% below n=16 | |
| £361m27 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 8 live · £145m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 8% below n=2 | |
JiscLarge | £54m62 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 36 live · £47m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% below n=1 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Open framework scheme
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 7 Aug 2026, 08:54 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Oct 2026, 15:27 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 4 Feb 2027
- Authority reference
Proc3351- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-093461- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06de93Find a Tender
- How it runs
In accordance with the competitive flexible procedure, the evaluation process will include defined stage gates.
This exercise will comprise of two stages:
- Stage 1. Competency and experience
- Stage 2. Interview
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via EU-Supply (CTM)- Requests to participate (first stage)
- —
- Appointment period ends
- 5 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 27 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
7 Aug 2026 → 1 Mar 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published75 days ago7 Aug 2026, 08:54 BST
- Market engagement46 days ago4 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
Any questions on suitability and how our consultancy service works should be emailed to [email protected].
Any future procurement will be conducted in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 and advertised via Jisc's e-procurement systems. Suppliers should ensure they are registered on the Jisc portal: uk.eu-supply.com/login.asp ↗.
- Next notice expected32 days ago18 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published19 days ago2 Oct 2026, 15:27 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 6 days27 Oct 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsin 15 days · period end, not a bid countdown5 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 107 days4 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 131 days1 Mar 2027
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Aug 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published7 Aug 2026, 08:54 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published7 Aug 2026, 09:25 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published2 Oct 2026, 15:27 BSTUK4
- Status changed to active2 Oct 2026, 15:27 BST
- Procurement method changed2 Oct 2026, 15:27 BST
- Deadline published: 5 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT2 Oct 2026, 15:27 BST
Published amendments (1)
Removed duplication
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender