RFP QuestBeta
Awarded · ResultStage · contract

OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE)

Digital Advice & Strategy

IT ServicesCPV 72000000
Value£2.0m
Awarded11 Jul 2023
Published9 Oct 2023
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£2.0mtotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

This is a large award for IT Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Advice, mentoring and upskilling on digital, data and technology strategy, organisational design and roadmaps needed to support digital ways of working in the OU including: • Advice on digital, data and technology • strategy, organisational design and roadmaps • Advice and mentoring for senior and executive leaders • Designing digital, technology and operational standards for services, processes and platforms • Assurance and advice on digital, technological, and service improvements • Improving the digital skills of all those across the OU as required • Adapting governance and leadership behaviours to support an agile delivery approach • Ability to commission more substantial, bounded packages of work depending on needs across the OU as required.

Examples may include service design projects, independent reviews of projects and service improvements, organisation design and capability building activities. • Creating agility through service teams and an increased focus on user experience • Building better experiences for people using our systems through personalised, seamless journeys • Design and deliver training as necessary • Assistance in building relevant capability and delivery frameworks • Moving to an evergreen estate with continuous improvement at the heart of what we do • Options development and appraisal • Requirements gathering and management • Communications and stakeholder management • Agile delivery- inc.

Agile practices and roles • Transition planning and management • Change embedding - adapting and adopting change into BAU including behavioural change • Cultural change and change leadership • Public Digital will work in close collaboration with an OU internal team, including building their capability and ensuring momentum is sustained and there is continuity in the longer term.

GCloud 13 framework has been used for this call - off https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM1557.13

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

Roadmaps needed to support digital ways

roadmaps needed to support digital ways of working.

02

Behaviours to support an agile delivery

behaviours to support an agile delivery.

03

Design and deliver training as necessary

Design and deliver training as necessary.

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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.

Crown Commercial Service frameworkFrameworks & routes to market
https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM1557.13
G-Cloud / Digital MarketplaceFrameworks & routes to market
GCloud 13 framework has been used for this call - off

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Stage
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Source
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