Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 12 May 2025, 17:10 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Student Skills Portfolio Software

Official notice

Authority: University of Exeter (Central government)

ServicesAbove threshold
Planned pipeline value£200,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 5 Aug 2025from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 30 Nov 2028 · up to 30 Nov 2029 with extensions · starts 1 Dec 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The University of Exeter is undertaking Early Market Engagement in respect to software solutions able to support the capture a Longitudinal Skills Portfolio across the entire Student Learning Journey.~ We are seeking a solution that is flexible enough to adapt to individual student needs, in terms of capturing assessments, feedback, practical experience and other learning initiatives. Enabling each student to manage their own portfolio whilst interactiong with relevant tutors and mentors as appropriate. The resultant portfolios should form an essential part of the student's toolkit in seeking future careers by providing an holistic overview of all skills and attainments. The desired Student Skills Portffolio solution should be capable of integrating with Learning Management System (LMS); Moodle, and similarly should be capable of integrating with recognised Curriculum Management Systems. Interested parties should register on the University's eTendering portal to access the Early Market Engagement document. Having reviewed this we kindly suppliers capable of providing suitable Skills Portfolio software to respond the questions posed and to submit their response to these via the eTendering portal by 17:00hrs BST on the 30th May 2025

CPV: Educational software package · Software package and information systems · Software-related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrs
Contract period: 1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2028 (3 yrs) · up to 30 Nov 2029 with extensions
Delivery: South West
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
12 May 2025, 17:10 BST
Last source update
12 May 2025, 17:10 BST
Authority reference
UOE/2025/028/SD
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-020637
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Educational software packageSoftware package and information systemsSoftware-related services
Delivery area
South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051168 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

12 May 2025 → 1 Dec 2025 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    12 May 2025, 17:10 BST
  2. Market engagement
    31 May 2025, 00:59 BST

    Early Market Engagement documetation availavble via; uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/supplier/publict… ↗ quote

  3. Tender notice expected
    5 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST
  4. Contract starts331 days ago
    1 Dec 2025

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    12 May 2025, 17:10 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Exeter

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PZYG-2396-XCRZ Northcote House, Exeter, South West, EX4 4QHContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure