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# Provision of Specialist Support, Maintenance and Technical Services for the Quercus Student Record System and Admissions Plus Solution

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-specialist-support-maintenance-and-technical-services-for-the-quercus-student-ocds-h6vhtk-06dbab). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of South Wales: "Provision of Specialist Support, Maintenance and Technical Services for the Quercus Student Record System and Admissions Plus Solution". Published status: complete. Contract 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 South Wales](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-south-wales-GB-PPON-PCWX-4677-HTMN)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Direct award
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKL15
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £215,825 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-specialist-support-maintenance-and-technical-services-for-the-quercus-student-ocds-h6vhtk-06dbab#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06dbab`

## 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-specialist-support-maintenance-and-technical-services-for-the-quercus-student-ocds-h6vhtk-06dbab#tl-md)

## Description
Provision of specialist support, maintenance, upgrades and technical consultancy services for the University's Quercus Student Record System and Admissions Plus solution. The contract includes ongoing application support, Oracle and infrastructure expertise, out-of-hours upgrades, post-live support, security improvements including Tomcat patching automation, and specialist technical support to maintain the operational resilience, security and availability of the University's core student record system. The contract is being awarded to SureCampus Ltd due to their unique specialist knowledge of the University's bespoke Quercus environment and Admissions Plus implementation, where no reasonable alternative supplier is capable of delivering the required services.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72260000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Provision of Quercus Maintenance and Support (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Sure Campus Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PWVJ-4777-XLMQ`
  - Value: £215,825 (exc. VAT)

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F073865-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-04T15:29:13.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:55:50.486Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06dbab