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# NU/1897  Professional Skills and Career Development Platform

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nu-1897-professional-skills-and-career-development-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-03b2fc). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Newcastle University: "NU/1897  Professional Skills and Career Development Platform". Published status: complete. Published Value: £200,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 18 Apr 2023, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Newcastle University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/newcastle-university-GB-FTS-95021)
- **Published Value:** £200,000 (GBP; published on the single lot)
- **Submission Deadline:** 18 April 2023 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Education and training services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC22
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £167,200 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03b2fc`

## 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-1897-professional-skills-and-career-development-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-03b2fc#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FHome%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nu-1897-professional-skills-and-career-development-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-03b2fc#participate

## Description
Newcastle Business School is looking for a provider of a recognised career and skills training platform who has extensive experience of working with higher education organisations or similar. Your platform will seamlessly interface with a (or many) professional social networking site(s) that are well recognised by graduate recruiters and potential employers. Your coverage should be vast, and broad, covering tens of thousands of possible career and professional development videos and resources which a business graduate at any level of their educational journey may wish to access. This will be constantly developed and kept up to date. You will have an excellent and high quality website and phone app. Your platform will integrate seamlessly with our Canvas VLE and meet all our university requirements regarding accessibility.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £200,000
- **Description:** The scope of this contract is to provide a recognised career and skills training platform which has the following features:
•	extensive experience of working with higher education organisations.
•	seamlessly interface with a (or many) world leading p...

- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 013846-2023-NU/1897-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Linkedin**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-174501`
  - Value: £167,200 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 013846-2023-NU/1897-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £167,200
  - Signed Date: 04/05/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F013846-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-05-16T07:25:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:44:11.360Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03b2fc