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# Provision of a Research Management System

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-a-research-management-system-ocds-h6vhtk-0449ef). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Leeds: "Provision of a Research Management System". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [University of Leeds](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-leeds-urn-133839)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Industry specific software package
- **Delivery Location:** UKE42
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £533,454 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0449ef`

## 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/provision-of-a-research-management-system-ocds-h6vhtk-0449ef#tl-md)

## Description
The proposed contract is for the supply and implementation of a commercial off the shelf SaaS Research Management System. The University's externally funded research grant portfolio is currently managed using an in-house developed, highly bespoke SAP application called KRISTAL, which reports via a bespoke SQL database using QlikView. The proposed contract hopes to modernise and simplify the pre and post-award IT applications landscape with a move to a cloud based solution removing legacy complex bespoke systems.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published

- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Description:** The University's externally funded research grant portfolio is currently managed using an in-house developed, highly bespoke SAP application called KRISTAL, which reports via a bespoke SQL database using QlikView. The proposed contract hopes to moder...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Provision of a Research Management System (active)
  - Award id: `008672-2024-1`
  - Supplier(s): **WorkTribe Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-45848`
  - Value: £533,454 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Provision of a Research Management System (active)
  - Signed Value: £533,454
  - Signed Date: 15/03/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008672-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-03-18T14:05:07.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T15:21:37.728Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0449ef