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Provision of software development and associated activities

Software programming and consultancy services
EE
South East (UKJ12)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE): "Provision of software development and associated activities". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityOPEN UNIVERSITY(THE)Scope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE). These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
1Bids / Report
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 2 active published awards; 2 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityOPEN UNIVERSITY(THE)
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published14 Feb 2025, 13:23 GMT
Last source update14 Feb 2025, 13:23 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationSoftware programming and consultancy services
Delivery area
EE
South East (UKJ12)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-047332
What is being bought
The Open University (OU) has appointed a supplier to provide software development and associated activities, to support the CORE OU project.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    14 Feb 2025, 13:23 GMT
  2. Buyer information updated
    14 Feb 2025, 13:23 GMT
  3. Status changed to complete
    28 Jun 2024, 08:39 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    28 Jun 2024, 08:39 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    28 Jun 2024, 08:39 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Service development capacity, in the form of software development and associated activities, to support the CORE project: CORE hosts the world's largest collection of open access research outputs, which are used and referenced by people globally, including researchers, libraries, software developers, funders.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    14 Feb 2025, 13:23 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 1 Aug 2024, 00:00 BST · £450,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Qubit Labs
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Provision of software development and associated activities
£450,000 · signed 1 Aug 2024, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE)

Contracting authority GB-FTS-137088
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Documents (0)
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Related procedures (0)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe Open University (OU) has awarded a one (1) year agreement to Qubit Labs to provide software development and associated activities, to support the CORE OU project. The CORE code base contains more than 250k lines of code. Qubit personnel have the required training, expertise and specialist knowledge to operate and develop the CORE infrastructure The cost and time to upskill another company to the level required precludes the award of the contract to a company other than Qubit.