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OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE)

Tender for a UX Layer

Software & IT SystemsCPV 48000000 48200000 48220000
Value£3.0m
Awarded12 Oct 2021
Published10 May 2022
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£3.0mtotal contract value
median £91k
this tender£0£3.2m

This is a large award for Software & IT Systems — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 30,286 valued Software & IT Systems tenders in our corpus.

The brief

The OU Requires a UX Layer to allow us to create a seamless student journey from Enquirer through to graduation.

Our vision is to create a seamless, connected, optimised and personalised journey, that is automated wherever possible.

To do this we want to combine our different websites and services to create one continuous, easy to use student journey.

To reach this end goal, we require a UX layer capable of delivering our mixed media content.

This will be a cloud-based solution (SaaS).

It will be hosted in the cloud and consistent with OU policies around architecture and security.

The solution should provide a safe and secure platform for students and OU staff to use and collaborate and be able to publish information from a headless content store.

The OU is only purchasing the software and implementation services are not required.

The contract is for an initial period of 5 years and may be extended by the OU for further periods up to a maximum of 15 years in total.

License volumes may vary up or down over the term of the contract and additional modules offered or introduced by the supplier in the future may be purchased as part of this contract following the initial implementation.

Any additional purchases relating to this solution will be made with the successful supplier under this contract to ensure technical compatibility, consistency and continuation of supplier support.

There is no restriction on the spend value of additional purchases as this will be governed by the OU's available budget.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

To reach this end goal, we require

To reach this end goal, we require a UX layer capable of delivering our mixed media content.

02

The solution should provide a safe

The solution should provide a safe and secure platform for students and OU staff to use and collaborate and be able to publish information from a headless content store.

03

Any additional purchases relating to this solution

Any additional purchases relating to this solution will be made with the successful supplier under this contract to ensure technical compatibility, consistency and continuation of supplier support.

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Source & provenance
OCID
9be92b33-d89f-44b1-826a-b20d49535770
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
OUPA10720
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