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# Practice Research Infrastructure

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/practice-research-infrastructure-ocds-h6vhtk-04b54f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER: "Practice Research Infrastructure". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-university-of-westminster-urn-133898)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research and development services and related consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/practice-research-infrastructure-ocds-h6vhtk-04b54f#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04b54f`

## 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/practice-research-infrastructure-ocds-h6vhtk-04b54f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/practice-research-infrastructure-ocds-h6vhtk-04b54f#participate

## Description
The University of Westminster is seeking indicative cost estimates, to inform funding bids, from potential technology partner(s) who are interested in and capable of working in co-design with the community to build an innovative national practice research infrastructure 
Potential projects would follow a phased approach, over three years, starting with the implementation of a basic infrastructure and scaling up subject to additional investment. 
As such, the requirements focus on the core infrastructure and assume using existing open-source platforms. This basic infrastructure must have the potential to scale up in size, functionality and number of users.
We anticipate an integrated component-based approach to the infrastructure that encapsulates the potential for, firstly, the capture and dissemination and, ultimately, the preservation of content.  
We anticipate that there is an opportunity for partnerships working across more than one supplier,

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

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The University of Westminster is currently preparing to initiate a procurement process to award a contract. The potential scale and scope of this is such that it offers a significant opportunity to bidders. At this stage, any information gathered thr...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F037688-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-11-21T15:27:44.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T11:38:20.288Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04b54f