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AwardedFind a Tender · award
CORE Development Services
Buyer: THE OPEN UNIVERSITY →
BuyerTHE OPEN UNIVERSITY
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published7 Jul 2025
What is being bought
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
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| OCID | ocds-h6vhtk-0558b7 |
|---|---|
| Latest release ID | 037972-2025 |
| Latest release timestamp | Mon Jul 07 2025 15:02:55 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) |
| Source | find-a-tender |
| Official notice URL | Not published |
| Tender status | complete |
| Procurement method | direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Main procurement category | Not published |
| Above threshold | Not published |
| Legal basis | 2023/54 |
| Tender period: start | Not published |
| Tender period: end | Not published |
| Expression of interest deadline | Not published |
| Enquiry deadline | Not published |
| Award period: start | Not published |
| Award period: end | Not published |
| Submission method details | Not published |
| Submission languages | Not published |
| Electronic catalogue policy | Not published |
| Total tender value | Not published |
| Tender lots in source | 1 |
| Tender items in source | 0 |
| Tender documents in source | 0 |
| Awards in latest release | 1 |
| Contracts in latest release | 0 |
| Parties in latest release | 2 |
Notice history
| Date | Event | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Jul 2025 | award, contract | 037972-2025 |
| 4 Jul 2025 | award, contract | 037279-2025 |
All source data
Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.
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