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University of Salford

Student Capability Measuring and Reporting Product

Software & IT SystemsCPV 48000000
Value£60k
Deadline21 Sept 2026
Published24 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 24 Aug 202625 days leftCloses 21 Sept 2026
Who to contact
procurement-finance@salford.ac.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

For full tender information and to express an interest please visit our InTend portal via: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/salford/aspx/Home.

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£60ktotal contract value
median £91k
this tender£0£1.1m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Software & IT Systems band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 30,286 valued Software & IT Systems tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

University of Salford publishes Software & IT Systems work continuously — 6 notices, roughly one every 46 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.

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The brief

This opportunity is for an organisation to tender for a contract to provide our school with a turnkey product that will allow us to assess, benchmark and report student strengths with the aim of improving individual student confidence, ability and outcomes (personal, academic and professional) and to measure our own performance in helping students achieve their potential.

The solution should be in place by January 1, 2027 to allow for onboarding and training as early as possible in 2027.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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The solution should be in place by

The solution should be in place by January 1, 2027 to allow for onboarding and training as early as possible in 2027.

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What it takes to bid this

59 daysof bid-team effort
£3.4k£6.2kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the under £100k band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidCyber Essentials Plus (often mandatory for gov IT)
  • Hold at bidISO 27001 (information security)
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06eabe
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
080443-2026
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