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title: "(NU/1885) Supply of Current Research Information System"
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# (NU/1885) Supply of Current Research Information System

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nu-1885-supply-of-current-research-information-system-ocds-h6vhtk-03ab98). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Newcastle University: "(NU/1885) Supply of Current Research Information System". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Newcastle University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/newcastle-university-GB-FTS-95021)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** UKC22
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03ab98`

## 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/nu-1885-supply-of-current-research-information-system-ocds-h6vhtk-03ab98#tl-md)

## Description
Newcastle University requires a Current Research Information System (CRIS) capable of meeting the following high-level requirements.
1.	Compliance – External
Support compliance with external requirements including Open Access, funder requirements, and UKRI technical standards.
2.	Compliance – Internal
Support compliance with relevant internal standards and policies on research, publication, and IT security and compliance.
3.	Integration
Support a variety of integrations with internal systems (such as HR integration) and external systems, via standard technologies such as web services/APIs. This may include: integration with external IDs such as ORCID for researchers, and Digital Object Identifier for publications; and integration with publication platforms such as ResearchFish, Scopus, and Web of Science.
4.	Public profiles
Ability to publish researcher profiles, populated with key information including publication history and affiliations with research groups, academic units, etc.
5.	Publication process
Ability to simplify and where possible automate the process of submitting, checking, and appending relevant metadata to articles for publication within the repository
6.	Submission and management of research assessment
Ability to produce submissions to research assessment or other awarding bodies, including the ability to simulate and analyse submission responses.
7.	Research impact
Ability to analyse and evidence the impact of research.
8.	Reporting
Ability to report on all data stored within the CRIS, using either on-the-fly context reporting or by extracting and presenting data within a modern reporting toolset such as Microsoft Power BI.
9.	Repository
Provide a fully integrated repository as part of solution or provide the ability to integrate to third party repository.
Newcastle University has in the region of 6000 researchers (including academics, post graduate researchers, guest and emeritus researchers) who may use the CRIS as administrators and/or end users. The University’s ambition is to provide a unified platform for research management to:
•	maintain and improve the University’s research capability, impact, visibility and reputation;
•	manage the University’s research portfolio and output to future research assessment cycles;
•	maintain sector compliance;
•	attract high quality researchers and external partners through a strong 'store front' of research activity and experts.
This PIN is designed to alert the market to our future intent to tender for this requirement and to give prospective bidders the opportunity to indicate if they have an existing off-the shelf solution that is scalable to (I) handle the volume of employee users noted above as a minimum; (ii) has either been successfully implemented within another UK research-intensive Higher Education Institution or an educational establishment of equivalent size and scale. The CRIS/repository will be used across 3 campuses (Newcastle, Malaysia and Singapore) and we expect one sol...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nu-1885-supply-of-current-research-information-system-ocds-h6vhtk-03ab98)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Description:** Newcastle University requires a Current Research Information System (CRIS) capable of meeting the following high-level requirements.
1.	Compliance – External
Support compliance with external requirements including Open Access, funder requirements, an...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F005485-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-02-23T17:07:36.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T10:30:59.231Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03ab98