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Exam Timetabling

Buyer: University of Plymouth →

BuyerUniversity of Plymouth
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£0
Published8 Oct 2025

What is being bought

The University wishes to operate examination scheduling within a more integrated team with significant data integration and greater automation. Therefore, we need to understand the potential offered by current software products in the market to support achievement of these objectives and wish to engage with suppliers in order to: Gain an understanding of functionality (see key requirements below) and potential benefits to be gained from use of the system/service. Gain an understanding of the scale of cost associated with both purchase and implementation. On this basis we will then be building a business case for funding for submission to our internal planning process ahead of a possible procurement process. We are seeking expressions of interest from suppliers describing their product set in this space and, ideally, licensing and cost models as well as typical implementation costs. Please see additional information attached to the notice on Mercell. At this stage we are scoping the budget of this provision, so no cost is associated to this notice at this stage.

Delivery location

UKK4, GB

Categories

Scheduling software package 48332000IT software package 48517000Scheduling and productivity software development services 72212330Scheduling software development services 72212332Information technology services 72222300Software-related services 72260000Software support services 72261000Software development services 72262000Software implementation services 72263000

Lot details

Lot LOT-0000

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 30 Oct 2025 to 31 Dec 2025
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
LOT-0000Information technology services, Scheduling software package, IT software package, Scheduling and productivity software development services, Scheduling software development services, Software-related services, Software support services, Software development services, Software implementation servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Scheduling software package (48332000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 484,4931 median · 9.2 average (1,562 of 4,493 with a bid count)1.7 average (1,804 of 4,493 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer4Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKK4131 median · 1 average (2 of 13 with a bid count)1 average (2 of 13 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=98806&B=engagement28 Oct 2025scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05aa80
Latest release ID063278-2025
Latest release timestampWed Oct 08 2025 12:00:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£0
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
8 Oct 2025planning063278-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
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