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# Tender for Online Programme Management (OPM) Partnership for Manchester Online

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-online-programme-management-opm-partnership-for-manchester-online-ocds-h6vhtk-04ed62). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER: "Tender for Online Programme Management (OPM) Partnership for Manchester Online". Published status: active. Published Value: £1,500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Apr 2025, 13:00 BST. Published submission portal: in-tendhost.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-manchester-urn-133842)
- **Published Value:** £1,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 April 2025 at 13:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Adult-education services at university level, E-learning services, Education and training services, Higher education services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-online-programme-management-opm-partnership-for-manchester-online-ocds-h6vhtk-04ed62#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04ed62`

## 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/tender-for-online-programme-management-opm-partnership-for-manchester-online-ocds-h6vhtk-04ed62#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [in-tendhost.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fin-tendhost.co.uk%2Fmanchesteruniversity)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tender-for-online-programme-management-opm-partnership-for-manchester-online-ocds-h6vhtk-04ed62#participate

## Description
The University of Manchester seeks to expand its offering of high-quality online learning programmes over the next three years, in addition to the support provided within existing faculties and professional services. 
The initiative for Manchester Online seeks to establish a dedicated internal agency to expand our offerings for online education and lifelong learning in collaboration with a flexible partnership (flex partner). 
Information, formalities and necessary requirements to be met will be set out in the procurement documents, all of which are freely available via the University's procurement portal In-Tend - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/manchesteruniversity
The University of Manchester no longer meets the criteria of a ‘body governed by public law’ and is therefore not considered a contracting authority for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and/or any replacement legislation. As a result, the University of Manchester will no longer be subject to the regime contained in The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and/or any replacement legislation with effect from 1 August 2023. However, as an institution founded for the public good, an exempt charity and an organization in receipt of public funds, the University has a duty to manage expenditure in an appropriate manner and aims to deliver value for money across its non-pay spend by adhering to good procurement practice.

## Lots (1)
### Lot LOT-0001: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `LOT-0001`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 80300000, 80420000, 80430000

- **Estimated Value:** £1,500,000

- **Contract Period:** 01/06/2025 to 31/05/2030

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F009470-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-03-14T14:18:37.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T22:44:27.534Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04ed62