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THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Tender for Online Programme Management (OPM) Partnership for Manchester Online

EducationCPV 80300000
Value£1.5m
Deadline14 Apr 2025
Published14 Mar 2025
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 14 Mar 2025ClosedCloses 14 Apr 2025
Who to contact
CDP@manchester.ac.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

Information, formalities and necessary requirements to be met will be set out in the procurement documents, all of which are freely available via the University's procurement portal In-Tend - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/manchesteruniversity

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£1.5mtotal 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.

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The brief

The University of Manchester seeks to expand its offering of high-quality online learning programmes over the next three years, in addition to the support provided within existing faculties and professional services.

The initiative for Manchester Online seeks to establish a dedicated internal agency to expand our offerings for online education and lifelong learning in collaboration with a flexible partnership (flex partner).

Information, formalities and necessary requirements to be met will be set out in the procurement documents, all of which are freely available via the University's procurement portal In-Tend - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/manchesteruniversity The University of Manchester no longer meets the criteria of a ‘body governed by public law’ and is therefore not considered a contracting authority for the purposes of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and/or any replacement legislation.

As a result, the University of Manchester will no longer be subject to the regime contained in The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and/or any replacement legislation with effect from 1 August 2023.

However, as an institution founded for the public good, an exempt charity and an organization in receipt of public funds, the University has a duty to manage expenditure in an appropriate manner and aims to deliver value for money across its non-pay spend by adhering to good procurement practice.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The University of Manchester seeks to expand

The University of Manchester seeks to expand its offering of high-quality online learning programmes over the next three years, in addition to the support provided within existing faculties and professional services.

02

However, as an institution founded for

However, as an institution founded for the public good, an exempt charity and an organization in receipt of public funds, the University has a duty to manage expenditure in an appropriate manner and aims to deliver value for money across its non-pay spend by adhering to good procurement practice.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ed62
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
009470-2025
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