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UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD

2953/MH Virtual Learning Environment License Renewal

EducationCPV 80420000
Value£1.8m
Awarded26 May 2021
Published14 Jun 2021
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£1.8mtotal contract value
median £84k
this tender£0£2.4m

This is a large award for Education & Training — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 23,516 valued Education & Training tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The University needed to renew its licenses for its Blackboard VLE system.

The NHS SBS DWS Framework Agreement was used.

It is estimated that the time needed to replace its existing VLE would be in the region of 1 to 3 years and have significant cost in doing so.

A 4 year agreement has now been entered into.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The University needed to renew its licenses

The University needed to renew its licenses for its Blackboard VLE system.

02

It is estimated that the time needed

It is estimated that the time needed to replace its existing VLE would be in the region of 1 to 3 years and have significant cost in doing so.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

2 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Framework agreement (any)Frameworks & routes to market
The NHS SBS DWS Framework Agreement was used.
NHS Shared Business ServicesFrameworks & routes to market
The NHS SBS DWS Framework Agreement was used.

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