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BuyerUniversity of Salford
StatusAwarded
Deadline29 Jan 2026
Value£100,000
Published11 Feb 2026

What is being bought

The University of Salford is seeking a specialist industry engagement company to identify, secure, and manage industry-sourced Live Dissertation Projects for MSc students in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and IoT with Data Science. The appointed company will act as an intermediary between industry partners, students, and the University.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

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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

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

1

Statusactive
SupplierEden Smith
Value£115,200
Contract periodFrom 1 May 2026 to 1 May 2028

Documents & submission route

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OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0606b2
Latest release ID012474-2026
Latest release timestampWed Feb 11 2026 14:37:28 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003507-2026
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - open competition
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
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 valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
11 Feb 2026award, contract012474-2026
15 Jan 2026tender003507-2026

All source data

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

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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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15 Jan 2026 · 003507-2026 · tender
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